Hello,
I am shopping for a used Leaf in Vancouver, Canada. Several dealerships here import lease returns from the US and "sort of" pass on the more or less reasonable prices to us Canadians.
The car I am considering at the moment seems alright - 2014 Leaf SV Premium with around 27K miles and 12 bars. Took it out for a brief test drive and it's as fun as any other Leaf.
I am extremely partial to light interiors and they seem to be hard to come by, so I'm not ticked off by the price (CAD$19,000.00 all in).
I do have a couple of concerns though:
1. The tires on this car are completely bald (Bridgestone Ecopia if I remember correctly) - how is it possible with such low mileage, or have the tires been swapped before the car was put up for sale here? The dealer doesn't know and offered to sell me new tires at their cost.
This brings me to a second concern:
2. If the tires have been swapped, what else could have been done to this car along the way - BMS reset? Anything else I should pay attention to?
I looked under the hood to check for leaks (one of the cars I looked at before seemed to have a small coolant leak, and the price wasn't right, so I passed on that one) - none to be found. Everything else seems peachy.
So, what do you think? Should I scrutinize further and do the whole LeafSpy dance and the 25% depletion road test to figure out if BMS had been messed with?
Thanks!
I am shopping for a used Leaf in Vancouver, Canada. Several dealerships here import lease returns from the US and "sort of" pass on the more or less reasonable prices to us Canadians.
The car I am considering at the moment seems alright - 2014 Leaf SV Premium with around 27K miles and 12 bars. Took it out for a brief test drive and it's as fun as any other Leaf.
I am extremely partial to light interiors and they seem to be hard to come by, so I'm not ticked off by the price (CAD$19,000.00 all in).
I do have a couple of concerns though:
1. The tires on this car are completely bald (Bridgestone Ecopia if I remember correctly) - how is it possible with such low mileage, or have the tires been swapped before the car was put up for sale here? The dealer doesn't know and offered to sell me new tires at their cost.
This brings me to a second concern:
2. If the tires have been swapped, what else could have been done to this car along the way - BMS reset? Anything else I should pay attention to?
I looked under the hood to check for leaks (one of the cars I looked at before seemed to have a small coolant leak, and the price wasn't right, so I passed on that one) - none to be found. Everything else seems peachy.
So, what do you think? Should I scrutinize further and do the whole LeafSpy dance and the 25% depletion road test to figure out if BMS had been messed with?
Thanks!