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This weekend I discovered that my 2013 leave SV with 20,000 miles wont charge anymore :( After nearly two years of care free driving I was bummed. I charge at home with the L1 EVSE that came with the car. Saturday I ran errands and came home with 30%, plugged it in, and went inside. Sunday...

My wife leased a Pathfinder SL last month and it has a 'regular plug' inside of it. Could I plug my Leaf into it and charge? Not that I ever would.... but it is possible? Curious...

This one is for the Nissan sales & Marketing team. We love our 2013 Leaf. My wife wanted/needed a new car. She leased a 2014 Pathfinder SL. She didnt consider any other brand. So - keep the nerdy EV husbands happy (give us what we want, like bigger batteries, etc) and wives like mine will...

Yesterday the conditions were ripe for a 'winter range test' it was cold (14F-20F) and it was snowy (winter storm warning, 4-8 inches, sloppy roads; just 'ruts' to drive in) I found that with minimal use of the heat my 2013 SV can make it ~70 miles. The handling in the snow with the ECOPIA...

Cold weather is nothing new. Today was well below 20F according to internet, dashboard in Leaf read 10-13F. We had flurries with 10mph wind' a typical Michigan winter The roads were 'dry' today with overdrafts and black ice. 36 miles round trip I started at SOC 100% Drove in 'B' mode No faster...

Ahhh! I have a 12k a year lease and I havent had the Leaf but 5 months and I am at 8k miles! What do I do!? I dont want to leave the Leaf sit and drive my wife's ICE. Is there such as thing as adjusting the terms of your lease? At this rate I will owe Nissan a ton of money at the end...

I have two questions: 1) Can you put a bumper sticker on your car if you lease? Will they fuss over it when I return it? If so - would I best served placing it on the rear window and scraping it off later? 2) Good places to get EV themed bumper stickers? P.S. This is the first time I have...

Update: The weather at the beach was not the best but my son and I still took a dip. No one ICE'd us the entire time, no wating at the EVSE, we didnt see another EV or plug-in the entire trip! We followed my plan outlined below - worked like a charm. The small town we visited, Lowell MI...

I have a question for those who purchased a Leaf in 2010-2012 owners.... (maybe purchase vs lease does not matter here?) When you took your car in for the 7500 mile service... where you charged? if so how much? did you feel it was reasonable? I ask because I was looking at the Tesla website...

I talk to a friend at work who is a 'car guy'. He is always floored by my weekend trips in the Leaf where I go to the edge of the range of the car (70-90miles) and back in a day. Saying 'you are using the car in a way it wasnt intended'. He does not mean it in a negative way but just...

I am shutting it down here on Friday and getting repared for a two-day training seminar starting Monday. The seminar is 80 miles away and I will be taking my Leaf. I am familiar with the city that the seminar is in and know of several L2 stations; 1 of which is within walking distance of the...

I am totally geeked about my two out of town Leaf trips this weekend. Trip 1: Family and I are traveling from Lansing MI to the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak MI. 82 miles each way. L1 charge at the park, L2 charging in Royal Oak during dinner. Trip 2: I am going to attend an EV car show and rally...

After I parked the Leaf this morning I passed a group of guys in their 50's and 60's. These guys typically are 30 mins early to work each day, back into their parking spots, and just watch people arrive and go into the building. One of them rides a 3 wheeled Harley-Davidson chopper/touring...

Did any Leaf out there go 100k miles yet? I assume no... but I figured someone here would know. If not 100k; whats the most you know of? Kind of an entertaining thought.

So I had a friendly little race with my co-worker this morning. On the way into work we ended up next to each other on the road. He has a 2012 Mustang 5.0. There is a 2 lane traffic circle then a 55mph zone about 3 miles from work. I took the inside lane on the circle. We both sped through...

What I did Drove ~160 miles round trip in Saturday. Starting at 100% Level 1 charged at destination for 13 hrs. What I did for 13 hours. My son and his grandmother bonded I removed several overgrown bushes and landscape features for grandma and BBQ'd with the family. How It went on the way...

My wife recently joked with me about my constant rablings about fuel savings or 'Leaf math' as she calls it. I find myself constantly converting my trips in the Leaf to fuel savings. For example, I have been telling people all week that I will spend more in gas money this weekend to run my...

I am trying to make it so my 2013 Leaf SV starts L1 as soon as I plug it in (no matter what time of day or % charge) but will always stop at 80%. Is this possible? I dont get in at the same time everyday. Sometimes I plug in at 5pm. Sometimes 1am. Depends on work and social schedule.

I am a new Leaf owner 1 month in. Today I was thinking about what my wife's ICE car maint. Car wash, detail, oil change, possible battery. Then it hit me, battery!, what if I do not replace her battery in time.... and we wake up one morning to goto work.. and her car needs a 'jump' You know...

I know for some veteran Leaf owners on here this trip is no sweat. You guys have probably done this many times. However, I am a n00b, and so are the people around me; so this is to prove to myself and others what we can do in this car (I am surrounded by skeptics!) Ever since our son was born...