="JohnOver"
I'm at the dealer getting my 60,000 mile "checkup". I have only lost 2 bars so they won't give me a new battery. Since my commute (home) is 34 miles and 2000' of climb up the mountain, If I charge to 100%, I have 9 miles (or so) left on the GOM. So I am definitely thinking about replacing the battery with the 2015 version, which would get me back to where I was... and another 60,000 miles. (Leaf Spy Pro says I have 76% SOH, 5 QC, 5442L1/L2)...
Am I nuts?
Well, maybe
misinformed would be more accurate.
You do realize that "9 miles (or so) left on the GOM" is close to meaningless as a report on available capacity, when you end your drive with a significant ascent?
I drive a 50-60 mile (low-speed) trip ~10 times a month, with a ~1600 ft net, ~2000 ft total descent down to the Valley floor, and with the same ascent returning.
Starting with "80%" charge, I get back home between the LBW and VLBW, usually with only three-to-five miles showing on the GOM in winter, but with 15%-20% of my total available battery capacity (from"100%" to turtle) remaining.
MY LBC currently reports ~23% capacity loss, nearly as much as yours, but that is ~
twice the
actual average available capacity loss (from"100%" to turtle, as verified by recharge capacity and range tests) my LEAF has experienced since delivery.
Have you ever tried to confirm that you
actual capacity loss is anywhere near the 24% your LBC is reporting? You have a lot more miles on your battery than I do, and at higher speeds meaning a lot more total kW throughput, but your Battery also probably has not experienced as high average battery temps as mine has.
drees said:
JohnOver said:
They quoted me $6400 (and I needed new front rotor and resurfaced rears), so they kept it and will do it all in one go. I got a 2013 loaner with 16,000 miles (& 92% SOH).
Why did they say you needed brake work?...
Sorry, ="JohnOver", but (
unless you've been regularly starting your descent from home to work with 100% charge, using the discs rather than regen) it sounds to me, that when you asked them to take $6,400 to replace a decent battery, that dealer may have figured you might bite for some other
questionable repairs.
You might be lucky you didn't also get the estimate for
Johnson rod replacement...