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CA might have half the EVs, but they have an overwhelming majority of the Spark EVs. For instance, the two major insurance auction chains currently have 13 totaled Spark EVs between them. 10 in California, 3 in Portland. You'd think they'd show up in Baltimore, but I haven't seen a single...

Assume two identical cars with two different drivers, with 15 kWh of usable battery capacity. One drives at high speeds a lot, uses the heaters a lot and frequently brakes hard enough to engage the hydraulic brakes, and gets 3 miles per kWh. The other tries to preheat the car while it's...

After about 40mph, the 140hp limit is in effect and the torque starts going down. The torque limit that applies below 40mph is just to control wheelspin. If you put on smaller tires that grip better than the OE Bridgestones, you'll get to 40mph faster, beyond that you'd have to reprogram the...

Looks like you came out OK in the end. A guy charged you a reasonable price for time and materials, you got a good looking professional job done and he got paid. It's good to find out which tradesmen will gouge customers based on the customer's perceived status. Like the time I bought a 14...

Ah, two idiots and a truck. That makes sense now. Painting my car without authorization would cause them all kinds of trouble. That's the sort of thing that puts me on a sue and destroy mission.

Do you want to play "Name That Carrier"?

Those are horrible lamps if the picture on Amazon is accurate. Actually, anything with a Cree emitter is likely to be horrible in a headlamp designed for filament bulbs. Somebody tried to educate the Cruze forum here, take a look at his pics of horrible H13 bulb replacements and less bad H13...

It wouldn't be the first time a tax bill for the year passed in November or December. In 1993, there was a major change passed in December that was retro to January, and it greatly increased the tax liability on certain types of income. It's unlikely that any credits will be revoked...

You never have both a gain on the front page of 1040 and a loss carryforward to next year. Everything nets out before it hits page one of 1040. Take a look at Schedule D. 1. compute short term and long term gain or loss for current year. 2. deduct short term and long term loss carryforward...

One of my clients had nearly $100k in long term capital gains and zero tax liability. His earned income was less than the married standard deduction and 3 exemptions, and that put him in the 0% bracket for LTCG. (taxpayers in the 10% and 15% brackets pay 0% on LTCGs, it's been that way since...

The Spark EV is the same chassis as the 2014-2015 Spark. For 2016, the gas Spark moved to the new body style, but they kept making the EV with the 2015 tooling. Differences include some aero mods, like the grilles, and an entirely different rear suspension. Seats might be a bit different...

Call me a chicken, but I couldn't do something like that without a 4kw generator and a couple of gallons of gas in the trunk.

Now that'll easily match the fuel cost of your EV. ;) If you return it with an empty tank, who pays the fill charge?

A friend of mine shipped a RX7 from southern CA to southern MI for $800 a couple of years ago, via a uship listing.

What's the emergency power off procedure for a SparkEV that's on fire? https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/heres-what-firefighters-do-to-extinguish-a-battery-fire-on-a-tesla-model-s/ar-AAtHVle?li=BBnb7Kz

I would think keeping it between 30% and 70% would maximize the life. Most lithium batteries prefer to be half charged.

Good catch. If they list it for 2nd Gen gassers but not 1st Gen gassers, I bet it won't fit. Probably whoever stuck it in the EPC didn't realize the 2016 EV was 1st Gen. Unless some brave soul wants to order it through their local dealer under an agreement to return it without restocking fee...

https://www.gmoutletparts.com/oem-parts/gm-hitch-mount-accessory-carrier-19354461 Oops, it looks like this is for the 2nd gen chassis and GM erred in putting it in the EPC for 2016 EV.

How old/large is your first child? I have not heard much praise for the Spark's back seat.

You can go to one of the GM dealership online parts stores like https://www.gmoutletparts.com/ and see what part numbers match. http://www.Car-part.com has EV parts indexed in the interchange, if I ask for a fender for a 2016 EV it gives me a couple of 2014 EVs. One would think that common...