The OP makes reference to the "BT1033 problem." A Google search of even just BT1033 leads only to this thread.
Please enlighten me. What is the dreaded BT1033 problem?
No, I did not have the patience to read all 40 pages of this thread, just the first 10 and the last 2.
For most of the last 40 months of ownership I have been careful to charge only to 80% of full charge unless I anticipated a rare longer than average trip. It is not explicitly stated in the thread but I trust I am correct in concluding that I need to charge to 100% and then check the bars. I just checked and at 20,895 miles our 2012 (delivery early Dec 2011) shows down 2 bars at 80% of full charge. Is it correct to conclude that a 100% charge would have given me the remaining 2 bars? if so, I guess one or both of these is true:
1) I've carefully protected the traction battery by charging most of the time to 80% of maximum always using my 240V/24 Amp Blink.
2) I had the good fortune to get a 'better than average' production battery and to have been offered a job in Palo Alto (nice climate) in 1970.
I checked. At 40 months and ~21,000 miles we have averaged 525 miles/month or 6,300 miles per year. This is even less than the 'stingy' estimate that is part of the settlement.