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Today my i-MiEV goes back, end of lease and another was too expensive compared to the alternatives - don't know what they're doing right now but anyway, I digress. Today I'm re-attaching the speaker. After two years of peace and quite and zero accidents. I've completely failed on numerous...

Well, I tried the BMW 12A (it turns out) EVSE today, the car was charged by lunch time! Thanks for the tip.

Perhaps the car has a cruise function in the motor controller. Does anyone know if the JP version has cruise?

Anyone know of a cruise-control option? It's the only thing that I miss on the i.

That is great news! I have a 36 mile commute each way and only 120v access. At 960W it's not hitting 100% be the end of the day, at 1.65kW (its a 5-20R so i can set the EVSE to 15A) it'll easily hit a full charge with time to spare for a bit of preconditioning! I'd foolishly assumed that the...

Don, Are you saying that the limit is imposed by the EVSE and not the charger? That would be awesome! I have a 15A 120v EVSE that came with my BMW, it'd be great if that'd encourage the car to draw more.

Don, Sound advice indeed - always check that your cable is rated at 12A or more even though the car only draws 8A - I selected a 15A rating - more is better! It's a very stout brand new new cord with nice tight contacts - it's orange and grey striped so it's visible on most surfaces, choosing...

Thanks for starting this thread - 15mins is all it took to install the USB cable after reading through here.

50psi front and rear at the moment... let's watch!

Here's my fix for the whole issue - leave it in the trunk:

Robert, Thanks for the pic and info - any problems installing? Did the rear door panel just pop off? MPT

Why anyone would want to draw attention to where the poop comes out I don't know :-) The old TailPatch ad.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0J_B2PyAPw