Recent content by ZOMGVTEK

When I first got the car a bit over a year ago, the auto wipers were absolutely awful. They worked maybe 5% of the time, suddenly went full blast in perfect weather, wouldn’t work at night, when the glass was wet when entering, or in light rain. Now they’re OK most of the time, but my biggest...

The fact that they’re preheating the battery so readily now, leads me to assume they have both confidence in the motor design enough that it can tolerate the abuse, and they feel it’s advantageous enough for the battery to warm it although it adds discharge cycles.

I find it’s easier to control the vehicle on slick conditions with low regen. The trouble is, if you need to lift your foot to apply friction brakes, the regen will come on stronger than the tires are capable of tolerating, break loose, and the vehicle is unsettled. If this happens around a...

That sounds entirely normal. You should watch some videos on how bad it was a year or two ago...

I usually just scream "POWWEEEEERRRRRRRRRR" as the peal is matted.

I suspect its intended for a bit of both human comfort as well as reduced interior degradation. If they were terrified the car would melt when it gets hot, they wouldnt let you turn it off. I assume its more of a good idea, but not absolutely required. Reduced thermal cycling on the interior and...

There is no reason to suspect leaving the mobile connector plugged in will damage it. I'd assume right now tens of thousands of them are plugged in and sitting idle without worry.

That's pretty common if someone feels you endangered their life. Dude could just be a jerk though.

I suspect this is extremely common, and how the vehicle is designed to operate. My car does this, and has since new. My brothers car and a Leaf I had prior did as well. It's extremely likely just caused by the backlash in the axle splines, and nothing of considerable concern.

I mentioned in a previous thread I had 9K on the car when the tires were down to the wear bars. I forgot that I put around 3K of those with winter tires. The winter tires were new, and won’t be good for another season. So I’m thinking twice the life of snow tires isn’t terrible for an all...

I got about 9K out of the stock tires before they were on the wear bars, so 15k sounds good. It depends a great deal on how you drive. Most places will check the alignment for free. If its out, its not out by much to make it this long.

Mine does it too. I assume it has something to do with the brake booster design, it does not appear to be ABS engagement. I had a leaf that did something just like it when the battery was cold.

Can you feel a slight click in the brake pedal at the same time? Is this a single occurrence that happens just the once, at the first heavy braking event?

What you're plugging the car into is NOT a charger, its an extension cord with ground leakage detection. The charger is inside the car, so the highest rate possible is limited by the car. The onboard charger is rated at 11.5kW, sometimes it will show 12kW. The 22kW rating on the plug at a stall...

Ray has it. The only way the car knows the current it can pull is from what connector is shoved into the mobile connector. If you use a 14-50, the car is going to assume it’s plugged into a 50A outlet and will allow the full 32A. It has absolutely no way to know otherwise. There’s nothing anyone...