Andy
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Congrats gudy!
Are you getting a vanity plate? How about 'GUDY' for instant recognition in the EV world!?
Are you getting a vanity plate? How about 'GUDY' for instant recognition in the EV world!?
gudy said:By the way Ron from north bay has been great as well, way more than Boardwalk, who was mostly trying to get more money out of me...
gudy said:Just got off the phone with Mark Perry and someone else (didn't catch her name, but she's in public relations).
They confirmed that I'm the first order in the US, and that my Leaf will be the 1st one delivered in the world.
They're planning for december 11th, asked me if I was ok with having the press there.
I'm so excited right now
I hope that many more from this forum are going to get a phone call from Nissan soon !
gudy said:Just got off the phone with Mark Perry and someone else (didn't catch her name, but she's in public relations).
They confirmed that I'm the first order in the US, and that my Leaf will be the 1st one delivered in the world.
They're planning for december 11th, asked me if I was ok with having the press there.
I'm so excited right now
I hope that many more from this forum are going to get a phone call from Nissan soon !
gudy said:By the way Ron from north bay has been great as well
gudy said:I'll ask him about the VIN, but I'm guessing (fearing) that all their IT stuff will not be ready for my delivery, so his dashboard may not reflect anything ...
if no-one else has gotten a phone call now, I guess that the 11th date is going to be a one off. Hopefully, we'll know more next monday about the next 50ish cars for december. Maybe a december 18th delivery ? if they wait more they run into the problem of people leaving for the holidays.
So here's my bet :
1. the 50 december deliveries will get a phone call starting next monday, and throughout next week
2. their deliveries will be december 18th (or possibly the week of the 13th), not sure how they plan to maximize PR.
gudy said:no EVSE :
- AV is too expensive
- not clear on AMT for this year (is congress done with that yet?)
- I'll be driving 20ish miles a day
- I'm currently renting : I would have gone for Leviton (to "easily" move the device when I move), but it won't be out until Q1 2011
Now if Congress passes the AMT patch, if turbotax updates their tax forecast thing (not going to pay a tax advisor $400 to know if I can get $1000 back), and if it looks like I won't pay AMT (with some margin of error), I *might* go ahead and get an EVSE.
Jimmydreams said:Thanks for the info. I'm at the edge of long-term comfort with a 63 mile round trip to/from work, so I will need L2 charging.
DaveinOlyWA said:no one with a full time job has 16 hours to charge at home.
mwalsh said:Jimmydreams said:Thanks for the info. I'm at the edge of long-term comfort with a 63 mile round trip to/from work, so I will need L2 charging.
How many hours do you have at home between driving to/from work? I'm in the same place as you (60 miles r/t), but have 16 hours to charge at home. I think that would be adequate time to bring me back to 100% charge, assuming I use ~70% of the pack capacity on any given day.
If you have less time available to you at home, do you have any opportunity charging available to you? If you're in the office for 8 hours, and the car just sits there, you could put 30+ miles back into the pack @ 110v.
Jimmydreams said:I have 1 or 2 days a week where I have 8 hours between shifts, and that includes commute time, so about 7 hours charge available. ... If necessary, I will build in either a QC on the way home to boost the pack or find some L2 charging located near a bookstore/bar/whatever and just stop there for 30 minutes or more as extra insurance.
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