Recent content by dougcpa

Really not a damnation of the Bolt, just bad timing. As your blog post stated, the Bolt just started production and thus demand is far greater than the supply, which means 1) you'll have a hard time getting one for a good 6 months or more and 2) you're not going to get a stellar deal. The only...

I work in a large-ish office park, there are six L2 chargers at our building and about a block away another 12 spread around some of the other office buildings. So if for some reason all 6 were offline at our building, hopefully some of the remaining chargers spread around the office park will...

I normally wouldn't consider a 2011 or 2012 due to the battery and heater, but recently a used one came on the market in my area that just had the battery replaced by Nissan under warranty. It is an 2012 SL model and they are asking $9,500. Price doesn't seem too bad to me considering it has a...

I will admit I'm taken with the 30 kWh batteries. I then wouldn't have to worry about charging at work most, if not all days. Stock around here is pretty depressing. I did a stock search for a 10 mile radius on one CA zip code and got 41 new Leaf results. 150 mil range search on a central KC...

I made a call to a Nissan dealer out near SF. They quoted me a 2016 SV (no prem package), 15K miles per year at $162 before sales tax. Based on my tax rate, the after tax lease is roughly $175. That offer was for $3K down. Looks like it might be worth buying a CA Leaf over the phone and have it...

Do you mind sharing what deal you got at Machens? I hit Fenton Nissan in the Northland yesterday. They had an SL and an SV, but the SL was in a storage lot with a dead battery, so I test drove the SV. It did not have the premium package. I wasn't serious about buying that day, but of course...

If I were getting new I would only do a lease on an EV for the foreseeable future. But on the used market the Leafs are dirt cheap and if the battery will last for another four years I think they are well worth the purchase if the mileage fits within your needs. If I needed to replace my...

Charging at work shouldn't be a problem, and I was expecting to have to do that. My anxiety or reservations is about the longevity of the battery. If I can get at least 50 miles of range every day on a full charge regardless of weather and using the climate control in a normal manner on a 2013...

Yes, you do have to pay personal property tax on a leased vehicle, at least in Missouri you do. I've leased before and I always got a PP tax bill from the lessor. They pay it, then bill you for it.

I ran some more numbers, found out that Nissan charges $10/mo extra to go from a 12K to 15K lease and if I prepay the miles it is $0.10/mi for overages. So $332/mo, plus $900 to get to 18K miles per year and $395 for disposition fee gets me a total cash outlay $13,247. Property tax will be...

At 15K per year that $322 is probably going to be close to the $350/mo I estimated. And I'll more than likely be driving closer to 18K mi/year

Is that a 15K miles per year lease or 10K per year and does the lease rate include sales tax?

The problem with leasing is my total cash outlay over 3 years will bust through my $12K budget. Plus I then have to deal with end of lease unknowns such as mileage and damage. I did a rough calculation assuming an SV model with sales tax rolled into the monthly lease coming out to around...

I work in Corporate Woods so there are charging stations all over this place. In our building parking lot alone there are six chargers. I've only seen one car use it in the last 6 months and I'm guessing that was someone passing through since I've never seen them here before or since. So I...

Looking for a little insight from current KC Leaf owners that preferably do a bit of daily work commuting. My current commute is around 32 miles one way (64/65 roundtrip). It is 99% highway miles driving between 65 and 70 mph. I don't like car payments, so I probably won't be looking at buying...