bernie82
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I went to the Nissan dealer near my home in Sacramento, Ca to check out the Leaf with no intention of buying it. I felt the $35000 price tag was out of my reach and 'm not in a position to take advantage of the $7500 federal income tax credit, and finally, 17 hours to charge it doesn't work for me and I wasn't about to spend $2200 to put a 7 hour charging station in my garage. The limited driving range concerned me as well so I was ready to buy a Volt.
I test drove the Leaf and was really impressed with the way it performed. The salesman showed me the lease option and I was blown away. Nissan has a lease deal going for $289 a month and $2999 down. Here's the deal I got. The dealer applied the $7500 toward to price of the car and gets the tax credit. The City of Sacramento gave me $2500 which I applied to the down payment so my down was only $500. I qualified for a free charging station including installation from Charge Point and the dealer gave me the LS for $15 more per month. My Electric company gave me a deal as well. They installed a meter to monitor the charging station and gave me about a 3 cent a kilowatt hour off peak time discount.
I felt bad for the Volt salesman who was sure I'd buy the Volt after I checked out the Leaf so I drove there with my new Leaf and instead of buying his Volt, I offered to give him my wife. :lol:
I test drove the Leaf and was really impressed with the way it performed. The salesman showed me the lease option and I was blown away. Nissan has a lease deal going for $289 a month and $2999 down. Here's the deal I got. The dealer applied the $7500 toward to price of the car and gets the tax credit. The City of Sacramento gave me $2500 which I applied to the down payment so my down was only $500. I qualified for a free charging station including installation from Charge Point and the dealer gave me the LS for $15 more per month. My Electric company gave me a deal as well. They installed a meter to monitor the charging station and gave me about a 3 cent a kilowatt hour off peak time discount.
I felt bad for the Volt salesman who was sure I'd buy the Volt after I checked out the Leaf so I drove there with my new Leaf and instead of buying his Volt, I offered to give him my wife. :lol: