Speedy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 7:25 am
How much effort is to take everything apart to get to the coupler? I'd imagine it's a fair bit huh
Oh yes indeed. Will probably tackle this in fall/winter so I can start out with a more silent car next spring.
Today I tried to convince my wife that you can go on long trips with an EV. Here is what happened:
I cruised on A7 at 120km/h . It's very hilly around Kassel (Germans know this as Kasseler Berge). So consumption was rather high at 21 kWh/100km. Sure enough the SoC needle dropped quite fast and I got off to a fast charger. There was already a Porsche Taycan charging there so charging speed dropped to 25kW. So we quickly took dog for a walk and went to the next fast charger. Arrived there with my glorious collection of RFID cards only to read "please use the app".
But I didn't bring a smart phone.
Called service. They started the charging session which quit after 5s: charger fault.
Ok I thought, this is a small problem as we still had enough juice to at least reach an AC charger and I had brought the 11kW charger.
So got back in, put the key in ignition and..... it wouldn't turn. No matter how hard I tried and how much I wiggled - nothing.
A worker lent me a bottle of WD40, no good. He said he knew his way around VW and disassembled the steering wheel
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But he couldn't fix the issue.
Finally we decided to get a flatbed truck. They bring you to the nearest garage by default. "But sir, this car is a bit special, it's converted to electric". Of course I had to pop the hood and let him take pictures. And we decided to rather bring the car back come. On Diesel power
So here I am back home and learning some lock picking. Who thought that in a home brew EV the god damn key mechanism would ruin your trip
Wife convincing will need another go
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