Pre-orders begin in Europe.

Portugal and Ireland will begin taking pre-orders as of today, taking a €300 (~$390) refundable deposit as part of the process. Pre-ordering in the UK will begin on September the 1st. So far, there are 12,000 "hand-raisers" in Europe. They will get test drives in December, at which point they can decide whether to order or not. If not, they will receive their €300 deposits back.

I already ordered my White LEAF. I got the reserve number I100028. Estimated delivery between February and April

Wish you all the best in getting your Leaf as soon as possible.

ruimegas said:

I already ordered my White LEAF.

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Are you in Portugal or Ireland?

mwalsh said:

ruimegas said:

I already ordered my White LEAF.

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Are you in Portugal or Ireland?

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I'm in Portugal...sorry for not telling the countrie

ruimegas said:

I'm in Portugal...sorry for not telling the countrie

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Congrats on your reservation! Welcome to the club.

mwalsh said:

ruimegas said:

I'm in Portugal...sorry for not telling the countrie

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Congrats on your reservation! Welcome to the club.

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Thank you. I've a question to know how are your insurance companies dealing with the electric cars?. Can anyone give me an idea so I can compare to what I should expect here . Thanks

ruimegas said:

Thank you. I've a question to know how are your insurance companies dealing with the electric cars?. Can anyone give me an idea so I can compare to what I should expect here . Thanks

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Do't know yet ...

BTW, looking at your reservation # I'd have thought you are in Ireland. May be "I" stands for Individual ?

evnow said:

ruimegas said:

Thank you. I've a question to know how are your insurance companies dealing with the electric cars?. Can anyone give me an idea so I can compare to what I should expect here . Thanks

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Do't know yet ...

BTW, looking at your reservation # I'd have thought you are in Ireland. May be "I" stands for Individual ?

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I don't know the meaning either but nissan says that the number as nothing to do with my position in the cue list.

ruimegas said:

I've a question to know how are your insurance companies dealing with the electric cars?.

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Bem vindo, ruimegas.

Was just wondering about this today. Has anyone contacted their insurance agent/company to inquire about likely rates for LEAF? Worth starting a separate thread or should we wait until closer to December?

DrPowell said:

ruimegas said:

I've a question to know how are your insurance companies dealing with the electric cars?.

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Bem vindo, ruimegas.

Was just wondering about this today. Has anyone contacted their insurance agent/company to inquire about likely rates for LEAF? Worth starting a separate thread or should we wait until closer to December?

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I called 21st Century Insurance to ask. They have no idea, as their computer only shows cars currently in production. I would guess it should be about the same as the Nissan Versa, but didn't ask for a quote on that car.

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Worth starting a separate thread or should we wait until closer to December?

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http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=349&hilit=insurance

I just read that the Leaf introduction for Holland is delayed by 6 months until June 2011. Sources say there are around 500 Leafs on order in Holland but Ireland, Portugal and the UK have a larger demand.

Read more here: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenewmotion.com%2Fnewsletter%2Fautoupdate-2%2F&sl=auto&tl=en
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerauto.nl%2Fblog%2Findex.php%2F2010%2F07%2F30%2Fleaf-nederlandse-introductie-vertraagd&sl=auto&tl=en


Edit: The Dutch reservation page returns a 404: http://www.nissan.nl/leaf-reservation/get-it/welcome.htm%20http://www.nissan.nl/leaf-reservation/get-it/welcome.htm
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The only question I have with respect to Ireland and Portugal...here we hear your economies are in the toilet almost as bad as the one in Greece. Is this an over-generalization? How do you, and people in your circle of acquaintance, feel about economic prospects there?

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http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=349&hilit=insurance

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Should've known...am bringing up the rear, as always. Thanks for the pointer!

mwalsh said:

...here we hear your economies are in the toilet almost as bad as the one in Greece.

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Since in US, we control our currency, can't be compared with Greece at all. Best comparison of Greece is to California - both of which don't control their currency and thus can't depreciate currency to escape insolvency ;-)

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The only question I have with respect to Ireland and Portugal...here we hear your economies are in the toilet almost as bad as the one in Greece. Is this an over-generalization? How do you, and people in your circle of acquaintance, feel about economic prospects there?

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What I know is that European banks just finished a global "stress" test and the Portuguese ones got better results than some of bigger european economies including Germany.

Besides, a month ago one Euro worth a 1,20 of one US dollar and today it's worthing 1,30 of a dollar. Does this mean that we are not in such a bad shape US economy specialist say... I don't know but looks like.

Anyway we have the feeling here that the worst's already gone.

ruimegas said:

What I know is that European banks just finished a global "stress" test and the Portuguese ones got better results than some of bigger european economies including Germany.

Besides, a month ago one Euro worth a 1,20 of one US dollar and today it's worthing 1,30 of a dollar. Does this mean that we are not in such a bad shape US economy specialist say... I don't know but looks like.

Anyway we have the feeling here that the worst's already gone.

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That's good. I sometimes think we feeling the same way here, then some small bit of negative news sends us all cowering into the corner in a fetal position!