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My partner and I have both set up profiles in our Buzz, with seat positions saved with the profiles and also saved through the buttons on the driver's seat. This all works. However, it still feels awkward to switch between drivers. What's the right order of operations?

My current routine is to push the button on the seat before I get in, which adjusts quickly. Then I sit in the driver's seat, and it asks me which profile to use, I push the button on the infotainment to switch profiles, and it tells me I can only do that with the ignition on. So I press the brake pedal to turn it on, and it starts moving to the seat position for the current user (my partner), and then I can switch profiles. Is there a better way?

Also, I haven't tested this - do the driver and passenger seats share the same saved positions for buttons 1 & 2, or are those saved specifically with the seat?

My kids have a couple of weekend events (soccer tournaments, gymnastics, etc) coming up that are at least a 1.5 hour drive away, far enough that I don't really want to come home Saturday evening and drive back on Sunday morning, especially if they need to be there early Sunday. Wondering if it makes any sense to throw an air mattress in the back of the Buzz and sleep on it Saturday night, rather than find a hotel room. I'd park somewhere official (camp site, RV park).

Anyone have advice on using their Buzz for very occasional one- or two-night trips? Not looking for a camper conversion since most of the time I'll be using it as a typical family minivan; this would be maybe 4-5 nights/year in urban areas.

This would be me and one kid, maybe two kids if I get lucky enough that they both play in the same soccer tournament.

If you aren't already aware: if your fob battery dies, and you need to start your Buzz, the place to hold the key is at the bottom of the center console, below the fold-out cup holders. Also, keep a spare fob battery in your Buzz!

The battery in my key fob died with no warning from the vehicle. I swapped in the battery from my partner's fob, since hers worked, and my fob still didn't work with that battery. I measured the voltage on the battery in my fob and got 3.2V which seems right for a 3V battery. I didn't have a fresh battery to check, but I assumed from this that the fob itself had died, so I took it to the local dealership (10 minutes away). They put in a fresh battery (and one in my partner's fob too, just in case) and my fob now works fine, which made me feel pretty silly. They told me they replace a ton of those batteries and didn't charge me for it.

Has anyone else seen this, where the same battery works in only one fob but not the other? Does the Buzz usually provide a warning of a dead fob battery? (Not that I would expect this to have reported dead, since the voltage read fine.) Is this just an issue of, the vehicle sat on a dealer lot for a year and the keys probably weren't used much?

I noticed something odd this evening with my Buzz. I plugged in the charging cable at 10pm and got a notification on my phone that a charging session started. The screen in the Buzz showed it was charging during preferred times (starting at midnight) and also kept alternating between charging (at 0 kW, with the Stop Charging button visible) and not charging (with the Stop Charging button hidden). As soon as I locked the vehicle, it immediately started charging at full power. When I unlocked the vehicle, it stopped charging.

I then disconnected the charging cable, leaving the charging door open; locked the car; and plugged in the charging cable. After that sequence it looked like the charger properly connected, and the vehicle was not actively charging, as expected. I'll see in the morning if it did in fact start charging at midnight.

Anyone else seen this? Do I need to open the charging door, then lock the car, then connect the charging cable in order to get correct behavior?

Another possibility is that this is related to allowing an app that's supposed to offer discounts for charging when there's surplus power available, to control charging... I did allow the data sharing and enrolled in the program through my utility provider, but I don't think I actually enabled it.

My house has a flat, unshaded tar-and-gravel roof ideal for solar. The roof is 17 years old, and although a roofer recently inspected it and said it's in good shape, he also said I'll likely need to replace it in 3-8 years based on typical lifespan of 20-25 years.

I'd like to install solar to charge our recently-purchased EV. My best guess is that over 3-5 years I'll save enough on my electric bills to cover the cost of removing and reinstalling the panels. I'd rather wait on replacing the roof as I'm hoping to do a larger renovation in a few years and replace the roof then. Any good reasons to wait a few years on installing solar, until either I do that renovation (if it happens) or roof replacement become necessary?

Found an unexpected benefit of the Buzz insisting on going 2mph when neither the brake nor accelerator pedals are pressed, versus what a standard gas vehicle would do. Anyone else finding this useful?

We have a short, steep curb cut to get into our garage which opens directly to the sidewalk. I always back into the garage for visibility reasons. It's a challenge to accelerate enough climb the curb cut without the emergency braking kicking in as soon as I'm over it, because the garage is so tight and I can't have my foot on both the brake and accelerator at the same time. There's also a point where if I stop, then hit the accelerator while in reverse, the wheels slip - it's smooth concrete, and due to the angle, more of the weight is over the front at that point.

However, if I put the Buzz in reverse and take my foot off the pedals, it gently adds power until it gets over the curb cut with no sudden acceleration (although it does rock forward and back a few times before it applies enough power), plus I can keep my foot lightly on the brake.

A gasoline vehicle in that situation requires a harder-to-control push on the gas pedal to get over the curb cut.