Congrats on the new XUVWe. That was 500 emiles, wasn't it?

Did you use SlyBracket for the front license plate?

 

I have put 984 miles on it in less than 3 weeks!

It was this front bracket: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MBKLQCH
It fit perfectly.

Also bought this key fob cover: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09T5TSDLR because I set the car alarm off twice in two days.

And this tray so I had someplace to put my sunglasses: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09W2J29HL

And I have the YuriK backup cam on order because yeah that's less than ideal at night.

 

Congrats! Enjoy it We also got my parents to put in an EVSE (they had a state rebate that paid for most of it)... and now they're on the wait list for a Chevy EV... it spreads!

 

Just curious how many miles were on your CRV @id44warren I too am planning to sell or trade my 2017 CRV Touring.

 

My 2017 CRV EX-L had 83,000 miles on it and was in almost perfect condition. I loved it except for the anemia accelerating from a stop. And the gas thing... I also went to Honda to see what they'd give me for it and it was more but it washed out when sales tax was considered. If I had a few days warning I would have tried CarMax too but the dealer had no clue when it would arrive, only that it had been shipped (via truck).

 

Congrats on the new ride! Yours is identical to mine that I picked up on New Years Eve. I haven't had a chance to really give it a run yet ... probably this weekend.

I also did the Yurik bracket on the back. I did the SlyBracket on the front (still need to post pics of that setup).

 

My favorite color! Good luck with it!

 

 

I had my first real range anxiety last night.

I wanted to charge to 100% yesterday morning because I knew I'd be driving over 130 miles at tollway speeds. Temps around freezing. The charging didn't start properly after I changed it from 80 to 100% max charge. I noticed after an hour or so and started it but it only got to 83% before we left (claimed 189 miles range). Car was all pre-heated. We travelled 60 miles of tollways at 73MPH, sometimes more. Had a weird issue where adaptive driving would tell me to take over steering every 10 seconds or so and then I had to really shake the wheel for it to "see" that I was driving so I just turned it off. The ambient lighting color I had set to blue and which has been working fine for a week went back to default. Otherwise the car performed wonderfully.

The car sat for many hours at our destination then we headed back toward home and had to stop at the store, etc. The adaptive driving now worked fine. Drove at 73ish MPH on the tollway because it looked like I would get home with at least 30 miles still available. Got one message that said Charge Now (at 15%?) and the battery bar turned yellow. 15 miles to home and the gauge said said 30 miles remaining! At 10% battery I got another message and the battery bar turned red. It looks like the actual range for this trip would have been about 150 miles, I will need to take that into consideration. Made it home fine. I had to start the charging twice to get it to remain charging.

I can't even find the settings to control the ambient lighting now. They should be under vehicle-interior, right? Does that not work while the car is plugged in?

 

I unplugged the car and read the manual. Yes, that's where Ambient lighting is supposed to be.

Is there a button missing here?

Also look at the volume / heat slider bar under the display. There are lights! they are only visible to the camera though. Does that mean they are infrared? Can we use that somehow to create visible light?

 

Oooh, are those IR emitters for the gestures that I never use? Maybe that's why these sliders aren't backlit.

 

Ambient light controls are on the second page in their own menu, not in the vehicle settings.

 

Thank you!

 

Your car and our car are twins - we're only at 571 miles, though.

You must be in a colder climate than we are (we're in Seattle area). I noticed you had 147 miles projected range at 69%. Our car as it sits now has 127 miles predicted at 45%.

Little short trips absolutely cream the miles/kwh, though. I can speak to that from experience. We do much better on longer ones.

Dave

 

I'm very happy with it so far, I hope you are happy with yours too.

Hopefully when it's warms up in 6 months or so I'll get longer range too. I'll be putting 1000 miles a month on it driving back and forth to work, but that's why I bought it!

I'm meeting Joe Franz of the EV Motoring YouTube channel to buy his WeatherTech floor mats. He's been through several EVs since his ID.4 so he can keep creating content.

 

Triplets, although I'm a bit south of you both in Vancouver. We got ours on 12/30, out shopping for a big SUV and decided to take one for a test drive. Took a couple of days to decide what we wanted to do. No clue how many miles yet, but less than 500.

 

Congrats NWRogue - they seem to be cranking this model out! Hopefully yours is as trouble free as mine is.

Met up with Joe yesterday and got the mats. He's driving a Tesla model 3 now, and just traded in a Volvo EV that he apparently only owned for 6 months or so. He said the ID.4 was the most comfortable and practical out of the three, and that the Tesla had (surprise) the best charging network.

I installed the YuriK backup camera shield last night and backed out of my congested parking in the dark this morning. Camera is in fisheye mode, the licence plate is still slightly visible and it's not really much better than it was. Is the non-fisheye camera mode more useable? I haven't tried it yet.

 

I see that the VW dealership is selling the CRV that I traded in for $22,600. I traded it in for $17,000. That's a tidy profit for them.

Is there any way to get more charging stats out of the in-car infotainment app? I'm not seeing charging speed when I'm L1/L2 charging. Also it would've nice to see the instant miles/Kwh that I'm using and regenerating while driving. Do I need ABRP and a dongle for that?

 

No you need car scanner and a dongle for those plus hundreds more.

 

Thanks, I'll add those to the wish list.

I finally had some time to play due to MLK day.

• Cleaned and installed the new/used WeatherTech mats.
• Installed the frunk kit.
• Fixed the issue where the "Pro S" emblem on the driver's side would cause a squeak as it rubbed on the front fender every time I opened the door (filed it a little).
• Finished the hitch mounted chrome pipes. They are completely over the top. 😆

 

Here's where the emblem was scraping. It was mounted just a touch too far forward. It's fine now.

 

Here's where the emblem was scraping. It was mounted just a touch too far forward. It's fine now.

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get the dealer to replace it.. it was installed properly from the factory

 

I picked up my Christmas miracle on 12/21, a '23 red Pro S AWD ID.4. It wasn't the blue ID.4 that I had ordered 8 months ago, but it all worked out fine. I'm very happy with the red color and even happier that I don't have the white interior.

This week I was back to work with a 50 mile commute each way. This is a perfect commuter car for me!

Normally I'm not in the market for red cars (I've had 1 for 17 years and am ready for something new), but that one looks awesome!

 

I wasn't either but I'm really liking it!

 

Electrify!

 

I received my power bill for the first month of EV ownership. Power here in Northern Illinois is about .11 per kilowatt/hour. The bill was about $100 more than usual. This equates to about 32 kw per day which is about right. I use about 30kw each day I commute (half of the work days) plus holiday traveling, plus we live out in the boonies where it's 20 miles to anywhere. I used to spend about $50 a week on gas with my CRV that averaged 30 mpg, so this is still half the price I paid to fuel my CRV.

 

Congrats on the new car..... I picked up the same model 4 days after you. Only 1200 miles so far but loving it. Haven't made as many changes - twin pipes !! 🤣 . Added wheels and snow tires the other day though (not pictured here).

Enjoy!!

 

Congrats on the new SUVWe! Enjoy the electrifying ride.

 

This morning's commute at -5F. I saw as low as -11 on the ride in. The car was in the heated garage (42F) overnight and I preheated the cabin before the trip. I used 30% of the battery during the almost 50 mile commute and averaged 2.0 miles/Kwh. On a "normal" winter day I use 20% each way. Heat was set to 70 with steering wheel and seat heaters on low. The ride was comfortable and quiet and drama free. That's just the way it is.

 

"That's just the way it is, some things will never change"