golfcart
Well-known member
Long story short, I am driving my new leaf a lot more than expected. It was originally just gonna be my commuter car but I've had it for 2 months and put about 3k miles on it already as it has turned into our weekend family car too. It is just fun to drive around town and we often get free charging and other perks (EV only spots, any time HOV access, etc...).
I really want to stretch out that battery warranty as much as possible, at this rate I'll be at 60k miles in 3 years or so... gonna need to start taking the ICE beater to work 1 day a week at least. LOL
Fortunately I haven't sold my other car yet, might just be worth keeping as it is a paid for, nicely modified, 2002 WRX and I can get premium gas for about $2.10 a gallon these days. Plus it is fun to drive in a completely different way than the leaf since it is about 230whp and lowered with high performance tires.
Anyone else having this issue? Do a lot of y'all keep a second car that's paid for just to keep the miles down on the leaf and use on the occasional longer distance trip? I figure the car only costs me $25 a month to insure, $70 a year to register, and whatever maintenance and oil changes I need (which I do most of myself)... plus it can't depreciate much more at this point as I could sell the aftermarket parts for a few grand anyways.
I really want to stretch out that battery warranty as much as possible, at this rate I'll be at 60k miles in 3 years or so... gonna need to start taking the ICE beater to work 1 day a week at least. LOL
Fortunately I haven't sold my other car yet, might just be worth keeping as it is a paid for, nicely modified, 2002 WRX and I can get premium gas for about $2.10 a gallon these days. Plus it is fun to drive in a completely different way than the leaf since it is about 230whp and lowered with high performance tires.
Anyone else having this issue? Do a lot of y'all keep a second car that's paid for just to keep the miles down on the leaf and use on the occasional longer distance trip? I figure the car only costs me $25 a month to insure, $70 a year to register, and whatever maintenance and oil changes I need (which I do most of myself)... plus it can't depreciate much more at this point as I could sell the aftermarket parts for a few grand anyways.