Recent content by TaylorSFGuy

Tonight I will be rolling over 100,000 miles on my second LEAF. The first Nissan LEAF having gone in excess of 150,000 miles brings me to a quarter of a million all electric miles. This has been nearly mechanically perfect - the only issue was the power window switch on the 2011 and the blue...

Hi everyone - it has been some time since I posted here. My 2011 has over 150K miles (gave it to my Mom for use in her small town for errands and driving just a few hundred miles a year). The guessometer currently shows 35 miles of range. My 2014 will reach 100K miles in late October and has...

My thoughts exactly on the brakes. I was trying to link the lack of regeneration to the grab and release braking I experience at LBW or VLB with light brake application (exiting from freeway or approaching a light). My simple interpretation is the system wants to put the energy to the battery...

I took the LEAF in today to Nissan of Fife (WA), asking the dealer to inspect the brakes and look at the lack of regeneration. Their reply: Verified Cust Concern. Found HV Battery is not able to accept regen charging anymore. Needs new battery ... is too weak to accept regen charging. Needs...

Let's see if I can respond to some of the questions and comments: Yes, one set of tires at 93,000 miles No brake parts replaced/resurfaced etc. Battery capacity loss - I have a suspicion that starting to use QC started me down the slope. I have tried very hard to avoid the QCs with the 2014...

Thank you for this very clear information. My situation is slightly different (replaced a car getting 30MPG and electricity is less). So your top line comes to $13,500 and I did swap tires once. So I am still sitting North of $0.10 savings per mile. No matter how you slice it, I did save on...

"Question though. For the sake of economics, why not buy the replacement 24kwh battery instead of the 2014 leaf? $5500 vs $20,000 for the same number of miles (but new everything else) seemed like a cheaper choice?" Purchasing a new battery wasn't an option for many years. We bought the...

Hi everyone - It has taken me a long time to get from 100,000 to this milestone. In October I was at 146,000 and GIDS were 152. I was waiting for better weather as the power draw for heat was just too much. Tonight when I pull into the driveway the odometer will roll 150,000 miles. My GID...

Let's give Nissan some time to work this out before complaining. They aren't selling the cars with a 30kwh battery through to consumers yet. It is unreasonable to expect them to have focused on replacement batteries at this point. I expect something to happen. Those of us that purchased...

Hi All - yes, I am driving the 2011 as much as possible to keep the miles off the 2014. When I bought the car, my plan was to save as much as I spent. That doesn't look feasible without replacing the battery and going another 150,000 and even then it would be close. No matter how many miles I...

It has been some time since I've posted an update. My mileage rate/month has dropped as I'm splitting my driving across another LEAF. Today was a perfect example - rather suddenly this morning, I realized I didn't plug in the '11 last night. So I plugged in the '14 and because of the faster...

Current range is 50 miles without charging. All freeway. Steady driving at 60. But that is using LEAF spy for remaining range info. Not GOM. otherwise I would be panicking much sooner.

An open ended question in my view. Depends on what you mean by "last" - my 2011 has 132K miles on the battery. If you need to drive less than 50 miles a day and have access to charging half way, it is going to last a very long time and battery longevity shouldn't be an issue. In my opinion...

There are other drivers that put the mileage on faster than me but aren't as consistent. Look at Carwings info. My name for the 2014 is SteveM2. But I think I still have the highest mileage on an operating LEAF. I took the 2011 to work this week. It isn't getting many miles now but drove just as...

I can't turn it on/off in my 2014 but you can disconnect it. Video instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHWT8VqnRGo Just so you know, doing this turns off most of the other interior noises as well.