Loved your post, but there are only 12 bars on a LEAF, not 13. 😆 I lost my first, and so far, only bar on my 2013 the first year. That was charging to 80%, except for an occasional equalizing 100% each month. 40k miles now.
Sincerely, Bob Bath Note: any misspellings of the contents of this message are due to 54 y.o. vision, hyperactive spell check changing what I typed, or fat fingering— not cluelessness. > On Jan 11, 2020, at 8:29 AM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > After three Leafs I have some experience. Our first Leaf was a 2012 Lease. By > 39k miles and end of lease It could barely do 50 miles. We did not buy that > can. > > We did however find a 2013 with 2,400 miles on the odometer for $14k. Nissan > allowed us to pay off the car with a no interest loan. We are still driving > that car. The guessometer is actually very accurate in predicting actual > range. Back in 2015 we would see as much as 131 miles of range. Now in winter > we are seeing mid 80's. Still getting 13 bars. The car has 55k on the clock. > It has been from San Francisco to San Diego three times. First time it took > 20 hours to LA. Lots of fast charger mistakes. No problems yet other than > reduced range. We drive using the two ball method. During warm months we > still see one mile of range per percent of charge. But it is hard to keep it > up when driving into the wind. > > Our third Leaf was a 2016 30 kw. Total expenditure $13,550. It is so much > more useful that my wife Bogart's it and has run up the odometer to over 50 k > miles even though that car was bought new a year later. It will make the 90 > mile journey to Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto, Santa Rosa and a little more > to Salinas sometimes. This car still shows 114 to 130 miles of range on a > full charge. It will make it to LA in 11 hours. Stops of Salinas, Camp > Roberts, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. So the bigger the battery the > better. This car still has the original tires. If you drive normally you will > not see these numbers on any Leaf. However I am certain the 40 and 60 kw > Leafs will have much better range and battery life. I would not buy a 2011 or > 2012 Leaf unless the battery was replaced or I got it nearly free. Looking > forward I see my first broken part being the axel boots. Anybody think > Armourall will extend their life? Lawrence Rhodes > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200111/f2c3092c/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
