To this day, I remain pissed at Nissan for their ridiculous decision -- starting midway through the 2014 model year -- to stop allowing BOTH the QC/LED AND Premium Packages on the SV trim level. Now, it's either one or the other, but not both. Want both?... get the SL. Don't like a leather interior? Well tough sh^t!jlv said:My salesman did just that, but opting for the SL + premium package only added about $45/mo over the SV I was looking at (IIRC).
I'm right there with ya on that one. I have a '13 SV + both packages, as it is perfect for us to have all the tech features but we hate leather seats. We are extending our lease another year partly because we can no longer get a Leaf in the configuration we want! I'm hoping something changes a year from now (ha!) or it may push us into buying it out... Hoping for a residual decrease by then though too!EngravEER said:To this day, I remain pissed at Nissan for their ridiculous decision -- starting midway through the 2014 model year -- to stop allowing BOTH the QC/LED AND Premium Packages on the SV trim level. Now, it's either one or the other, but not both. Want both?... get the SL. Don't like a leather interior? Well tough sh^t!jlv said:My salesman did just that, but opting for the SL + premium package only added about $45/mo over the SV I was looking at (IIRC).
IMHO, once you have the Around-View Monitor, it's tough to get behind the wheel of anything that lacks it. And that CHAdeMO port up front is what allows a West Virginia Leaf and its hillbilly driver to come out of the mountains and venture into the big cities of Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD LOL! Luckily, I had enough foresight to get both on my 2013 SV while the gettin' was good. At this point, I'd have a VERY hard time living without either, which is why I'm planning to extend my lease (up in August of this year) for as long as possible or purchase the car outright if I can somehow get it for substantially less than the $21,000 residual.
It's a shame too. I'd love to grab another 2 year SV lease to tide me over to the promised-land of 2017, but Nissan will no longer sell me the Leaf I want (i.e. both option packages / no leather interior).
LOL! I'm an only child, but I must have a soul brother living in Madison Wisconsin.iluvmacs said:I'm right there with ya on that one. I have a '13 SV + both packages, as it is perfect for us to have all the tech features but we hate leather seats. We are extending our lease another year partly because we can no longer get a Leaf in the configuration we want! I'm hoping something changes a year from now (ha!) or it may push us into buying it out... Hoping for a residual decrease by then though too!EngravEER said:To this day, I remain pissed at Nissan for their ridiculous decision -- starting midway through the 2014 model year -- to stop allowing BOTH the QC/LED AND Premium Packages on the SV trim level. Now, it's either one or the other, but not both. Want both?... get the SL. Don't like a leather interior? Well tough sh^t!jlv said:My salesman did just that, but opting for the SL + premium package only added about $45/mo over the SV I was looking at (IIRC).
IMHO, once you have the Around-View Monitor, it's tough to get behind the wheel of anything that lacks it. And that CHAdeMO port up front is what allows a West Virginia Leaf and its hillbilly driver to come out of the mountains and venture into the big cities of Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD LOL! Luckily, I had enough foresight to get both on my 2013 SV while the gettin' was good. At this point, I'd have a VERY hard time living without either, which is why I'm planning to extend my lease (up in August of this year) for as long as possible or purchase the car outright if I can somehow get it for substantially less than the $21,000 residual.
It's a shame too. I'd love to grab another 2 year SV lease to tide me over to the promised-land of 2017, but Nissan will no longer sell me the Leaf I want (i.e. both option packages / no leather interior).
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