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I drive a '12 Leaf which has been driven 12000 miles. When I start it after charging fully overnight in my garage, it reads between 70 and 80 miles range. After travelling 10 miles, it reads 50 to 58 miles remaining. The most I will drive is 52 miles, being fearful of running out of juice on...

21st Century has charged me reasonable premiums here in Martin County, Fl. Leaf is my 2nd car, and I have been unable to get a much lower rate, Checked USAA and they are more. BTW , their ads imply that they insured military and their families. USAA is publicly owned & will insure anyone who...

Your post is a big help to me. Thanks

I would, but my relatives are accident-prone.

Thanks, Reddy for your non-sequitor: my relatives are unreliable tho.

Thanks: sounds like good advice, but why would I do that, if the neg is disconnected?

I plan to leave my Leaf in a locked garage in a hot climate for 4-5 months. The advice I got is to disconnect the negative terminal on the 12v battery and charge the li-ion battery @ approx. 50%. Any dissenting opinions or better suggestions? Nissan people I have contacted don't seem to have any...

Oh man. 30 posts and about 2 dozen solutions to my problem. It seems I'm as well informed as the next guy. Thanks to all who contributed, but I'll probably ship the car north for the summer and hope another Sandy doesn't come along & take out the Leaf like it did my 2001 Lincoln last year. I am...

Thanks for your input. I rourinely leave the power cord in the outlet at all times. Almost never remove it. I always disconnect from car after charging. I will replace outlet and I'm thinking the replacement should not be gfci; a standard outlet should be ok, although my electrical knowledge is...

After 3,000 trouble-free miles, while charging Leaf in my garage, the circuit breaker tripped and the gfi outlet got charred and shut down. It appears to be shot; (the test and the reset button do nothing.) Having no electrical skills, I wonder why? The breaker in question has nothing but a few...

I had an affinity once. Got lousy mileage, so I got a Leaf. (not sarcasm, just silliness.)

The consensus here seems to be that the CS guy gave me bad info, and that there are ways to leave the car for 6 months without charging.The one factor that worries me is the fact that the Leaf will be in a locked garage w/o a/c in a very hot climate. Right now, I'm leaning toward shipping the...

I have always parked my gasoline powered cars in a locked garage for 5-6 months each summer with the battery disconnected. My garage is in a hot area of Florida.I haven't gotten a definitive answer as to whether I can do the same with My Leaf. I need to know if this will harm the lithium-ion...

Reading through the manual I haven't found a method of popping the rear hatch using the fob. Am I missing something, or is it not possible?

After having used both Garmin and TomToms I would rate this system far superior and intuitive and almost perfect to use and extemely accurate in its directions. I may be easy to please, but I love this gadget.