A couple of weeks ago, we bought our second Tesla Model 3. It replaced our crashed 90,000 mile 2014 Leaf S, which we leased new and bought at a bargain price from Nissan at the end of the lease. It is a 2019 SR+ with 26,000 miles. We bought it from a friend who babied it. We paid $16,000 after the used federal EV tax credit.
We got a Tesla because, with the Tesla CCS adapter, we can charge at any public L3 charger. In a couple of years Leafs and other EV's may be able to charge everywhere, although it's going to be hard to beat the Tesla Supercharger experience. In the two years we've owned our 2018 Tesla, public charging has always worked flawlessly. We bought the Tesla after our experience with our 2020 Leaf SV+. It's nice to pull into a charger, plug the car in and assume it's going to work. No app required, no screen to be broken, no spending more time on the phone than charging, assuming there's cellphone coverage. We even get a 4% rebate for charging through our Costco credit card.
I did a 500 mile round trip to Neah Bay, Washington in a Model Y a couple of weeks ago. I charged in Aberdeen once in each direction and once in Forks, Washington. If you look at a map or were a "Twilight" fan, you'll see this is not a heavily traveled route. I would not have attempted the trip in a Leaf or another EV.
Right now it's a buyer's market for used EV's. When we bought our first Model 3 a couple of years ago, it was a seller's market for used cars in general. We paid a premium price for the Tesla, but that was partially offset by the $5,000 over the lease buyout price we got for the 2020 Leaf.