Recent content by ksnogas2112

Well, it took 11 years, 8 months for my 2012 Leaf to die an undramatic death. My son brought it home from work and plugged it in and boom, no charging. So, after losing 7 of the 12 capacity bars, the third Leaf in Kansas is finally dead. Troubleshooting says it's the on board charger. Which...

rats... and here i am with a 2012, 65k miles and about 20-30 mile range

For what it's worth I still have my 2012 with 55k on it, 3 bar loser, and I'm getting 50 real miles on a full charge with 4.5 miles/kwh. It's nice not having a payment but with a 3 mile commute even though #2 son scraped the crap outta it, it's still doing the job.

The bigger issue will be how much heat you use in the cold temps. Below 40*F (IIRC) the heat is the old style resistance heater which uses a lot of energy and that will impact your range more than a cold battery. The reason a cold battery affects range is that it doesn't transfer energy as...

Eric, I'm in desperate need of the rear window wiper. Are you still offering? Tom

soooooooooo.... good news and bad news Bad news - lost my third capacity bar today Good news - it took 4.5 years to lose 3 capacity bars Bad news - I still have 1.5 years of payments Good news - the car still covers 90% of my driving (down 5% from 2012) Bad news - no hope of a new battery Good...

I'm in a similar boat with CD. June 2012 purchase and May 2012 battery - these are the last batteries from Japan. I'm down 2 capacity bars and sitting closer to 43k miles. I can still get 50+ miles city. I'm not sure what my actual longer range would be at highway speeds. I can run to the...

Off to Orlando for business conference. No electric for a while.

yeah, i won't see it either. i'm at 10 bars, 40k miles and 14 months before 5 years.

I got my $50 from Nissan, did you? (Battery capacity class action)

Got my letter yesterday offering that Nissan would pay for a 'substantial' portion of the cost. I don't think my next EV will be a Leaf. Really getting sick of Nissan.

You know the best thing about the first real warm week in spring? It's like getting a brand new car again when the battery warms up. Better acceleration, actual regeneration, it's like a whole new car.

I helped a new citizen. He moved here from Chicago with his Smart EV convertible. He lives in the apts across from the office with no EVSE avail. I was opening up the password protected charger for a month until security got around to getting a chargepoint card for visitors and neighbors. tom

Not really surprised. I didn't like my experiences shopping at Hendrick which is why I didn't buy there. Of course, buying a Leaf is totally the wrong thing. Always lease, wish I had. Tom

Well, I know I cried 'wolf' earlier but today I really did lose the second bar. So I'm officially down two now. 3.5 years and 38k miles Tom