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  1. J

    Has anyone tried DIREZZA ZII STAR SPEC tires?

    I wouldn't suggest these tires on the Spark. I use them on my other car and took a 15% hit to mileage plus they are quite loud. On such a quiet car that would be really annoying. I've come to the realization that there is no winning move when it comes to tires on this car.
  2. J

    Battery degredation

    I'm at approx 7500 miles and my indicated range is 58 miles give or take. I have much sticker tires, though, and they are slightly larger than stock. I also don't drive slowly and charge to full each day. I think the range indicator is becoming more conservative, though. Meaning that by the...
  3. J

    Rear turn signal lenses?

    This is one of the safety weak points in this vehicle, and many GM vehicles. They could REALLY use amber turn signals lenses or clear with amber bulbs. I have a spot that I have to stop and turn into a driveway in the middle of a fast curve and I have to be really careful about the cars behind...
  4. J

    Suspension Upgrades

    Really? Yes. Yes, I'm saying exactly that.
  5. J

    Suspension Upgrades

    Are you f-ing KIDDING ME?! I'm keeping this car off the freeway. W T F
  6. J

    HID Option?

    I picked up a set of the Xenon Depot LEDs for the high beams in my other vehicle and the results are below. I want to make it clear that the results in this other vehicle (which also has an aftermarket HID kit) should not be considered representative of the results of the LED in the Spark and I...
  7. J

    Automatic Parking Brake Release...

    I just discovered this functionality this evening. Very handy. Guess I should have read the manual more closely. From the manual: In short, start the car, put it in gear, lightly tap the gas pedal and the brake releases itself.
  8. J

    Do owners of the Spark EV have an site like Volt owners?

    We used to have a site with more information. GM killed it. EDIT: looks like they updated the mychevy site since I last visited it. There was a while there where there was very little info. It's improved but you still can't remote start like you used to be able to. The old efficiency graphs...
  9. J

    What range do you show?

    I try not to obsess over the range but the most significant battery conditioning I've seen was a day where the vehicle sat parked all day on a hot blacktop in full sun with 105-degree temps and moderate humidity. The drive home was a freeway run @ 75MPH slightly uphill into a headwind with the...
  10. J

    HID Option?

    To clarify, I wouldn't say that putting HIDs in non-HID reflector headlights is an automatic no-no. If you have a well designed halogen reflector with good, controlled beam patterns then adding a decent HID kit will result in similar though brighter output. I've done this in the past and no...
  11. J

    What range do you show?

    Mine showed 72-75 on the original tires and now it's 63-65 on my much better but not LRR tires. I do not drive slow and run 35-37PSI in the tires. The only weirdness/waste my car displays is that the A/C seems to create cold air even with the fan off and only the fresh-air vent set to open...
  12. J

    light icons?

    The phrase "Automatic" headlights here isn't really what people expect. I expect automatic headlights to mean they turn on automatically at night, and turn off in daylight. In this car it only seems to mean that when I turn the car on, the headlights turn on, and when I turn it off the...
  13. J

    HID Option?

    Corrected for you. But this touchy subject usually requires too much of your average Joe with a cell phone trying to take a picture. When average Joe doesn't understand how not to over-expose the photo and posts it up not knowing any better people start jumping up and down about the beam...
  14. J

    Heater not working...

    Given the complete lack of heat I now have a feeling that is an "assumed" number based on the climate settings....not an actual measured number. As for smells, mine has frequently smelled of toasty hot electronics. It comes and goes, not correlated with heater usage though. I just figured...
  15. J

    Heater not working...

    Can't get the heater to work. Here's what I've tried: -hottest temp -warmer temp, but lower than hottest. -remote activation of the climate control -turning it on after having driven quite a distance -fan high and fan low -pulled the (-) standard battery cable and let the car sit for a while...
  16. J

    Alarms and beeps

    Not normal. The typical advice you get here is to unplug the standard battery in the engine compartment for a while (5-10 minutes) then plug it back it. It is said to clear gremlins like this. If that doesn't work, I wonder if your standard battery isn't bad.
  17. J

    Spark 2LT with FC Lease Deal in LA/OC

    You didn't trade in a vehicle, did you?
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