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Why would you listen to music on the bike you should be listening to other road users and not be distracted by music

I'm picking one up for $5,800 this weekend. Only has a leaky PCV valve

I know this is super random but I remember a vid you posted long ago where you talked about your home NAS, can't remember what vid it was to watch it back though. what software are you running on that? i remember it being some sort of free linux distro, thanks.

sounds like BMW where the battery type and CCA and reserve all have to be programmed or the new battery has to match the OE battery specs.

Thanks to the people at openinverter forum a lot of EVs like this one have a second life. The zombie inverter and various BMS systems all designed by people who release them as open source so you can build your own and replace these proprietary BMS

Thanks for the tilted seat tip lol very helpful

What about doing a east coast supercharger (not a and a due to engineering/ install difficulties) on the base model with new sway bars, long tubes, and lowering kit?

No radar cruise on the i3. It's camera based, and not very good.

So...lesson learned?

It's so damn ugly.

What did op expect for $1500. i wouldn't mind one though

EV and screwed just go together...

20 years old z still handles better than modern M2 you know chevy z aint messign arond with this subject

It's a bummer that you could't get it going. I recently bought a Smart electric that stopped charging. The Mercedes dealer diagnosed it as needing about $8k of repairs, a new charger and the charger wiring harness, so he sold it cheap. I'd never worked on an electric, but wanted to give it a try. I fixed it for $8, I could have done it for free, but I decided to splurge on a nicer repair. I love that car.

Could the new BECM be bad? Could it be something as simple as a fuse? Please tell me you checked all the fuses? You should’ve check and made sure the connectors had power. Janky little 12v battery? Oh so many things could be the issues. If the 12v battery was completely dead some features and and system shut down, or simply make know by codes. You know when you swap battery some cars need a BMS reset… could it be that? You have the codes and you should be able to see when the codes were recorded, that might help eliminate. Also if you FRIED the module would there be a Circuit open code?? Maybe see if it’s even recognizing the BECM by leaving it out. I know some establishment disconnect the power reduce the risk of fire. What if you just discharge the battery completely? I swear it’s probably something so simple that you’ve overlooked. 😕

Hard lesson to learn! DON'T buy a GM product PERIOD!!

Anyone that buys a gm product is just nuts

Maybe you can swap out some chips in the module?

Anything electronic can be repaired, fix the issue, don't just change it.

My EV-1 with lead acid batteries had better range than this car !!

I sampled your gripe (ahh man) @ 00:10:03

Can you pop open the bms and check the components. Maybe send it out to an electric repair shop that can do component level repair

I want it!

Why buy a Miata if you dislike so much ?

Well if anyone is stupid enough to buy an EV then you just contributed to the destruction of someone's life. Production of batteries is more toxic to the environment than plastic.😅😂😹🤣😸😺🤓😀🤭

What drew my attention was the fact that someone thought they get a GOOD car ,from a DEALER, for $1,500 . 🤣

Great video. So both the Spark and the Bolt had common "bad battery" issues? It's almost like traditional car companies want the public to see EVs as risky despite being extremely simple and reliable.

I'm still trying to figure out your knogin, wtf.

I think it is highly unlikely that your sequence of assembly is the problem. When you replace a part and it does not fix the problem, it was almost always not the problem. What does it cost for an entire spark ev pack replacement? Throw this part at the problem and see if it fixes it. If nothing else, now you have doubled the battery capacity. With the pack out, I would have checked the voltages on all those modules and see what the reality was on them, and if low try to recharge them manually to get them into spec.

I like how the battery pack isn't full of glue like the Cybertruck and Chinese EV's !!! Sucks about the BMS ☹️

meanwhile if you do this with a leaf you dont need to do anything

Sad to witness more evidence of GM's screw-the-consumer dark side. Sorry you couldn't make it go. Good luck recouping cost.

Someone on the Chevy Spark EV forums just yesterday fixed a bricked battery with a "low voltage" error. The HPCM2 was reprogrammed and the car was able to charge and balance! In your case, it's likely that the BECM was fine, just doing its job reporting cell imbalance and low voltage. If you still have the car, you must consider reprogramming the HPCM2 or replacing it. It's under the driver's seat.

Isn't "cramming a lot of space" into something more or less an oxymoron?

I'll give you $300 for it

You need to get yourself one of those April Roses to cancel out those bad days. You see first hand how it works for Hoovie.

My thoughts exactly. What's the point of having wheels you can't see from a short distance.

Thanks for the warning about how fussy the sequence is. Will bear that in mind.

400 lb-ft? Wow! The Volt (2g) was very peppy at a light and it only had 290!

Your history left out the 2010-2019 Volt. EV with a small battery (since they were VERY expensive still back then) and an engine to provide electricity when the battery died. A hybrid but not a Hybrid.

Subscription for anything to facilitate repairs needs to be illegal!

Amazing under 10 yrs old and it junk ....that's why i'd never buy a full out EV

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Anybody dumb enough to buy ANY electric vehicle, used or otherwise, deserves whatever hassle they get. No sympathy for morons who believe EV's are a good idea. Maybe when tech catches up to make them viable, but that is nowhere on the horizon.

I didnt think much of these cars until i rebuilt a 98 sl2 i got for free with a blown engine. Imo these cars are definitely underrated. This car had a dohc all aluminum engine, aluminum rims, 4 wheel disc brakes and fully independent rear suspension. The higher level gm cars didnt even have these features.

to me what you DID WORNGFUL WAS HOOKING UP BATTERY CHARGER AND OVER CHARGE ECM which you fryed it up twice man never charge 12v hook up to car you have disconnted it first them charge battery otherwise you fryed up both ecm and bcm i have learned this from few ev worker i didnt know until i spot it on test them alot of people forgotten about it them GM ditched this project and put anti repair in system which locked you out cant do anything to it until you find code to hack ecm to read bcm but you cant because ecm is only problem throwing you into loophole and keeping anyone from not fixing it at all if i were go there i would have helped you fix it get it bypassed but sadly you went on get rid of it one thing i wanted to say dont BUY GM THING otherwise you going have nightmare

My dad got one one time as a rental car and he said the only thing spark about it would be the spark that you would see if you got nailed on 18-wheeler, that would be a spark LOL.

Curious what the times of the other cars was?

Why don't you try sending the BCM to a module rebuilder? Any good electronics tech should be able to fix the module so long as it's not a proprietary chip that's bad.