Posts by JPWhite 6 publicly visible posts • joined 20 Dec 2011
Miele to Comcast.
Hey we've noticed a lot of WiFi routers with the Xfinity SSID. We are wiling to pay you x thousands of dollars per year for access to that network.
Comcast to Miele
OK your checked cleared, here is how you access the network.....
Customer installs dishwasher, dishwasher sees Xfinity SSID broadcast by customers neighbor. Dishwasher connects and calls home.
Who wouldn't vote to ban an electronic book which could be used against us?
Its totally unenforceable, especially since the warning has gone out to download it and put into your favorite online e-storage location.
I wonder if they feel OK destroying 'electronic books' because destroying real books is too Ray Bradbury like.?
It sounds like Nissan changed the setup of the LEAF for the UK. In the US the fog lights do not come on unless you press the switch. There is a small but noticeable power drain on the energy meter when they are on. The Auto headlights in the US turn the headlights on only on heavy overcast days or at night. Does the UK version have auto headlights/tailights?
Sounds like Nissan need to reprogram the LEAF for the UK market given the fog light law.
Tennessee has it's share of hilly bits, considerably higher in elevation than the pennines for sure.
Going up hill does suck down the charge more quickly than running on a flat road for sure, but remember that down hills you are charging the battery back up. I find 25% of total energy is derived from the regenerative braking and coasting. What goes up must come down, so the overall impact of hills isn't that great after all.
A friend of mine who also has a LEAF leaves home with 80% charge and arrives 12 miles away still with an 80% charge due to the regenerative charging going down a long hill. Of course going back up the hill claws back any gains made.
My LEAF is my primary vehicle. I do about 14,000 miles per year with it, the petrol car does about 6,000.
The LEAF isn't suitable as your ONLY car, but it is very capable as your primary vehicle. Folks often confuse needing a second car with the LEAF being the second car. As a primary vehicle doing decent mileage every year the numbers do actually add up. Given the cost of Petrol and Diesel in the UK and charging on economy 7 I'd say it would soon pay for itself very nicely thank you.
Grab the spreadsheet at my blog and customize to the UK incentives, prices and leccy costs. I'd be interested hearing back if the payback is sooner or later than in the US.
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