Did you look at the tender to see what it’s saying the state of charge is? Did you verify that it was actually charging the battery after you hooked it up? I don’t receive messages with my tender hooked up.
Too bad you don’t have access to Hot Pepper Red. It has been my favorite color on any vehicle in a long long time. I too had a TRX in Granite. It was an awesome metallic color. HPR gives you the same metallic pop without being boring.
Mine is small as well. The mirror fold idea does not matter on the Raptor because they do not stick out any further than the fenders. I actually use the drivers mirror to gauge the distance my passenger side is away from the garage entrance. If I only have an inch or two clearance on my drivers...
You can manually shift in both. The difference is while in M, it will maintain the gear you’ve selected. If in D, you can manually select a new gear but it will eventually revert back to automatic mode.
My only criticism of the Braptor trans is that it likes to shift a lot at highway speeds. I think it’s tied directly to the throttle position sensor. If I give it just a slight throttle tip in to maintain current speed, it will downshift a few gears. But if I have my cruise set, on the same...
Assuming Same angle in each pic, you are talking about an 1/8th of an inch. It will vary more than that as you add/burn fuel. You’re overthinking it.