Be sure not to leave it for long, or use it fully charged in a hot location. Sorry I don't know how hot is too hot, or how charged is too charged. But it is a rule to try and live by with a Leaf.
If you can check the capacity of the pack before committing to buy that would be good. If it was used in a hot locale, the pack could be significantly depleted. On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Bill Dube via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > Eva and I just bought a 2012 Leaf with 16K miles on it for a little over > $15k (after CO state incentives.) About the same cost as the components for > doing a conversion, but you end up with a _much_ nicer car than you could > ever think of building yourself. Plus, you are spared a year's work of > doing the build. > > We were convinced that now is the time to buy by Steve and Dee West in New > Zealand during our recent visit. We went to Green Eyed Motors in Boulder to > buy our Leaf. They very cleverly only sell used EVs that they purchase from > out of state, and never titled in Colorado. They thus qualify for the full > Colorado tax credit. The liked us, so they even threw in a wall charger. > (Usually ~$400.) Very knowledgeable folks that were a pleasure to buy a car > from. > http://www.greeneyedmotors.com > > What we were blown away by is the sheer number of charging stations that > are now available. There are over a hundred in the Denver area alone! > https://na.chargepoint.com/charge_point > Most of them are free. You simply sign up for "ChargePoint" and tap the > charger with your ChargePoint card. Tried it out for the first time today > at Beau Jo's Pizza. Had a wonderful meal while my car charged for free. You > can ask the car navigation system where the nearest charging station is, > check using your phone to see whether or not it is in use, reserve it, and > the nav. will lead you right to it. Once you are plugged in, the Leaf sends > you messages on your smart phone, like "charge complete". You can then tell > it to turn on the climate control or ask for a status update using your > smart phone. > > A _lot_ has changed in the short time (17 years?) I have been on the EVDL. > Who would have thought then that you could buy an OEM EV at a reasonable > price that would have 80+ miles of real-world range, (with heat!) and that > there would be a whole network of chargers to plug into? > > You can visit out Facebook Fan page to read about our Leaf, our NZ trip, > and our EV land speed racing: > https://www.facebook.com/killacycle > No need to be a facebook member to look at our "fan" page. Just ignore the > annoying sign-in request by pressing <escape> or clicking cancel. > > Bill & Eva > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/ > group/NEDRA) > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * Tell me what it is you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver, "The summer day." To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk [email protected] <[email protected]> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141222/208062fe/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
