New bike transporter on Squirrel
Traveling in Squirrel, even very long distances, is a joy, but carrying two long tail cargo bikes and full camping gear inside the van can be a bit of a chore, every day loading the van is a 3 dimensional …
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Otago 2022 – an EV winter road trip.
About this post This post is about a road trip in August 2022 to Central Otago and Southland NZ, in our Mitsubishi Minicab Miev electric tiny van (Squirrel). We fitted two long tail cargo bikes and associated riding and maintenance …
Nissan Leaf 2014 Model X – setting the clock
Its taken me nearly 3 years to get this right, and the need to set charging timers to take advantage of EV overnight rates was the reason why it happened. Setting the clock is a two phase process. Firstly setting …
Otago 2022 – another roadtrip – cancelled
Unfortunately, this trip scheduled for February 2022 was cancelled, but we rescheduled for August 2022 and it is blogged about here. Covid permitting, we are intending to do a similar trip to last years trip to Central Otago. In brief, …
Road Trip 2021 – Central Otago
Lynn and Dave cycle the Otago bike trails Background Lynn and I have been wanting to do the Central Otago Rail Trail since we first heard about it many years ago. We finally have bikes that we feel we want …
New Tyres for Squirrel
The Yokohama 145R12 LT (light truck) tyres on the Minicab Miev have come to the end of their life, down to less than 2mm of tread, and an edge wearing away on the back, probably due to driving style. I …
Squirrel, and the case of the hot batteries!
In the post about our South Island road trip, I described the issue we had with the battery overheating on the last day. In summary, I charged 5 times during that day, 3 times to 95% from a quite low …
Squirrel – and our South Island camping road trip, Feb 2020
Squirrel has recently taken us on a road trip, from our home in Whitby to Little River on the Banks Peninsula. We intended to go all the way to Akaroa, but circumstances prevented the last leg. As the Squirrel only …
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Squirrel – the Mitsi Miev Minicab
Why Squirrel? Well it is small, red, quiet,cute and peoples heads turn like the dogs in the film “Up!” when they see a squirrel. It has already caused one nose to tail between two vehicles when the first vehicle stopped …
First Electric 4 wheeled vehicle
We finally did it, after years of considering, and months of waiting for the right vehicle to come along, we have bought our first electric car – or van in this case. A slightly unusual vehicle, especially here in NZ. …