Redjr
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So I picked up my second lease last night in Milwaukee, it was a long day, but a fun ride home.
I had to pickup a car that had broken down in a Milwaukee hotel parking lot park and fly last Friday night so I incorporated that retrieval, along with my Leaf Lease pickup all in one trip. I figured I could draft my truck, towing a car trailer, hauling the car on the way home. So we went over by the airport to pick up the car, and along the way, I called my salesperson for a second time to let them know I was on schedule for a 7:30 appointment. We arrived at Boucher Nissan on time towing this.
Even after being reminded several times that we were on our way, and calling after getting done loading the car and letting them know that I was on schedule, they still managed to detain us an hour and a half, while they got the paperwork ready. They did end of giving their tailgate promotion package as an apology, and a great deal on the lease, (below) we finally hit the road about 9pm.
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I told my buddy driving my truck to set the cruise at 60, and I'd keep an eye on the energy screen to see how I was doing on range. Turns out, we could have gone faster and still made it because of drafting in addition to a 20 MPH tailwind. All but about 6 miles were the interstate, Highway 41 to Oshkosh.
I averaged 5.4 miles/kWh, but was holding about 5.1 while drafting at that speed.
I ended up with 22% remaining, 28 miles on the GOM, 3, trees, and 85.6 miles. (I traveled a few blocks before remembering to reset anything.
Of course, drafting, a tail wind, 6 battery bars and having 5000 miles of experience on a different leaf all contributed to getting the range that I got. I had a back up plan, to bail off at my S/O's home 20 miles short of my home but called her 30 miles into the trip to let her know that I was sure that I would make it the distance.
I had to pickup a car that had broken down in a Milwaukee hotel parking lot park and fly last Friday night so I incorporated that retrieval, along with my Leaf Lease pickup all in one trip. I figured I could draft my truck, towing a car trailer, hauling the car on the way home. So we went over by the airport to pick up the car, and along the way, I called my salesperson for a second time to let them know I was on schedule for a 7:30 appointment. We arrived at Boucher Nissan on time towing this.
Even after being reminded several times that we were on our way, and calling after getting done loading the car and letting them know that I was on schedule, they still managed to detain us an hour and a half, while they got the paperwork ready. They did end of giving their tailgate promotion package as an apology, and a great deal on the lease, (below) we finally hit the road about 9pm.
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=11245&p=288083#p288083" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I told my buddy driving my truck to set the cruise at 60, and I'd keep an eye on the energy screen to see how I was doing on range. Turns out, we could have gone faster and still made it because of drafting in addition to a 20 MPH tailwind. All but about 6 miles were the interstate, Highway 41 to Oshkosh.
I averaged 5.4 miles/kWh, but was holding about 5.1 while drafting at that speed.
I ended up with 22% remaining, 28 miles on the GOM, 3, trees, and 85.6 miles. (I traveled a few blocks before remembering to reset anything.
Of course, drafting, a tail wind, 6 battery bars and having 5000 miles of experience on a different leaf all contributed to getting the range that I got. I had a back up plan, to bail off at my S/O's home 20 miles short of my home but called her 30 miles into the trip to let her know that I was sure that I would make it the distance.
