u/FrugaliciousEclectic

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Hypermiling/Ecomodding

Greetings all! Current Chevy Bolt owner checking in and considering buying a 2014 Leaf with 9/12 bars of battery health. Owner states that the cars gets "between 60-75 miles on a full charge", the area I'm in is rather hilly so understandable.

I've tried searching the Ecomodder forum but didn't find much on there, has anyone done aggressive ecomodding on this car? I've seen a few do rear wheel covers, but I'm thinking of doing more like...

-thinner wheels and/or LRR tires

-stripping the interior

-adding aero/diffusers to the back of the car

-rear wheel covers with slits to relieve air pressure

Before the eventually need for a battery swap, I want to see if increasing the cars range by 20-30% is achievable. Thanks!

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u/FrugaliciousEclectic — 4 days ago

Looking for a dealer within 200 mile radius of West Virginia who has encountered a sliding door issue and fixed it.

Long story short, one of the rear sliding doors stopped functioning back in November, and we took the car in for what we thought would be a quick fix. Nearly 6 months later, the dealer has replaced wires, harnesses, sensors, the sliding glass, and the door motor itself. I've read/seen a lot of owners have this issue with the door, I have yet to see anyone who has had to wait this long. I recently saw a video where someone suggested to just take it to a different dealer, and I'm hoping for some good news as we love the car.

Thanks!

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u/FrugaliciousEclectic — 13 days ago