Am I Stupid to Buy a Feb 2013 ? 11 bars 35K mi ??

[blimpy]

I've been studying Leafs since Nissan was trotting around their prototype dressed as a Cube.
I use the heater often.. so that eliminated the '11-12 cars, in favor of the heatpump .
I have the hots for the Pearl and light interior.. not found in later cars.

our primary use will be round trips of 40-50 miles total. 10 miles downhill outbound
10 miles uphill inbound at 35-40 mph.
Plenty of charge and QC stations where we live.
I figured we could live quite a while with a degraded battery if we had to.


Up pops a plain vanilla 2013 SV with QC and driving lights but no cam
35.5K miles 11 bars ( haven't attacked it Leaf Spy yet.. tomorrow I will)
1 real eco tire and 3 el-cheapo new ones. Orange county lease car.

asking $9899...

I have looked at plenty of '13 SV's with cameras for around 10,700 ( this spring)

So, now it seems this has these negatives:

1. Early battery chemistry ( came as 11-12's)
2. Warm to Hot Evironment all it's life
3. Wrong Tires ( $500 for new set ?)
4. 35K ( relatively high miles)

It has 15 months and 25K miles left on the battery capacity warranty.
Seems like an unlikely candidate for a new battery.. unless it is about to shed a bar soon
and I abuse it too ( not my nature but I know how ! )

I offered $8800... which I think would be just ducky...
but am I a damn fool ?

if this were a cold climate car.. like Washington I'd be happier.

 

[blimpy]

we live in N.Cal.. seldom above 80 here... generally ocean moderated temps.. and never freezes, but gets damp.
it can live in the shade.

 

[LeftieBiker]

It's a poor bet. I'd look for a loaded later-build '13 with 11-12 bars, and pay a bit more. That 'Canary Pack' car would probably drop to 9-10 bars in the next few years.