[EVDL] Gmail warning (list business)

2022-05-19 Thread EV List Lackey via EV
I hope that the people affected receive this message! Gmail has for years been one of the most reliable EV list delivery methods. No more. :-( Lately I've been fielding complaints from Gmail users about missed EV list digests. I also (don't) see missing digests on my Gmail test account sinc

Re: [EVDL] leaf heater switch

2022-05-19 Thread Jay Summet via EV
If you leave every morning at the same time, the in-car / dash based "climate timer" makes it easy to have your vehicle turn on the HVAC system just before (for example) 8am. (at whatever settings you left it when you turned off the car, so you need to be sure to set it right before you leave..

Re: [EVDL] leaf heater switch

2022-05-19 Thread Jay Summet via EV
On 5/19/22 01:00, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: There's no way (at least that I'm aware of) to override [the charge timer]. It's plain idiotic. On my 2015 leaf, there is a dash button "Charge Timer Off" (it's an icon with a sorta clock and plug with the word "Off"). If you want to charge ma

Re: [EVDL] leaf heater switch

2022-05-19 Thread Willie via EV
On 5/19/22 09:33, Jay Summet via EV wrote: On 5/19/22 01:00, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: There's no way (at least that I'm aware of) to override [the charge timer]. It's plain idiotic. On my 2015 leaf, there is a dash button "Charge Timer Off" (it's an icon with a sorta clock and plug wit

Re: [EVDL] leaf heater switch

2022-05-19 Thread jamie via EV
To be sure (as Willie so often reminds us in many LEAF threads), Nissan's 2011 model LEAF had some battery issues for some users especially in hot climates, and their lack of support on that issue has been worthy of criticism. But to claim the LEAF was immediately "abandoned" as a product wo

Re: [EVDL] leaf heater switch

2022-05-19 Thread EV List Lackey via EV
On 19 May 2022 at 8:44, jamie via EV wrote: > "Idiosyncrasies and workarounds" is a subjective judgement that could be > leveled at any car I've ever driven. We all might feel we could do better than > the car companies in a variety of ways. An astute observation. When it comes to choices, they'

Re: [EVDL] leaf heater switch

2022-05-19 Thread Willie via EV
On 5/19/22 13:09, EV List Lackey via EV wrote You can't stomach the idea of buying a GM product after what they did to the EV1? That's OK too. GM's primary sin was not what they did to EV1.  But, what they did to NiMH.  One might argue that they had every right to bury both but NiMH was, by f

Re: [EVDL] leaf heater switch

2022-05-19 Thread Jay Summet via EV
On 5/19/22 10:44, jamie via EV wrote: But to claim the LEAF was immediately "abandoned" as a product would be a stretch as Nissan has added features, changed the battery tech and increased the range over successive model years. "Idiosyncrasies and workarounds" is a subjective judgement tha