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In the dumbest move ever, Chevy makes the horn honk when you adjust the high beams. I have always assumed this was on the long list of mistakes that would eventually get fixed. But no! It's on purpose!!!! Quote: The Spark EV also features a Pedestrian Friendly Alert Function (PFAF) to alert...

Leave it to Chevy to give this car two big digital displays, but not use them for a problem big enough to require service. WTF? I mean, instead of a generic yellow light, the seven inch monitor could say, "air conditioner compressor error" or "battery fault". A yellow freaking light? :shock...

I figured it out. If you google "spark korea", most of the cars pictured have full-size side mirrors like mine. Apparently useless side mirrors are not legal in Korea and elsewhere.

I bought the larger Spark mirrors and installed them without any trouble. Here is what I did. The part numbers above are drop-in replacements that fit the 2014 and 2015 Spark EV perfectly. Pry off the plastic cover. Open the door, carefully pry out the plastic access panel, and use a socket...

I put stick-on convex mirrors on the Spark the first week I owned it, and they make the problem worse. You obscure the tiny mirrors with replacement mirrors that are even smaller, which make everything look a mile away? THATs why other drivers don't put them up. As I said, Chevy makes drop-in...

You are concerned about a microscopic aero penalty, but you are driving an electric car with no LED bulbs? Every signal and illumination bulb on the Spark is a tiny energy-wasting space heater, which continuously piss away hundreds of watts--even when the car is not moving and the aero penalty...

I don't doubt that BMWs can use the NRG Fast Chargers. Since the Chevy Spark is such a crappy car, I'm sure the charging fault is with my Spark. But since my car would not charge five out of five times I tried, after eight months of trying, I have given up on NRG. I can only afford to charge...

My dealer, Momentum Chevrolet of San Jose, are shitty thieves. I go there for nothing whatsoever. My first Spark was a fiasco. Multiple salespeople lied outright about whether it had the DC Fast Charge option, and lied outright about the financing. When I threatened to sue them for breach of...

i keep my second remote in the trunk! It's always where you need it. Open your car with your phone app to get the spare key. Just in case my phone can't get a signal, or was stolen with the keys, I had a new spare key made. It's just the physical key, but it's cheap, and it can open the doors...

The C pillars aren't the problem, it's putting a giant piece of black plastic in front of the C pillar to hold the groovy door handle. Where is the last place you would put the handle? That's where they put it. I drive about ten cars a year. I can say confidently that the Spark has the worst...

The interns who designed the Spark put the rear door handles covering the window, which make the blind spots literally as big as a truck. Then, the student designers added microscopic side mirrors. Genius. Now it turns out, GM makes larger oval mirrors to replace the tiny triangular stock...

Yes, but it is SO much more worse than that. When I am trying to use an NRG charger, I am almost always outside the car on the phone with NRG. The car often steals the connection with no warning, so that the audio is inside the car instead of outside on my phone. Most of the time I don't realize...

The big problem is, NRG has to install them, but they don't have to keep them working. I have been to two NRG fast chargers a total of six times, and none ever worked. Not at all. Their phone support was criminally clueless. I have a Chevy Spark, but I watched a BMW guy go through the same...

I have pointlessly visited NRG evGO SAE combo chargers six times. All six times I got an error, and not one drop of juice. NRG's combo SAE charger has never worked properly for me, not once. I tried the Mountain View location on Grant five times. Last night, I gambled on the Milpitas location in...

Recently, my lady took off with my key, leaving me stranded. For next time, I put the extra remote in the trunk next to the tire inflator, but the car kept telling me I left the remote in the car. So I put the extra remote in an Altoids tin. That attenuates the signal enough so the car doesn't...

The various parts of the Spark EV are networked, and tapping into the CAN bus could give an insight into that is happening inside the car, (like random honking) and possibly allow us to inject some sanity to the behavior of the car. Here is a link describing how the CAN bus works and data...

That menu only works if your car is in PARK. If you stop at a light and fiddle with the radio looking for it, you won't find it.

I discovered that (in the 2015 at least) you can disable SOME of the stupid honking. There is a settings section on the radio. Secret tip, you can't get there unless the car is standing still in Park. That fooled me at first. So you can turn off the honk to let you know you are charging. And...

It's a SCAM. Momentum Chevy in San Jose did the exact same thing. DON'T! I brought back the car I bought! Had them reverse all the financing! They put me in the car they sold me, instead of the car they TOLD me they sold me. This bait and switch thing is literally criminal.

Dumbest horn thing so far: the panic alarm. It's like a mosquito fart. Clearly if you are attacked by a wild animal, you are better off calling for help by leaving your keys in the car or flashing the headlights. New for 2015, when you charge your car: honk! Genius. Apparently the first car...