On Tue, 8 Jul 2014, Rick Beebe via EV wrote: The smart EV driver would buy a leaf for $32,000 or a Smart ED for $25,700 and spend $40 a week to rent an ICE car for their Washington to NY trip instead of spending $40,000 extra for the Model S and having to cool their heels at some truck stop (in both directions) waiting for their car to charge. Or even better, take the train and get a lot of work or rest done on the trip. Washington to NYC is one of the worst drives in this country.
This is exactly what I do. When I got my Leaf three years ago, I got rid of my old ICE vehicle. I don't have to pay to register, insure, or maintain a second vehicle. Budget rent-a-car has a deal that allows me to register and pay for a car over the internet and pick it up at the San Jose, CA airport. The weekend rate is $20 per day. I also pay $11 per day to park at an off-site parking lot with a shuttle. There is another advantage to this. If something happens to the car while I'm far from home, I can call Budget. They will give me another car to complete my trip and I presume will take care of getting the original one fixed. If I did this in my own car, I would have to arrange to get it fixed, and arrange for another car while it was being fixed. I would also need to alter my trip plans to return the other car and get my car back. This convenience is definitely worth $31 per day to me. Even if my Leaf had 200 mile range, I wouldn't use it for such trips. Ed _______________________________________________ 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)