Recent content by tangfj

Thanks for the replies but my rental company just came back to me and said they'd be adding $20 a month to my rent and if I didn't like it then they ask that I not use the plug... So much for that. It sounds like I'll be overpaying and they'll be making a little bit of obey off of it but they...

Was wondering if someone could help me out. I just moved in to a new place in the Ukrainian village and when I was in negotiation with the property management company I told them I had a leaf, to which they replied there was no problem and that I could plug the car in the provided shared garage...

Anyone know if there is a place to plug in at O'hare? My SO is coming home tomorrow and I'd like to get a quick top up while I'm waiting if possible. Thanks!

Happy new Leaf lessee as of today! I live in downtown Chicago in Wicker Park. Anyway, I got a Gray 2014 SL with premium package at Autobarn Evanston. Martin was well educated on the leaf and helped to explain all of the details for me and even spent the time to give it a final detail before I...

Thank you all for your input over the past few days! It has really helped me a lot! I ended up today leasing a gray 2014 SL with premium package (my first car lease ever!). I was a little scared of a lease at first but once I found out it was cheaper by a decent margin, I decided to pull the...

Great point! I didn't even think of that. Decisions decisions. I'm leaning more towards buy right now since I don't think battery degradation will affect me for my or my so's driving patterns. Plus we plan on keeping the car for as long as possible. EDIT: lease option just came back $70 cheaper...

I do trust the guy. He'll be printing a real quote for me today to compare buy/lease. I expect to drive away today. I connected obdii just now and used leafstat on my iphone and showed a soh of 98.01, capacity of 96.43, and 63.89 ahr. Avg battery temp has been 67.2. I assume that's normal for a...

I think it'll be a while before you see MY15 deals. I was just at a dealer in the Chicago area that just got the MY15's and there are virtually no deals offered from Nissan for them. It seems like they are trying to clear out MY14 inventory.

15's are on the lot at the dealership I'm working with... I'm in Chicago. Now just need to decide between 14 and 15. Probably 14 given the incentives and the 15 doesn't seem to have much going for it over the 14.

Just got back from round 2 at the Nissan dealer... I got them down to the following... Gray 2014 SL with premium package, splash guards, and floor mats Car Price - $35,500 (invoice cost... MSRP was $37,240) Trade-in -$17,000 (minus the balance on my loan of $10k, resulting in $7k equity value)...

Can you explain this a bit? I have been operating under the assumption that if you buy an electric car, you get a $7,500 tax credit. I've read about others who say they haven't qualified but never really understood why? I thought the irs guidelines were pretty straight forward... Buy a...

What was your experience if you don't mind sharing? I have been treated well so far there.

I believe it does have the quick charging port but it's worth noting. I live in Chicago so I think there are some QC charging places around. As for the tip about Carmax, I think it'd be worth a trip out there to see what they'd give me. Do you know about how long it takes?

Hey guys, I went to the Nissan dealer today (autobarn evanston) and test drove a 2014 Leaf SL. Next week I'll be test driving the C-Max Energi but I really doubt it'd be in contention given the smaller cargo space and shorter electric range... Anyway, here is the specific car I was looking...

Wow! Thanks a lot guys! It seems that the only consensus I am seeing is that the i3 probably is not a good fit. I think my next step will be to test drive each of the cars and see where to go from there. One other question... Does anyone know when the next years models are generally announced...