Recent content by GASKIKR

I'm in Anaheim. When are planning to come down here? Maybe you can charge on my home charger. I'm on a 240/40 circuit so you'll be good to go in about 4.5 hours. You can pay me back if I'm ever in SB, assuming that's where you live?

I always suspected that my car was over-charging the battery on the standard charging mode. Basically, a standard charge is supposed to put 35 kWh into the battery. Knowing that the extra kWh's of an extended range charge aren't represented on instrument cluster you can deduce how much "extra"...

Yeah, the only time that doing 35 in a 70 mph zone is a safety hazard is when some idiot decides the cars travelling at 75-80 mph in the fast lane aren't going fast enough and decides to use the right-hand lanes to pass.

Thanks for bringing this up. I've always worried about a bored cop pulling me over for driving too slow despite always sticking to the right lane. It definitely sounds like they were looking to see if they could find anything else to charge you with. I need to make a trek from Anaheim to Ojai...

It's funny you mention a high end storage system. My mom lives in the San Fernando Valley where a gas storage facility had a massive leak. Now they're warning residents that the surrounding power plants (all natural gas) may have rolling blackouts during the summer due to a shortage of gas. A 41...

Wow, a 10% loss is tiny considering the amount of cycles it had to endure. That speaks volumes to the BMS that Tesla developed. It's funny because I actually asked this question because I'm afraid of what my capacity loss will be in the next 30-40k miles, but this puts my mind at ease. I guess...

Is it possible that Tesla or a 3rd party battery manufacturer might venture into producing traction batteries as replacements or upgrades for the Rav4 EV and even perhaps the Mercedes B class? As the Rav4 EV ages it will have some very distinct advantages such as easy to find replacement parts...

Starting to hear it in mine but it's not that annoying. I grew up in the back seat of a Ford Aerostar. The rear differential was ridiculously loud - to the point of making your ears ring on long freeway journeys. The DU whine on my Rav4 is barely noticeable at 50ish mph.

Waited in line at the Buena Park location for over 2 hours. I ended up seeing an exact copy of my Rav4 with a trailer hitch like mine. Super excited for the 3 except for one thing - I saw the trunk lid open in one of the pics and it's a rather small trunk opening. I've really grown to appreciate...

I'd rather wait for Tony's adapter. I was actually entertaining the idea of getting a JdeMO but it's a bit pricey for me at the moment (pricing is actually fair, I just don't have the money). This adapter would be a great accessory to increase my charging options. If I can get 40 amps out of a...

Congratulations! I got mine last October and already put over 7k miles on it, I love it more every day - especially when I pass the gas station! What year/color is yours?

I had a 2012 Genesis 4 door that I brought to CarMax for the same reason. It was in pristine condition and I don't remember the exact amount but their offer was around 1,500 below my lease-end residual purchase price which was pretty low already. They try to be as risk-averse as possible but...

Let's just say you decided to cut the springs and drop the car down by about 3 inches. Would that much drop in height create any noticeable improvements in range? I'd assume that reducing the frontal profile might mean you're pushing less air at highway speeds but I'm curious as to what gains...

Darn, I just stumbled on this thread. I hate being late to the party but I just want to be the guy that calls upon history to teach all the young bucks a lesson. So here goes, The last time hydrogen was used as a substitute for something was during the operation of Germany's dirigibles. The USA...

Thanks, I just updated my location. I'm right in between SA and Cerritos actually. Does the club have a website?