Comparison: Why I Chose a Nissan Leaf Plus over a Tesla Model 3

[Bombastinator2]

Elon Musk has done every other EV manufacturer a huge favor. In spite of being highly intelligent, his public statements and support of Trump will keep many people from buying Teslas.

Apparently “I bought this before Musk went insane” bumper stickers for teslas are hot items

 

[jc2024Leaf]

Apparently “I bought this before Musk went insane” bumper stickers for teslas are hot items

I have to give him credit for advancing electric vehicles and the charging infrastructure, but the Cybertruck? What was he thinking?

 

[Jeffrey Stumpf]

Well, it was even better than I originally shared. I've been wanting to go electric for a very long time. I had a 1994 Nissan Pickup I was looking to convert to a lead sled. Never happened and fast forward to now and we went to look at a Kona EV. Not a single salesperson left the showroom to greet us when we were wandering the parking lot. We strolled over to the Nissan dealer next door, and a salesman came out with a key to the Leaf we were reading the sticker of, which we test drove and liked. I then started researching the Leaf. In looking for what was available, I stumbled across a 2024 with 600 miles on it. To make a long story short, it sat on a dealer's lot for 8-9 months, then got converted to a rental, then a few months later got reinspected for sale and I bought it 2 days after inspection/listing. Sticker was $38.8K, the dealer had it listed as Certified Used for $22.9K. I got it for $22.6K, $25.4K out the door! It didn't have a mark on it, the charger and accessories were still unwrapped. All it was missing was the new car smell and the boot cover (which never last very long in my hatchbacks anyway.)

 

[Jeffrey Stumpf]

Great deal. Enjoy

 

[Bombastinator2]

I have to give him credit for advancing electric vehicles and the charging infrastructure, but the Cybertruck? What was he thinking?

Well it was selling really well despite the disastrous initial announcement. Apparently the problem was recalls and stuff. The thing it didn’t do that more traditional designs did was allow a person to load the bed from the middle side, which is kind of a big deal for things like hay bales, but those are basically legacy now and only used for decoration and things like hayrides.