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Fear not, dear reader, I fully intend to replace the battery though as a curious person I'm interested to know how "used up" it reads on a tester. I will get an Optima yellow top based on the recommendations here. I don't mind paying the premium as I'm keeping this car forever. Surveying battery...

Thank you all for your advice. Indeed my problem turned out to be the 12v battery. It just seemed so odd that it worked fine and then ten minutes later it failed after my gas pedal mishap. When I tested the battery out of the car it read 9.24v. I charged it up and put it back in and the car...

This subject line covers my problem so I'm not starting a new thread but my situation seems different and very specific. I have a 2011 first gen Leaf which has been working perfectly. I finally, finally got the nice WeatherTech mats to protect the floor. I guess it was sort of dark in the...

Life imitating art or something like that.

Interesting. I didn't know Chargepoint charged you to get one of their cards. I have charged twice in downtown Ventura, CA, and both times I had to call the 800 number (888?) to reach their customer service (in India, based on the accents) to give them my credit card number. Calling in was a...

I went back to check a week ago and of the four Leafs on the Ventura lot two were 2011's and two were 2012's. I went by again last night and there are now eight! I was making a couple of points when I started this thread. One, I'm surprised there are extra Leafs floating around when they haven't...

I swung by Team Nissan of Ventura, CA, a week ago and there were four Leafs in the parking lot for sale in addition to their demo car. Checked again tonight to make sure they hadn't been waiting to be picked up and they're still there. I'm surprised we've already reached the point of overflow...

Finally the Wattstation is available to order online. Check out: http://www.lowes.com/pd_107343-76863-EVWSWBC-CP01_0__?storeId=10151&Ntt=ge+wattstation&UserSearch=ge+wattstation&productId=3506910&N=0&catalogId=10051&langId=-1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I don't know if you...

I can now verify that the Leaf will do 93 mph with four, er, large adults in it (at 11:30 at night on an empty freeway). I didn't get to impress anyone but it was a bit of a rush.

At least one of those Leafs was driven from England! http://www.youtube.com/user/Leafplan#p/a/u/2/GdnFyd1dFLY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Wattstation is $999 at Lowe's. It's still not available at lowes.com even though promised to be there some time this month. They have about a week left to deliver. I use the on/off button all the time but, doh, you have to remember to turn it on when you plug in! Bought mine at the Burbank...

And to clarify for people who may not understand this, with the Plugshare app you can make your own home charger findable and available to other EV owners. This is very cool but also a little scary. Right now my enthusiasm gets the better of me so I have my house listed but at some future date I...

This or something similar happened to me just trying to get out of the driveway. When I tried to put it in gear it kept going into neutral. I finally shut down and restarted and then probably had my foot on the brake so it all worked. Pardon me for not reading the manual yet but how do you...

A fellow Leaf owner at work uses only L1 and says it's better for the battery than using L2. Is this true? I know L3 is hard on the battery but I've never heard anything negative about L2. I've been using L2 but just to top off and so I could be using L1. The only hassle would be taking the L1...

Yes, Burbank only had one in stock and I bought it. They said Santa Clarita had some on order. Did you pull the unit entirely out of the box? My cord and J1772 connector were coiled up in the bottom of the box under a false bottom. If I recall correctly the cable is only sixteen feet long unless...