Recent content by BarryP

Thank you for the tire info. I just replaced my tires this year and got them off Amazon since no tire shop here had the iMiev size. I better check my date codes! -Barry

How's the Ioniq 5 doing?I have the sister car KIA NIRO EV; and it has been amazing for long and short travel. -Barry

The tesla super charger standard is limited to 250kW. At least the present CCS can do 350kW. This is important for an EV6. And if you travel cross country a lot, that 30% charge time savings ads up (EV6 compared to Model Y). I wonder if the CCS can even be adapted to 500kW in the future? -Barry

This fuse is also powering a fan for cooling the battery during fast charging. At least that's what they're saying on other forums. And that's what the fuse labels hint at ("VESS, BATT_COOL_EXV"). Anyway, to be safe, anytime I charge, I turn "on" the fuse. -Barry P.S. Yes it turns off the...

EV silence is awesome. I made it silent. I posted pics here: https://www.kianiroforum.com/threads/2020-e-niro-reverse-chime-defeat-for-us-cars.9643/page-3#post-95381

Ahh.... The EV6.... 77kw battery. My next dream car. But too expensive. I like the 17 minute 80% charge time 8-)

Hello Joe, “$7K arrogant local dealer's markup”. Yea, even my Pocatello and Idaho Falls dealer said these (and most of their cars) are selling above MSRP so they would have to mark it up. But my wife sweet talked them out of a mark up. It just seems weird to say “Yay! I got my car at MSRP!”...

Wow. Idaho got a few of these in. Our iMiev has been dropping in miles. Our careful winter driving yields about a 35-40 mile range. It used to be 55 in the winter. And there’s too many times where we need to go farther than that. And thus enters the KIA Niro EV. It was the only EV in car lots...

"Hey Barry - I went into my Amazon cart today and saw that I haven't ordered this yet. Are you saying that you ordered the same one and it didn't fit? Thanks" Correct. So I returned it. -Barry

"So I went to Amazon and found this one that is listed as a match for the i-miev...

Hello Alex, I ordered two “145/65R15 Yokohama iceGUARD iG20” @ $54.85 each for the front and two “175/60R15 Yokohama iceGUARD iG20” for $57.90 each for the back. Free shipping and tire road hazard. -Barry Leaving elctrons in my wake

I bought four YOKOHAMA ICEGUARD IG20 tires from tirerack for a total (with tax) of $240. Then Yokohama turned around and mailed me a $60 VISA debit card. I had a local shop put them on for $80 two weeks ago. They look like great tires for the winter here. They have been driving quiet. Some...

The ONLY thing I have done is add a little bit of distilled water to keep the level in between the 2 lines. And in my town the temperature has never gone above 98F in the summer. So the cooler weather may help. I’m just amazed how this classic 12v battery keeps on going. Knock on wood.,, -Barry

Well, I’m another victim of a pack going south. On Aug 29th my car would only charge up to 13 bars. A week later --- 12 bars. Our Mitsi dealer is in Pocatello; about 50 miles. I had to cover the tow there because I couldn’t prove it was a bad pack. Luckily my Allstate card covered the whole tow...

Wow. It looks...... beautiful! Nice job. -Barry