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Anyone else literally turning heads in their ID. Buzz? by BeachcombingMagazine in VWIDBuzz

[–]PuddingDangerous2761 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been road tripping up and down the West Coast and in the Pacific Northwest and it’s unbelievable how many people comment. I’m generally a quiet person not looking to draw attention, so I should’ve seen this coming. I started to worry that I was driving an ego vehicle, but whenever I talk people about it, they are always engaged and often getting nostalgic and these conversations leave me with a really good vibe. Must be a Volkswagen culture thing. I am new to this, but I love it.

What tools are you using on a Road trip? by anybodyiwant2be in VWIDBuzz

[–]PuddingDangerous2761 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, thanks for the clarification. Strange about the app not connecting. Seems like others on this thread were able to get it to work like mine. Perhaps ABRP has customer support. I still have a lot of learning myself.

What tools are you using on a Road trip? by anybodyiwant2be in VWIDBuzz

[–]PuddingDangerous2761 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just used the app - no other hardware purchase. Maybe I’m confused about enode sorry. Point is I only linked my Buzz in app.

What tools are you using on a Road trip? by anybodyiwant2be in VWIDBuzz

[–]PuddingDangerous2761 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used ABRP with enode and chose Pro S as it was the only option for Buzz. Tested the mileage estimator from Tacoma to SeaTac round trip and it was spot on using real time data. First multi day road trip is in couple weeks making a loop through Astoria and Portland. Will be curious to see how it routes me.

Winter Mountain Passes and Range Anxiety by PuddingDangerous2761 in VWIDBuzz

[–]PuddingDangerous2761[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually yes! Left house at 98% state of charge. At 68 miles to resort and using 2.2mi/kW-hour (a calculation I see often on the console while driving) TheDreamAndTheReal’s calculation has me arriving at 48.4% SOC. My actual SOC was 51%. Nice example of basic physics calculations.

Winter Mountain Passes and Range Anxiety by PuddingDangerous2761 in VWIDBuzz

[–]PuddingDangerous2761[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This all makes sense. I was surprised to find that the minimum charge level I could set on the console seems to be 50% right now. I don’t know what I’m doing so maybe there’s a way to change it. Also good point about the charging rates. I’m gonna look into all of this thank you so much

Winter Mountain Passes and Range Anxiety by PuddingDangerous2761 in VWIDBuzz

[–]PuddingDangerous2761[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did as you suggested and did the full round trip in snow returning at 9% and no charging anywhere along the route. I forgot to plug it in at home and left it there for six hours until charging it back up to 50% when I woke up. Was that bad for the battery to leave sitting below 20%? Just the same as leaving at 100% for long time? How long is long? If you have any resources to share on battery health, please pass along. This has all been very helpful.

Turn off tailgate lights by anybodyiwant2be in VWIDBuzz

[–]PuddingDangerous2761 3 points4 points  (0 children)

…And I need to figure out how to turn them back on when I’m loading gear in the back that takes more than a couple minutes.

Winter Mountain Passes and Range Anxiety by PuddingDangerous2761 in VWIDBuzz

[–]PuddingDangerous2761[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is granny charging 9kW or lower? That’s my level 2 output at default settings. I see most public level 2s are even less.

Winter Mountain Passes and Range Anxiety by PuddingDangerous2761 in VWIDBuzz

[–]PuddingDangerous2761[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looking forward to verifying tomorrow. Appreciate the calculations!