Recent content by wantonsoup

Well, reason prevailed I guess, they're doing the work either for free or under warranty. They can't say when the damage occurred since it's been in their possession for 48+ hours so they're covering it. I spoke with a friend who knows his stuff and he said that there's no possible way they...

After 2 yrs / 23k miles of trouble free driving, I'm preparing to turn in the lease next week, when the Leaf threw all sorts of dash lights at me - BRAKE, ABS, Traction Control, and maybe others. I immediately stop driving and get it into Nissan dealer. Here's what they're telling me. 1)...

Of course an Accord is going to be similar. The Leaf was $199/m and lots of other cars are in that price range. But A) The Accord in question is $22k versus the $36k Leaf I leased. And B) the Accord is going to use 900 gallons of gas to cover the same mileage. Over the last two years gas...

Is that including the $7,500? If you leased a Leaf you have a ridiculously low ownership cost. I ended up spending less than $7k on the car after tax credits, plus $900 in electricity for 24k miles. That's about $300/month including the car, "fuel", and taxes. And insurance has been really...

Exactly. Just like the initial delay of the Infiniti LE stopped the BMW i-series from going into production permanently. And Mercedes shuttered the EV B-class model too. Bummer. Hold on a second...

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhocking.

LeftieBiker this has been fun but I'm done.

Sigh. THERE WAS NOBODY THERE. You think I just curled up into a ball and pretended I was invisible?

I've had Hondas, Fords, Isuzus, even a Geo. Don't make this out to be something it isn't. Again, I submit to you that if the average person waited for ten minutes they'd be screaming for a manager. It's a seriously long period of time. You are surely exaggerating how long you've waited...

If you stood for 10 minutes in a service bay by your car, you'd understand how absurdly long that is. In the last 20 years I'd estimate my average wait to be 10 seconds. Someone immediately walks up and greets you.

You're naive to how the auto industry operates. Projects are begun and ended abruptly on whims of executives regularly.

Umm, baloney. Tesla Model 3 is discussed by the company constantly. Infiniti stopped talking about the LE almost as soon as they announced it. If the LE is to be based on the next-gen Leaf, you've got quite a wait on your hands.

The LE is the exemplification of VAPORWARE until it arrives in a showroom near you. Don't hold your breath.

I read every auto blog and 5 car magazines a month. Find me an article saying the LE is coming out next year, written in the last 6-12 months.

That article is using information released in 2011/2012. The LE doesn't exist right now. And it's not coming out next year.