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I have not driven the Leaf (my big body does not fit inside). But if I could, I would wait for the 2016 30kWh Leaf in the SL or SV trim that had the on-board 6kW L2 charger and had a L3 charging port. The first production Leaf EV sold was to a SF Peninsula person (south of where Lawrence lives) chose to buy from a Northern SF Bay Dealership. See http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/1st-Leaf-EV-being-delivered-to-Redwood-City-CA-customer-tp3078469p3084218.html He wisely tapped into the free Leaf forum resource to explore their options of not only which dealership was the best one to buy from but also which dealership was the best one to get their service done (the two do not always coincide). They chose to buy their Leaf from a North SF Bay dealership (see below), drive it down south to their home using the pubic EVSE infrastructure, and also chose a different dealership closer to their home for service. I hope Lawrence can use the time while he waits wait for the 2016 30kWh Leaf to be available to explore which dealerships would be best for him. There are plenty to chose from. Here are a few: http://www.northbaynissan.com/new-inventory/index.htm?listingConfigId=auto-new&year=2015&model=LEAF&bodyStyle=&trim=SL&internetPrice=&start=0&sort=&facetbrowse=true&searchLinkText=SEARCH&showFacetCounts=true&showRadius=false&showSubmit=true&showSelections=true (Novato) http://www.nissanofburlingame.com/VehicleDetails/new-2016-Nissan-Leaf-4DR_HB_SL_ELECT-Burlingame-CA/2656032593 (Burlingame, touts offering the 2016 model) http://www.nissanofsanjose.com/new-inventory/index.htm?listingConfigId=auto-new&year=2015&model=LEAF&bodyStyle=&trim=SV&internetPrice=&start=0&sort=&facetbrowse=true&searchLinkText=SEARCH&showInvTotals=false&showRadius=false&showReset=false&showSubmit=true&facetbrowseGridUnit=BLANK&showSelections=true&dependencies=model%3Amake%2Ccity%3Aprovince%2Ccity%3Astate&suppressAllConditions=compliant (San Jose) http://www.gilroynissan.com/details/2015-Nissan-Gilroy-CA/2779058 (Gilroy) Also, Lawrence should familiarize himself with all the L3 CHAdeMO EVSE plugshare.com shows that is near him. This would let him know what long trips were possible when mostly using L3 EVSE (least time spent charging on that rare long trip = trip more enjoyable). For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} - On Thu, Nov 12, 2015, at 01:45 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: Well the 2016 is advertised but in San Francisco I can't get one ... Seems the 2016 announcement has put a stop to sales of 2015 cars but I haven't seen any reduction of the 15's. I might get a 16 if they were here ... - -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/2016-30kWh-Leaf-Best-year-to-buy-tp4678642.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
