Hello Leaf Community,
Randen
Orlando Florida
Questions from owners and fellow enthusiasts POV.
I have been extremly intrested in the Nissan Leaf, i love everything about it from its design elements from its cost effciency. I currently own a modified 350Z and my fiance owns a current Sentra, we like uniformity when it comes to cars . However of course driving my Z to 100k has made me weary of the costs this is causing me currently and , its always good to revaluate your situation to be more cost effective. So i did some research on the leaf and see that the 100miles in reality is about low-mid 70s on average with many factors. I live in Kissimmee and travel a 46miles each way for a total of 92 miles total daily trip.
Now before you discount that travel time my ideolody changed when i noticed that less then half a mile there are charge states right near a wingate hotel and the chargepoint app located many in the kirkman international drive area and few in Kissimmee. So in essense if i where to own a Leaf i would be charging when i get to work for the drive home probably leave it there and pic it up on my lunch break. drive home no range axiety, FYI florida is mostly flat no hill but however its all highway around 55mph. Of course in this senario i would have a 240v charger in the garage for home use aswell, but my main concern is viablity as a daily driven car with these charging habits on the highway. I need a commuter car and this car is within my price range , however so are the Lexus 200h hybrid and the Prius , so my question is how viable is this car charging wise and how fast is the charging per hour on 240v since i get varied reports based on the website. Most importantly your view on this type of use for this vehicle. Of course i could complain of having a 200mile LEAF but i love the vehicle as is so no complaints, rather a opinion on these driving habits. Whats your take? do you think the LEAF could handle 25-30k miles year or even use for family driven activities?....
BTW it really sucks that there is ZERO chargers in the Melbourne Cocoa beach area, i drill for the AF it wouldve been so sweet if i could drive the car 80 miles and get a quick charge...smh..but in Orlando there seems to be a good charging structure setup.
Views, and thanks!
Randen
Orlando Florida
Questions from owners and fellow enthusiasts POV.
I have been extremly intrested in the Nissan Leaf, i love everything about it from its design elements from its cost effciency. I currently own a modified 350Z and my fiance owns a current Sentra, we like uniformity when it comes to cars . However of course driving my Z to 100k has made me weary of the costs this is causing me currently and , its always good to revaluate your situation to be more cost effective. So i did some research on the leaf and see that the 100miles in reality is about low-mid 70s on average with many factors. I live in Kissimmee and travel a 46miles each way for a total of 92 miles total daily trip.
Now before you discount that travel time my ideolody changed when i noticed that less then half a mile there are charge states right near a wingate hotel and the chargepoint app located many in the kirkman international drive area and few in Kissimmee. So in essense if i where to own a Leaf i would be charging when i get to work for the drive home probably leave it there and pic it up on my lunch break. drive home no range axiety, FYI florida is mostly flat no hill but however its all highway around 55mph. Of course in this senario i would have a 240v charger in the garage for home use aswell, but my main concern is viablity as a daily driven car with these charging habits on the highway. I need a commuter car and this car is within my price range , however so are the Lexus 200h hybrid and the Prius , so my question is how viable is this car charging wise and how fast is the charging per hour on 240v since i get varied reports based on the website. Most importantly your view on this type of use for this vehicle. Of course i could complain of having a 200mile LEAF but i love the vehicle as is so no complaints, rather a opinion on these driving habits. Whats your take? do you think the LEAF could handle 25-30k miles year or even use for family driven activities?....
BTW it really sucks that there is ZERO chargers in the Melbourne Cocoa beach area, i drill for the AF it wouldve been so sweet if i could drive the car 80 miles and get a quick charge...smh..but in Orlando there seems to be a good charging structure setup.
Views, and thanks!