IBELEAF
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12k miles and 16 month of ownership have been great. Actually first 6 month were the best when Leaf was still a novelty. I was quite the opposite with the range anxiety which was absent initially, it developed much later as I was learning that to get the most out of it in my area I have drive it like there is an egg under the pedal, but when winter time came, so did the major disappointment. Hills, Freeway, Cold weather and driving habit all came into play with not so hot results. On top of that I started to stress out about value dropping with newer technology coming out and recent range degradation news pushed me over the board. Perhaps, I overreacted, but after putting the numbers together I realized that I can jump the ship with very minimal loss. So I traded in my Leaf for a Volt and this time I went with 2 year lease deal because I have a feeling we'll see more options and better technology by then. The car suits me better in every aspect and it has better utility overall.