Keeping up appearances

Yes, I washed the car.
No, it won't happen again, at least not soon.

The 'appearance' part has to do with National Drive Electric Week, and yes, The Car was there (and clean for a change) It was a Leaf Fest as usual but there was considerable interest in the much less expensive alternative. I was waiting until I had good pictures ...and ... I still don't.

2015 is already scheduled. September sometime. Watch that site for an event near you.
It's really kinda fun to hang out with the ever so evangelical newly converted newbies. It's still kind of cute despite having watched that happen for years and years now.
Also: the Corvallis EV Association/Club [kind of an arm or the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association, though I don't think there's any 'official' connection with the OEVA or the national EAA clubs]
 has continued to have meetings, usually the first Tuesday of the month. Link is to he mailing list.

Humming along

Yes, no posts for a long time. Why's that? Because everything JUST WORKS!
We're just at 10K miles and there's really nothing to report. I plug it in 2 or 3 nights per week and just drive it. Our poor Prius now only gets used once, maybe twice a month when we need a longer trip.
It did just fine in all the snow last winter. The heat doesn't bother it. It's carted back 600 lbs. of pavers and potting soil from the home center a couple times no problem.

Basically "No trouble at all" makes for a boring blog.  Sorry'bout that  ;-)

OK, actually there is one thing. A 'known issue' with one of the sensor boards causes the airbag warning light to come on. It will still work, but it's irritating.
I'm trying to get the dealer to actually have the part(s) I need in hand before I go down there since it takes 4 hours to charge before I can come back and I don't want to do that twice. Whaa whaaa, first world problems...

2014's are here! and $Cheap$

[Edit: Mar.2015: End of year deals on 2014's have pushed after tax credit prices in some markets below $10K. Buying a used one could be stupid with these prices for New]

There was no 2013 iMiev in the US since 2012 stock was still getting sold off.
However the 2014's have just shown up at our local dealer and they've done some NICE things!

They now all have 50% faster charging cords that they come with so you don't have to pay to have it upgraded somewhere else like I did. They all have high speed CHAdeMo charge ports and both front seats have heaters. Everything else pretty much just worked so they didn't mess with it. Smart!
-AND- they dropped the price.
Basically you can get the upgraded vehicle for around $15.5K after tax considerations.
Sure I paid more like $14K but that was 'special incentives' for things that had been sitting on the lot for a year.

Anyway. Great stuff, highly recommended. Mine is running great here on it's first anniversary.