Re: [EVDL] Best year of Leaf to buy used.

On Nov 12, 2015, at 2:45 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: > Here I am finally possibly buying an OEM EV. Long way from my 1956VW with an > ADC and 12v marine batteries. Amazing turn of EVents, indeed -- and seemingly overnight. When I put the PV array on my roof a few

Re: [EVDL] Best year of Leaf to buy used.

We recently bought a 2013 with chademo & 6.6kw charger for $10,800 list (plus $500 dealer charge, etc.) and are pretty happy with it. Before 2013 there was no percentage battery charge readout on the dash. After 2013 there was no "charge only to 80%" option. Recent battery packs are larger,

[EVDL] Best year of Leaf to buy used.

I have seen some very good prices on 2013 Leafs with chademo & 6.6 chargers.   I'm selling the veggie mobile and will need a car and since 12k is affordable to me I'm thinking of replacing the mess and thrift with almost as thrifty but much less messy electric.  Is there a "best" year of leaf so

Re: [EVDL] Best year of Leaf to buy used.

On Nov 12, 2015, at 1:50 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: > I have seen some very good prices on 2013 Leafs with chademo & 6.6 chargers. > I'm selling the veggie mobile and will need a car and since 12k is affordable > to me I'm thinking of replacing the mess and thrift

Re: [EVDL] Best year of Leaf to buy used.

I think of 2013 as LEAF version 1.5. The SV could be the value sweet spot although used SLs may compete depending on how prices trend. Nissan is a bit cagey about it, but it seems like the 2013 batteries were tweaked a bit. The 2013 battery percentage display is very useful; the heat pump

Re: [EVDL] Best year of Leaf to buy used.

nce Rhodes <primobass...@sbcglobal.net>; Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 1:24 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Best year of Leaf to buy used. On Nov 12, 2015, at 1:50 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > I have see

Re: [EVDL] Best year of Leaf to buy used.

get. Alan Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone. -- Original Message -- >From : Lawrence Rhodes via EV Subject : [EVDL] Best year of Leaf to buy used. I have seen some very good prices on 2013 Leafs with chademo & 6.6 chargers. I'm selling the veggie mobile and wi

Re: [EVDL] Best year of Leaf to buy used.

I own a 2011 Leaf with 45,000 miles. As a car it is excellent! As an EV, it can't hold a candle to the 1998 Homda EVPlus, I had for 6 years until Honda took it away. The thing I like most about the Leaf is the wireless key, that all cars these days have. This was my first and I will never

Re: [EVDL] Best year of Leaf to buy used.

2015 with the new battery chemistry and cooling modules -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Best-year-of-Leaf-to-buy-used-tp4678624p4678635.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [EVDL] Best year of Leaf to buy used.

On Nov 12, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Jamie K via EV wrote: > It would be cool if, when the time comes to replace the batteries (in another > 5+ years), Nissan would offer higher range choices for replacement packs. Nissan is almost going to have to...but, even if they don't,

Re: [EVDL] Best year of Leaf to buy used.

Slightly off-topic, but no gen 1 upgrade on the battery pack to gen 2. The computers are apparently incompatible. Hack, anyone? Bob Bath, from his iPod, so any misspellings are from autocorrect or fat fingers on a small device, not cluelessness... > On Nov 12, 2015, at 4:50 PM, Jamie K via EV

Re: [EVDL] Best year of Leaf to buy used.

I would recommend staying away from the 2011/2012 leafs for several reason: 1) Parts for the 2013 leaf work with 2014/2015 (and probably 2016). Between the 2012 and 2013 they upgraded quite a few things (probably improving most of them). For example, they moved from using external chargers

Re: [EVDL] Best year of Leaf to buy used.

I hope you're right, Ben. The LEAF is a top seller for EVs so it seems like there will be a reasonable battery market to serve. One more thing for the OP: the 2013 and later LEAFs have a bit more trunk space than 2011/12 LEAFs. Cheers, -Jamie On 11/12/15 3:26 PM, Ben Goren wrote: On