Can’t really answer the questions as I have not tried to get any of this information. In Canada the car only comes with the battery. Mine was bought in late 2013 and is a 2014 model year. So far I have just taken it in once per year for their checkup routine and the battery seems to only get better - probably as I get better at driving it.
Regards, Lawrence Harris [email protected] > On Oct 23, 2017, at 13:38, mark hanson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Lawrence, > > The Smart ED was my first choice for a factory EV until I found out I > couldn’t get the shop manual or a OBD-2 CanBus reader like the LeafSpy I have > on the Leaf. Then the wheeler dealer told me it had half the battery > warranty since it was half a car (not the standard 100K 8 year) OR I had to > make monthly battery payments (about $99?) or buy the battery for $5K extra > (on top of what I paid for a used Smart). In addition I had to TOW it to > Wash DC once a year (I’m 250 miles away in Roanoke and both Mercedes dealers > here said they have nothing to do with Smarts) to have them tweak stuff to > keep the battery warranty in effect. Smart *really* needs a Smart > dealership! Not the bastard child of Mercedes… > > Have they changed any of their policies or are they still trying to UNSELL > their EV’s? > > I currently own a Leaf and a Spark, like both but the Leaf has more service > info (thanks to Cor etc, not wheeler dealers). The Spark handles better, > more fun to drive/park – but I hope it never breaks, would be harder to fix, > the polar opposite of my last conversion www.evalbum.com/4346 > <http://www.evalbum.com/4346> . > > Have a renewable energy day, > > Mark > > Mark E. Hanson > 184 Vista Lane > Fincastle, VA 24090 > 540-473-1248 phone & FAX, 540-816-0812 cell > REEVA: community service RE & EV project club > Website: www.REEVAdiy.org <http://www.reevadiy.org/> (See Project Gallery) > UL Certified PV Installer > My RE&EV Circuits: www.EVDL.org/lib/mh <http://www.evdl.org/lib/mh> > FREE Solar EV Charging! ; http://www.WeatherLink.com/user/MarkHansonREEVA > <http://www.weatherlink.com/user/MarkHansonREEVA> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20171023/ca832aa2/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
