Dear All, I know this topic was discussed a lot but I wanted to open a new thread to explain my situation. First my situation: I love my car and when I got it I was aware there were some issues but I love new technology and therefore I am willing to take some extra steps. I have this car for 3 weeks and drove already 1100 miles. I have 6.15 on and 6.28 should be done next week. I got the CEL and one key seem to have a problem (orange key light on dash board and showing issue in Diag). Anyway I can live with that since I am hoping all will be fixed in 6.28.
However I am unhappy with my battery. I see some guys here get 100 and more mpg. I have only 38. I am wondering are you guys drivng just for buying milk? I live in CHino and when I drive to Hollywood I need to turn the ICE on and my mpg drops instantly. But the worst part I think I am doing max 30 miles per charge. Yesterday the car was fully charged with my 220V Schneider charger. I get into the car and turn on the aircon. We have around 95° here and no way I just open the window. I take off and immediately the milage drops to 48. The first 10 miles drops in about 5 min driving stops lights. getting on the highway turn on the ICE it continues to drop fast. I don't feel a difference dropping to 26 miles with or without the ICE to be honest.
Exiting highway after 20 miles I have 20 miles left due to traffic I turn off the ICE at some points. Heading to destination I drop to 15 miles but no way I drove 5 miles. After meeting getting back to car I take off with 11 miles. Turn on the ICE and head home. After getting off the highway I go back to stealth and then something funny happen which is not the first time.At about 5 miles left going up the hill it just lose power and I lose speed which the cars behind me don't think it's funny. Even turning on the ICE does not help instantly. It seems I need to give him some time to charge the battery. After 20sec this problem is solved and I have power enough to get home.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think the car will let me down and I got stuck. I have this confidence, but I am more spending time with my power management (by the way I used hill 2 all the time) then enjoying the luxury drive.
Can anybody tell me, yes, this is the way and get used to it or there's maybe something wrong with your battery. On another thread here I read that all batteries are fault?
Sorry for my long email and I didn't want to scare anybody not to buy this great car!
However I am unhappy with my battery. I see some guys here get 100 and more mpg. I have only 38. I am wondering are you guys drivng just for buying milk? I live in CHino and when I drive to Hollywood I need to turn the ICE on and my mpg drops instantly. But the worst part I think I am doing max 30 miles per charge. Yesterday the car was fully charged with my 220V Schneider charger. I get into the car and turn on the aircon. We have around 95° here and no way I just open the window. I take off and immediately the milage drops to 48. The first 10 miles drops in about 5 min driving stops lights. getting on the highway turn on the ICE it continues to drop fast. I don't feel a difference dropping to 26 miles with or without the ICE to be honest.
Exiting highway after 20 miles I have 20 miles left due to traffic I turn off the ICE at some points. Heading to destination I drop to 15 miles but no way I drove 5 miles. After meeting getting back to car I take off with 11 miles. Turn on the ICE and head home. After getting off the highway I go back to stealth and then something funny happen which is not the first time.At about 5 miles left going up the hill it just lose power and I lose speed which the cars behind me don't think it's funny. Even turning on the ICE does not help instantly. It seems I need to give him some time to charge the battery. After 20sec this problem is solved and I have power enough to get home.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think the car will let me down and I got stuck. I have this confidence, but I am more spending time with my power management (by the way I used hill 2 all the time) then enjoying the luxury drive.
Can anybody tell me, yes, this is the way and get used to it or there's maybe something wrong with your battery. On another thread here I read that all batteries are fault?
Sorry for my long email and I didn't want to scare anybody not to buy this great car!