Nightfury

[A//// Guy]

Not having heat would suck, especially for such an expensive car haha. Would just have to recharge more often I suppose.

[asshanson]

Well yea, if you don’t mind charging more, crank the heat haha. It gets warm really quick, just kills the range.

[Goat Blower]

No heat would be no bueno for me, I guess I would just charge more. That's actually the big bonus I see with these, remote start and instant heat instead of waiting for the engine temp to come up. Love that concept. I'm too busy drowning polar bears as I warm up the car for 10 minutes before I leave work. :lol:

[rose0529]

Yeah, Rachael has been driving it to work this last week, but we have just been charging at Hyvee here and there. The preheating the cabin is great with the kid. Everyone is warm and happy. When I drive it I don't care as much about heat, specially with the heated seat on.

I have the 220V outlet wired into the garage, just waiting for the electrican to come hook it into the panel. I spent about 3 hours last friday running the cable from my box to my garage, long story short, it had to go from the basement to the attic and then over to the garage. But once that's going we should be set.

Once the outlet in the garage is up and going, I'll take the aero covers off. They look much better that way.

For now, I am just enjoying the UI and how well it works, oh and how silly fast this thing is off the line. It's just a silent rocket!

[asshanson]

Haha caved and put in the 220! 110 really is useless.

[turbotalon1g]

Where are the pics? Congrats on teh new purchase!

[rose0529]

Haha caved and put in the 220! 110 really is useless.

Yeah, I would have done it sooner, but I was talking to the electrician we use for work and asking how much it would cost to run a higher amp service to our house, but he said I have plenty to run the car charger so I grabbed the supplies and went for it. Figure I'm about $180 into it.

[rose0529]

Where are the pics? Congrats on teh new purchase!

Does the pic in the first post not work?

[rose0529]

Took the aero covers off this weekend. I really like the wheels without them on.

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=17370&d=1577454869


Plus it shows off the "little" brakes better :)
http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=17369&d=1577454866

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=17368&d=1577454861

I also got the 240V charger set up working this weekend. I bought the $35 adapter from Tesla for the charger that the car came with. Now I'm charging at 7-8kw, or about 28-30 miles of range an hour. I can do scheduled departure so it is charged and the cabin is warm by the time I leave in the morning.

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=17367&stc=1&d=1577374018

[asshanson]

Two side benefits of the scheduled departure: your battery isn’t sitting a long time at a high state of charge (sitting full for a long time decreases its life), and your battery is warm when you leave, which is important for regen braking. In the winter my battery is almost always cold in the morning, so no regen.