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Just like Alric above, I just picked up my black Leaf this afternoon in Madison WI. First charge was in my garage, though. Already catching myself trying to optimize efficiency!
mkjayakumar said:Now if you could update your location in your profile, that would be great.
leighf said:Picked up my Cayenne Red LEAF yesterday from Blackburn Nissan (Victoria, Australia) and am thrilled.
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Widgeonmangh said:Picked up my 2012 black SL on Friday from Cambell Nelson in Edmonds. We are leasing it and got what I believe is a great deal. $316/ month with $700 out of pocket. I have enjoyed being a lurker on this forum for over a year and I am really enjoying the Leaf! I live on the Key Peninsula by Gig Harbor, WA and so far I have yet to see another Leaf out here. I have seen a county owned one but no others. They are such great cars though it is just a matter of time.
Great forum and a great car!
mlhoward said:I posted a few months ago about my cost per mile based on the dashboard display of miles per kwh. I have a more accurate way of calculating this.
I borrowed a Kill-a-watt meter from the library which is a small device about 4x6 inches that plugs into the wall outlet and you plug the 110 volt Leaf charge cord into it.
You then read the display as to how many killowatts you used. I reset my trip odometer after the car was fully charged. Then I used the car for several days charging each night with the Kill-a-watt meter between the charger and the wall outlet. After about 147.5 miles I used 41.5 kilowatts. My electric rate is 6 cents per kilowatt so my cost is just under 1.7 cents per mile. A car getting 40 miles per gallon at $4 per gallon costs 10 cents per mile. Note that I probably won't average 1.7 cents all year long due to where I live, Chicago area, and the car won't go as far in cold weather. But I think I should average less than 2 cents per mile. That's about $200 a year! Compare this to someone who drives 10000 miles in a Jeep and spends over $2000 a year on gas. I love my Leaf!
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