I just bought an iMIEV
I just bought a Mitsubishi iMIEV electric car.
I got it in south-west Chicago and drove it home, through the first snowstorm of the season, using CHAdeMO public quick-charging to my house 40 miles west of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Here's the full write-up: iMIEV Cross-Country Snow-storm Road Trip http://300mpg.org/wp-content/uploads...25-640x480.jpg http://300mpg.org/wp-content/uploads...1/IMG_6550.jpg It was pretty cold, but totally do-able, thanks to the power of Quick-Charges and Coffee! 2012 Model Year Mitsubishi iMIEV - all electric 62 Mile range. $6,995 30,000 miles (This is really high for these cars. Many have 8-15K miles on them.) CHAdeMO Quick Charge Port Alloy Rims Fancy Stereo and Backup Camera |
Great story Ben! I just finished reading it. Its always an adventure with you haha.
I can't tell you how many times I thought of going down there to buy from the same dealer. They've had a few all summer. |
There *IS* something (positive) to be said for "standardized" power charging stations!
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Nice story! How much longer would you say the drive was versus a gas car? Any mods planned?
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Nice to read through that. It's 'nay-sayers' and not 'neigh-sayers' though :)
...but do you still have the flood-damaged one? |
Woohoo! That was a lot of excitement for 140 a mile journey.
Did you pump the tires up before you left? If not, add that to your "things I did wrong" list :D Quote:
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Yes, I still have the flood damaged salvaged one.
I have a friend looking at buying a salvaged (crashed) iMIEV. If he does, we'll use some of the parts from my salvage car to fix the one he gets. Otherwise, at least for right now, I have really cheap insurance on the iMIEV. If I get in a fender bender, I don't need the insurance company to fix it. I have spare fenders on the other car.... Nope, I didn't pump up the tires on the car before leaving. The drive was SLOWER than with a gas car, because of the speeds I was driving, my route, and charging. Mile-wise, it was the same, or possibly even a little less distance. As for mods, the car only has a heated driver seat. I would like to add an aftermarket seat heater to the passenger seat. Some sort of a system of thermal mass would be interesting as well to improve winter heating, especially getting that heat from the wall. |
Well, congrats on the car. I know the iMiev doesn't get a lot of love in the EV world, but I like it. I even think they look cool, in a dorky sort of way.
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Congrats on the "new" car!
Clearly you bought it because of my glowing review of jray3's i-MiEV: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ive-32876.html :P I am curious if it has any quirks with driving in the snow. I've always preferred RWD for driving in snow, and this video makes it look like it would be a hoot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2Tt3bmy9mE |
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Did your imiev come with the charge control / hvac remote Ben? It seems this is a frequently lost item when these cars change hands as its separate from the key fob.
http://ecomodder.com/forum/attachmen...1&d=1448306554 |
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