Edit: The tires have been sold.
I am moving next week, so I am selling my extra set of stock Spark EV tires. I am in the Los Angeles area; local pickup only. Please PM me if you are interested. I am selling all four tires for $275 or best offer.
The tires are Bridgestone Ecopia EP150 tires...
When the car is on, pressing the sport button should cause "Sport mode" or something similar to appear near the speedometer. Pressing the traction control button should cause the "traction off light" to show up near the speedometer. If you don't see anything than you may want to take your car in...
The S. Drives definitely increased traction compared to the stock tires. On flat ground the wheels might slip a little when flooring it depending on the road. On a flat road I don't recall the T/C ever limiting power. By "limiting power", I mean that the power from the motor is significantly...
Friendly Warning:
Do not wrap the dashcam wire around the A-pillar to get from the windscreen to the door seal (as shown in some dashcam installation videos). Doing so blocks the side impact airbag. Here's a video of the side impact airbag deploying.
Good catch, I changed it to "Very quickly turn on the car, turn off the parking brake, and shift into reverse". Yes, I assume it takes some time for the brakes to pressurize.
My 5 month review of the Spark EV
I have been leasing my Spark EV for over five months now (lease details in this thread), so I thought it might be helpful to give a detailed review now that I know it inside and out. To make my bias very clear, I love this car. It is very fun to drive, easy to...
I have used the USB music a bit, but have not noticed this issue. I am playing Ogg and MP3 files with what the dealer says is the latest head unit software.