trojanm50
Active member
Last Friday was a day of many firsts for me.
First time I was driving with the Leaf Spy App on my new android device bought just for the app (We EV enthusiasts buy a phone to run an app!)
First time I was driving my usual 66 mile RT commute after getting new tires
First time I got stranded completely discharged on the freeway
My leaf: 2011, 35k miles, lost a bar at 32k miles. (It has always been garaged and parked indoor in a relatively cool parking structure for most part. )I recently got new tires as the Ecopias were completely worn out. Since range was an issue with the Michelin, I went with the Pirelli P7. I only had to go to work one day since when I changed my tires and since I had errands to run, I had a planned on a QC stop that time.
Friday started out as any other day. I had installed the leaf spy app the week before and this was the first time I would be using it on my usual commute. I preheated my car as it was cold, when I started I had 89.4% SOC.
I drove 33 miles approx, under 60mph, no heater and temperature set to 60. The first sign that things were off was that I usually lose 5 bars and just about lose the 6th bar. My dash tells me I have 3 (or 2.5 sometime) hours to reach 100% charge. Today it was showing 3.5 hours. SOC was at 48%. I knew something was off but I was still confident of making it home. I had lost 7 bars getting to work.
On the way back when I was about 12 miles from home I kinda knew that I was unlikely to make it home since I hit the VLBW. About 5.5 miles from home, I hit turtle mode, don't recall the SOC. Unfortunately I hit turtle just after I passed an exit. I was hoping to make it to the next exit which I knew had a charger close by. A little more than 1.5 miles after that, my car completely died and I had been driving on the shoulder limping along hoping I could make it to the exit.
At SOC 2.3%, my car would not go into D or R anymore. I called Nissan roadside assistance and AAA. AAA was kind enough to make it a high priority call as I was on the shoulder. Both had a 45 minute wait. Eventually the Nissan Roadside assistance tow truck driver called me and I cancelled AAA. The tow truck driver was curious about my EV! He was kind enough to get me as close to my drive way as possible. After about 2.5 hours on 120v charging, I was able to pull into my garage.
I had driven a total of 61.9 miles before I ran completely SOL. My tire PSI was 32. This weekend I increased the PSI and I plan to run some more tests this week. If I don't get atleast 75 miles as I did before, I may have to take my car back to get the Ecopias even though I think the P7s are quieter.
Any suggestions on anything else that could have changed? I was warned that the new tires would cos some range loss because of increased LRR but I was hoping that would settle down after 1k miles. Anyone else with P7 tires notice that their range loss did not revert after a while?
EDIT: To all the leafs that passed me on the shoulder on Friday, next time you see a stranded leaf, honk as a sign of solidarity
First time I was driving with the Leaf Spy App on my new android device bought just for the app (We EV enthusiasts buy a phone to run an app!)
First time I was driving my usual 66 mile RT commute after getting new tires
First time I got stranded completely discharged on the freeway
My leaf: 2011, 35k miles, lost a bar at 32k miles. (It has always been garaged and parked indoor in a relatively cool parking structure for most part. )I recently got new tires as the Ecopias were completely worn out. Since range was an issue with the Michelin, I went with the Pirelli P7. I only had to go to work one day since when I changed my tires and since I had errands to run, I had a planned on a QC stop that time.
Friday started out as any other day. I had installed the leaf spy app the week before and this was the first time I would be using it on my usual commute. I preheated my car as it was cold, when I started I had 89.4% SOC.
I drove 33 miles approx, under 60mph, no heater and temperature set to 60. The first sign that things were off was that I usually lose 5 bars and just about lose the 6th bar. My dash tells me I have 3 (or 2.5 sometime) hours to reach 100% charge. Today it was showing 3.5 hours. SOC was at 48%. I knew something was off but I was still confident of making it home. I had lost 7 bars getting to work.
On the way back when I was about 12 miles from home I kinda knew that I was unlikely to make it home since I hit the VLBW. About 5.5 miles from home, I hit turtle mode, don't recall the SOC. Unfortunately I hit turtle just after I passed an exit. I was hoping to make it to the next exit which I knew had a charger close by. A little more than 1.5 miles after that, my car completely died and I had been driving on the shoulder limping along hoping I could make it to the exit.
At SOC 2.3%, my car would not go into D or R anymore. I called Nissan roadside assistance and AAA. AAA was kind enough to make it a high priority call as I was on the shoulder. Both had a 45 minute wait. Eventually the Nissan Roadside assistance tow truck driver called me and I cancelled AAA. The tow truck driver was curious about my EV! He was kind enough to get me as close to my drive way as possible. After about 2.5 hours on 120v charging, I was able to pull into my garage.
I had driven a total of 61.9 miles before I ran completely SOL. My tire PSI was 32. This weekend I increased the PSI and I plan to run some more tests this week. If I don't get atleast 75 miles as I did before, I may have to take my car back to get the Ecopias even though I think the P7s are quieter.
Any suggestions on anything else that could have changed? I was warned that the new tires would cos some range loss because of increased LRR but I was hoping that would settle down after 1k miles. Anyone else with P7 tires notice that their range loss did not revert after a while?
EDIT: To all the leafs that passed me on the shoulder on Friday, next time you see a stranded leaf, honk as a sign of solidarity
