powagoat
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Following everyone's advice I ran down to North End Motors on Thursday, signed the docs, and paid for my new Leaf! They deal with registration, so I went back to work to wait for everything to get processed. Meanwhile my Leaf hung out in the lot attached to their L2 charger.
Around 4 I got a call asking me to show up at 7pm. "Sure thing," I said. I got a Lyft down and we went out to the car. I brought a new battery for the fob since I knew they wouldn't change it as promised. We swapped it in and the car recognized it from more than 1 inch away from the dash, so I was satisfied that all was well.
We hopped in and ... 20% charge - 18 miles range. "Uhhh...." The salesman unplugged and replugged it, and all 3 charge LEDs flashed along with a beep in a 3-pulse sequence. I didn't know what it meant so I figured it was charging. We waited 5 minutes and then checked the charge again. No change. I looked in the manual and found that it indicated that the connector wasn't hooked up correctly. It wasn't rocket science, though... I tried unhooking and reconnecting and got the same result. I found a post here that said it was probably because of the button on their connector.
Well, either the charger was broken or the car was. We pulled around to the maintenance bay and plugged in the L1 charger - success. The single charging LED started its slow blink.
We decided we'd let it charge overnight and they'd drive it to my house in the morning, so my salesman drove me home. This morning my Leaf showed up at 11am with 40 miles remaining (dealer's 22 highway miles away). I drove it back to work, then came back home later on and brought my wife to a doctor's appointment, picked up a prescription on the way to bring her back home, and headed back to work. That was enough driving to confirm that I'd made a great decision. Not only do I feel better that I'm driving an electric, but the ride is just so pleasant - so quiet and smooth. And I know nice driving cars - I have a Boxster Spyder, too. But for the right kind of driving the Leaf is absolutely the perfect choice. I can't wait to start my new job with its longer commute now!
Around 4 I got a call asking me to show up at 7pm. "Sure thing," I said. I got a Lyft down and we went out to the car. I brought a new battery for the fob since I knew they wouldn't change it as promised. We swapped it in and the car recognized it from more than 1 inch away from the dash, so I was satisfied that all was well.
We hopped in and ... 20% charge - 18 miles range. "Uhhh...." The salesman unplugged and replugged it, and all 3 charge LEDs flashed along with a beep in a 3-pulse sequence. I didn't know what it meant so I figured it was charging. We waited 5 minutes and then checked the charge again. No change. I looked in the manual and found that it indicated that the connector wasn't hooked up correctly. It wasn't rocket science, though... I tried unhooking and reconnecting and got the same result. I found a post here that said it was probably because of the button on their connector.
Well, either the charger was broken or the car was. We pulled around to the maintenance bay and plugged in the L1 charger - success. The single charging LED started its slow blink.
We decided we'd let it charge overnight and they'd drive it to my house in the morning, so my salesman drove me home. This morning my Leaf showed up at 11am with 40 miles remaining (dealer's 22 highway miles away). I drove it back to work, then came back home later on and brought my wife to a doctor's appointment, picked up a prescription on the way to bring her back home, and headed back to work. That was enough driving to confirm that I'd made a great decision. Not only do I feel better that I'm driving an electric, but the ride is just so pleasant - so quiet and smooth. And I know nice driving cars - I have a Boxster Spyder, too. But for the right kind of driving the Leaf is absolutely the perfect choice. I can't wait to start my new job with its longer commute now!