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I've never had a problem seeing through the windshield, day or night. Is it possible that your windows were slightly foggy? As for the best placement of the lines, I think they have to be there to do their job. I like the idea, but the fact that the side windows still fog up somewhat defeats...

I called VW customer care, received confirmation that the EV features should be active for 3 years, and promptly received a call from Car-Net executive service. My EV features will be active for the remainder of my 3-year complimentary service and they gave me 3 months free full service for my...

I'm the original lessee. Thanks for the suggestion. I will give that a try.

After multiple calls to car-net and what appeared to be a glimmer of hope (I had functional EV features), I received a call from a car-net supervisor telling me that I need the paid subscription to get the complimentary EV features. I have the brochure right in front of me. Total BS. I think...

I called to cancel after I noticed the $200+ charge on my credit card bill now that my 6-month full service car net trial has expired. I was not impressed with the sales pitch. She heard my young child the background and tried to guilt me into keeping the service due to the safety features that...

I don't either, unless I get to the point where the car automatically switches to Eco. It was a selling point for me that I can drive in B mode with lots of regenerative breaking without sacrificing acceleration. My '12 Leaf had almost no regen unless I put it in Eco mode.

I comfortably achieved 100+ miles on a single charge of mixed driving a couple weeks ago, including a lot of rush hour traffic on my daily commute over a few days. I cannot figure out how to upload the picture here from my phone, but I managed 101 miles (5.6 miles/kWh). The car estimated that I...

I have just over 3,000 miles on the car. Good idea on the video. I also agree that public charge stations take a lot of abuse, which is what I was thinking when I couldn't get a couple to work the first time, especially when I noticed the rubber not sitting flat and the handle not clicking. I...

After 4 months of trouble-free charging with my 2015 SEL, I've been unable to charge at a number of public chargers on a couple occasions this past week. When I insert the plug the car fails to lock the charge handle, so it doesn't start charging. The light stays yellow. The first time was at...

I've gone through a few different suppliers in NY. There are times that I've beat the local electric company rates, and there are times I've paid more. The only consistent-- 100% renewable. I'm willing to pay a little more for that, so my satisfaction ranges from estatic to satisfied.

That sounds about right to me. I live in Upstate NY, so probably similar conditions. My miles/kWh in October was regularly 4.5 - 5+. When the temps dropped into the 30s and I used the heater, my economy went down to 3.8 - 4 miles/kWh. It was 37 today on my drive home and I got 4.2. Below 30 my...

How about turning off the breaker to cut power to the charge station? Maybe it will allow you to turn off the car and disconnect the plug. I don't know.

Nope.

I just got back from a long trip yesterday and experienced the various warnings for the first time. At 18 miles I received my first warning. It automatically switched the car into Eco mode; however, I overrode the change by manually switching it back into regular mode. At 12 miles I received yet...

What's your daily commute and how long until you get a charge station wired? Unless you're depleting the battery every day, it's not as if you're going to charge for 20 hours. Whatever you do, get a good heavy duty extension cord and don't see it as a longterm solution by any means.

I agree that I would run electrical properly instead of using an extension cord. I used a 10 gauge with my Leaf in emergency situations (a couple times) only.

I believe that all service options listed above constitute highway robbery, but I guess that this is VW's response to the lower maintenance cost of EVs. Don't have oil to change or a transmission? Okay, we'll look at some stuff and charge you $$$$. No thanks.

I'm glad to hear that you received a replacement EVSE. Also, thanks for sharing the info about rain and extension cords. It's good to hear that I was wrong about charging in the rain. I had pretty much written off the EVSE as worthless if I couldn't charge in rain or snow, as Im most likely to...

The salesman told me that it isn't weatherproof, and I think I saw something on the packaging, but I cannot find anything in the manual or on the EVSE itself. I would prefer to be wrong; maybe the salesman just planted the idea in my head.

I'll bet that it was the rain, not the extension cord that caused the fault. I used a heavy duty extension cord with the EVSE that came with my LEAF, and I know that many others have used them successfully with other EVSEs. However, the e-Golf's EVSE isn't rated for use in rain. I was surprised...