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Our LEAF is about to hit 36,000 miles on the odometer, bringing an end to our non-battery warranty coverage. Does anyone have suggestions as to items on the car that I might want to inspect for issues? Thus far, the only warranty work we've had done was the replacement of a cracked/broken...

The reason for this post is that I demand a lot of my LEAF, I own the car outright, and am willing to go out of my way to prolong the life of its battery pack. My question is, at a non-optimal, low SOC of 20% (or sometimes even a tad under LBW), would be better for battery pack longevity to let...

A couple days before Christmas, my wife and I had an opportunity to spend a night together in the desert, as "local snowbirds". We called a couple of hotels in the area to check whether they allow EV charging, and ended up booking a room at the Quality Inn in Cathedral City, CA. With the route...

I've had an SOC meter (purchased it fully assembled) for over a month now, and it has worked beautifully. While I haven't gotten around to logging data, I particularly appreciate the SOC and pack voltage information. I leave it electrical-taped to the dashboard, above the touchscreen...

...L1 charged, that is. Yesterday (Sunday) we drove from our house in the mountains down to Highland, CA and Redlands, CA to shop at Lowe's and Trader Joe's, respectively. Although I expected to be able to make the round trip without charging, the temperature in the Valley was 106 (compared...

Yesterday morning I accidentally charged our LEAF to 100% (we'd like a better charging timer interface with user selectable SOC). By evening, we still had more than 80%. So, what better way to get rid of unwanted charge than by going for a joyride? I decided to try one of our local dirt...

There is no question in my mind that the LEAF has the potential to reach the top of Pikes Peak. So this was probably only a matter of time: http://green.autoblog.com/2011/04/25/unmodified-nissan-leaf-entered-in-pikes-peak-hill-climb-w-video/

We took delivery of our LEAF on 4/20/11 at Fontana Nissan (great dealership, by the way) and are very pleased to report that the LEAF met, and even exceeded, my expectations for mountain performance driving into and around the San Bernardino Mountains east of the Los Angeles area. Initially my...

...when we could be helping (through our oil purchases) to pay for Saudi princes to build 85,000 ft.² "compounds" in Beverly Hills? http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-megamansion-20110322,0,3318151.story

Does anyone on this forum anticipate that there might be issues with battery degradation if we routinely charge our LEAF in cold temperatures? While we live in Southern California, our home is above 6000 feet elevation, and we do not have a garage. We would be charging our LEAF in our...