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I'm new here (yes, I know---redundant) & after a couple of months of research & lurking here for a while.....I bought a <30K 2020 Leaf SV. The wife & I are retired & really wanted a "newish" car with low miles to do the 30~40 mile max one-way drive cycle. We live in Southern Oregon & were able to get both the $5k Oregon rebate & max out the $4k Federal rebate. Bought a $17k SV in Salem (40KW model) & then I planned the drive from Salem to here....about 220 miles. I figured that I could plan with contingencies the recharge points to home & planned on the time required to get home..... In short....it was a nice trip, the car was great, the driver didn't have "much" range anxiety (after the first 100 miles). Interesting drive---I wanted to be prepared & then jump in to really get used to the car on a road trip....set the cruise for 67mph....set for B & off I went. The charge stops were all around 60~70 miles apart--major hills to clear between Canyonville & Grants Pass....in short, the car worked without missing a beat.
I'm a retired Auto Tech & was trained to work on EV's with the last independent shop I worked at (major experience is European vehicles)....So I'm not real worried about playing with this car...I'm very interested in the little things that increase range....better oil in the final drive....etc....
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I'm a retired Auto Tech & was trained to work on EV's with the last independent shop I worked at (major experience is European vehicles)....So I'm not real worried about playing with this car...I'm very interested in the little things that increase range....better oil in the final drive....etc....
![IMG_20240503_135054.jpg IMG_20240503_135054.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/mynissanleaf/data/attachments/3/3488-48d4795c2cdd1afcdc00fa7824dfb9c4.jpg)
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