Hello all, this forum was a gold mine of information for me when purchasing a used Leaf, so I thought I'd jump in and enjoy the fun. I recently purchased a used 2012 build Leaf, which I know has the crappy battery chemistry, but here in Australia we only received 2011 and 2012 builds, and nothing else before the just released in the last month 40KW car, unless you went the Japanese import route. Anyway the car is in pretty decent shape, it's a Japanese built G spec (has the spoiler solar panel, reverse camera etc) that wasn't registered until the end of 2015, has a SOH of 82% after 28K miles, and was well looked after by the previous owner, with the vast majority of the L2 charging to 80%. Also fortunate is that Tasmania is a pretty nice climate for a Leaf, with daily mean max temperatures ranging from 53-71F, although we do a good line in hills which knocks down the range a bit. Just don't ask me what I paid, as the price of a used Leaf here 's absolutely massive compared to the US!
It compliments a 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (a model which never made it to the US I believe), so most of our driving as a two car family is EV which is nice. Now we just have to hope that one day the charging infrastructure here might actually appear!
It compliments a 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (a model which never made it to the US I believe), so most of our driving as a two car family is EV which is nice. Now we just have to hope that one day the charging infrastructure here might actually appear!