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California98Civic · 06-10-2016, 10:15 PM

"Black and Red" is 1 year old today. It has 2097 miles on it... all of it "replacement" miles, meaning miles I would have driven: to the store, to work, to social gatherings...

That means that I did 1578 in the first 6 months and 519 in the second 6 months. The reason is my wife got a new job last October and I took on all school drop-off driving... so no more biking to work.

Picture as it looks today:

Battery is still great. It works perfectly. I have had some trouble with loose wire connections due to all the shaking over bumps. i just find and tighten and it goes away for a few weeks again.

06-10-2016, 10:15 PM	#35 (permalink)
California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,172 Times in 1,469 Posts	One year update "Black and Red" is 1 year old today. It has 2097 miles on it... all of it "replacement" miles, meaning miles I would have driven: to the store, to work, to social gatherings... That means that I did 1578 in the first 6 months and 519 in the second 6 months. The reason is my wife got a new job last October and I took on all school drop-off driving... so no more biking to work. Picture as it looks today: Battery is still great. It works perfectly. I have had some trouble with loose wire connections due to all the shaking over bumps. i just find and tighten and it goes away for a few weeks again. Attached Thumbnails __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.