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Re: Miles planned high-speed car KIA? Confirmed? Anybody?

Ben — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:13:49 GMT

Got it. Thank you for passing that along. ... From: Noel Adams Subject: RE: [NEVs] Miles planned high-speed car KIA? Confirmed?

Question for NYS NEV Owners

Bill McMullen — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:55:36 GMT

After driving my GEM for 5 years without incident I finally got stopped by the local police. No, I wasn't speeding! The officer that stopped me noticed I had

Re: Miles planned high-speed car KIA? Confirmed? Anybody?

Noel Adams — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:44:09 GMT

It just so happens that I talked to Greg Kosmatka, the Miles regional sales manager for SoCal, last Sunday at the Pasadena Alt fuel vehicle show. He told me

Re: Battery revitilization

Ricky Suiter — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:50:43 GMT

Check the water level first, if the tops of the plates aren't covered fill the cells with just enough water to cover the plates (don't fill all the way yet).

Re: batteries..

Ricky Suiter — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:17:30 GMT

Full is ideal, but you can use a lead acid battery for traction use, it just has to be built for it with thicker plates. "Marine deep cycle" batteries are the

Re: Battery revitilization

Al Lumas — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:36:11 GMT

Jan, The GEM owner's or service manual (I forget which) says to perform a fast charge on each battery. You can download and save the owner's and service

Re: batteries..

arthurok — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:36:20 GMT

keeping a lead acid battery fully charged is ideal. and thats what the alternator in a engined car does. this deep cycle stuff is partially

Battery revitilization

jan — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:34:21 GMT

Some of you guys are very up on battery answers so here is my latest problem. I had a friend borrow one of our GEMs to try to teach his mildly autistic son to

Re: NEVs and streets with 40-45mph speed limits

Ben — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:33:40 GMT

ha. i loved that diplomatic answer! nice ... From: hlgeorge Subject: Re: [NEVs] Re: NEVs and streets with 40-45mph speed limits To:

Re: New-to-us 2001 GEM

Ricky Suiter — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:44:00 GMT

Welcome to GEM ownership. It sounds like your batteries are getting near the end of their life. The date code will be stamped on the negative terminal of a

Re: batteries..

Ricky Suiter — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:09:03 GMT

Umm, are you only plugging it in when it gets down to 50%? Quit doing that and charge it after every trip. Rick ... From: magie02qd Subject:

Re: New-to-us 2001 GEM

Carlos — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:22:59 GMT

Welcome I took the liberty of sending you a long mail with some tips, I figure If you are completely new to GEMs then I rather keep this topic short to all

Re: batteries..

Michael Fontana — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:27:43 GMT

I replaced the wet cell batteries in my 2002 GEM after 5 years of use and approximately 5000 miles of use in a gated community.. I use it every day and charge

New-to-us 2001 GEM

Victoria Alvarez — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:08:23 GMT

Hello, I just joined this group after recently purchasing a used 2001 GEM 4 seater. I'd been admiring these cars for a long time so when I found a used one

Re: NEVs and streets with 40-45mph speed limits

hlgeorge — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:33:17 GMT

I've seen them, I've driven them........best for me not to comment as I AM an EV advocate. At least they are trying to produce them, although they are not