evnow
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Did you buy or lease your MY2013 Leaf ?
Yes, this poll is only for MY13 Leafs.
Yes, this poll is only for MY13 Leafs.
Yes. It would be interesting to figure out what people are doing now with MY13. I'll edit to make this clear.LEAFer said:Sorry if this sounds dumb ... but is this "official 2013" poll for MY2013 only ?
stavtom said:Looking into buying or leasing a 2013 Nissan Leaf S.
I live in CA and it seems like after the rebates the Leaf S comes to 18800 (thinking I can get the dealer down to 17000 after the rebates?)
Given this, why would people leasing the S? Seems like the current best deal people are getting for a lease is 5200 over two years and 30k max.
Do people see the benefits of a lease being no repair cost the first two years, and the opportunity to buy a much better leaf in a few years? Otherwise it seems like the 5200 cost is about 1/3rd of what I can just buy and keep the car with.
Model "C" is coming out in 2017.jstack6 said:Even a world leading Tesla gets better by 8% or more a year and has many new models coming out. I'm waiting for the 2015 model C and with a lease I can switch with no problem.
There may or may not be a substantial update for 2015, but I think we can say fairly confidently that it will not have a battery TMS, if by that you mean a liquid cooling system. A top Nissan engineering executive said in Phoenix that Nissan has no interest in moving to liquid cooling of the battery. He left the window slightly open for possible active air cooling.midelectric said:I think a substantially updated LEAF will be available in 2015 so I look forward to possibly purchasing one then if it has a battery TMS.
I think you are overlooking two points that make your lease to purchase comparison invalid:stavtom said:I live in CA and it seems like after the rebates the Leaf S comes to 18800 (thinking I can get the dealer down to 17000 after the rebates?) Given this, why would people leasing the S? Seems like the current best deal people are getting for a lease is 5200 over two years and 30k max.
In addition to the battery life issue already mentioned by others, there is the question of how much the car will be worth as a trade in if you buy it. Assuming you get a loan for the price of the car you are likely to be "under water" for a number of years. With a lease you are also paying for an insurance policy. You are basically guaranteed that the LEAF will be worth at least as much as the residual at the end of the lease. If it isn't, you walk away and NMAC has to eat the loss. If it is worth more than that, you buy it for the residual price and can turn around and sell it at market price if you want to.stavtom said:Do people see the benefits of a lease being no repair cost the first two years, and the opportunity to buy a much better leaf in a few years? Otherwise it seems like the 5200 cost is about 1/3rd of what I can just buy and keep the car with.
LEAFfan said:DG, please tell your customers that it is a 6.0kW charger, not 6.6. It isn't twice as fast as the 3.3.
LEAFfan said:DG, please tell your customers that it is a 6.0kW charger, not 6.6. It isn't twice as fast as the 3.3.