Recent content by krwalsh

I popped them out with a pair of pliers on my Leatherman. If you look at the clip, they are directional on which way you need to squeeze them. the pliers should be perpendicular t the long axis, so you are squeezing longitudinal to the clip. I did encounter one problem since installing these...

I think Tom did a great job of putting together a very fair and well done article on the infrastructure requirements and EVs becoming more mainstream. The title isn't all that misleading, and if you read it in the paper version along with the other articles on that page and in the Energy...

We got ours within days of submitting the paperwork. Like the above post, the check came before our plates, which still haven't arrived.

I was contacted by Tom Zeller of the New York Times about our LEAF. I emailed back and forth with him a few times, and talked on the phone once or twice. They also sent Jim Wilson, their staff photographer for the Bay Area out to photograph my family and our LEAF. You can see the resulting...

Sent our application in two weeks ago. We still have our temporary registration, no plates yet. We've had our LEAF for just under three weeks. Our personalized plates (PVCHRGD) are on order, and have not made it to the DMV yet. I sent in the application with the PVCHRGD plate on it, and got...

I ordered the Grey Weathertech 2011 Nissan Versa Mats. This is Weathertech Part Number #W36GR-W20GR, which is just their front W36 and rear W20, each in Grey. The color is a great match for the interior, and I'm happy to have the same Weathertech mats we've been using in our other car for the...

Very first day, 100% SOC, 88 mile range on the gauge when I picked it up at the dealer. ~55F, raining. We drove 78.5 miles, something like 70-75 of it on highway, in the rain at 65mph. We arrived home in turtle mode, stopped 3 feet short of parking in the driveway. Some of it was with the...

I know it started to tell me it was low about 10 miles from home. At 8 miles of range left, it showed 6.9 miles to home. Then the range indicator went to solid bars. The turtle was definitely there for the last 2, possibly 4 miles. The biggest issue was that I live on a hill that is a pretty...

Weathertech does take returns. http://www.weathertech.com/service/faq.aspx#FAQ34 If they don't fit, I'll end up eating the shipping charges both ways, but that isn't a big deal. I think it was $15 to ship them to me, UPS ground. Also, I filled out their "product request form" since even...

Alright, absent anyone else knowing if they fit, I decided to be the guinea pig. I ordered a set of Grey Weathertech All-Weather mats for a 2011 Nissan Versa. I should have them in a few days and will report back with photos.

We picked up our Silver Leaf SL last night from Serramonte Nissan. Had to go through paperwork, which is never fun, but got it all set, set up Carwings, Bluetooth for my wife's iPhone and my BlackBerry, and we were off. Drove it home (8 miles), ran an errand (1.5 miles), drove it to a friend's...

We didn't order our Leaf with floor mats. We have had Weathertech all-weather mats in our other car for years and love them, so we're going to put those in. Seeing as Weathertech hasn't made fitted mats for the Leaf yet, does anyone know if the front and rear mats from the Versa will fit the...