Suffering from RA (Range Anxiety)

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Jun 14, 2009 | 12:26 PM
  #1  
After a couple of days with the MINI I am torn between wanting to take it everywhere, and knowing that with only the 110v cable there is a price to pay. So far I have not charged it past 75% and I definitely get the impression that the range indicator display is more accurate with a greater charge. Today I left for an errand that was about a 25 mile roundtrip. When I left I had 65 miles remaining, by the time I got home there was only 26 and the indicator can be a bit volatile, occasionally going up or down two or three miles at a time. I'm going to try to keep my hands off it the rest of the day so I am ready for the workweek tomorrow!
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Jun 15, 2009 | 04:12 PM
  #2  
I think of it as Charging Anxiety, I'm fine with the Range, its knowing that I'll have to wait 20+ hours to charge back up that keeps me from driving it as much as I'd like.
Rest Days are going to have to be a fact of life with a 110v charger.
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Jun 15, 2009 | 04:47 PM
  #3  
Robert, you are quite correct, I was using the industry term but the anxiety is really knowing it's going to be a long time before you can get back behind the wheel because charging is so slow. I haven't driven far enough from home yet to have true range anxiety Today I was able to find a parking space at work near an outlet (you can see it isn't a popular area to park in) so that makes me feel better.

http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...range-anxiety/

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Jun 17, 2009 | 11:12 AM
  #4  
Portable charging cable
Hi GoDucks...from your photo, your cable appears to be different than this one:

http://www.clippercreek.net/images/C...20Brochure.pdf

I was under the impression that the Clipper Creek cable was the one everyone has been waiting for.
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Jun 17, 2009 | 11:52 AM
  #5  
Interesting... mine is from Clipper Creek and the indicator panel actually looks much more like the charging box. Don't know if it is just cosmetically different or functionally different.
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