KayserNissan said:
Just kind of curious, either while you were doing your research, when you ordered your Leaf, or what the dealer neglected to tell you.
Wondering so as to better assist folks who pick them up, questions people didn't think to ask, or things people didn't consider looking at.
Thanks!
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To answer the question more directly, here are some things I didn't know, even though our salesperson did a great job covering the vehicle:
- How much battery capacity I will lose over time (and I still don't know!)
- That the warranty on the LEAF begins at the time of purchase OR when the vehicle is put into service, whichever is first (This was an issue for me since I bought a demo vehicle.)
- That our LEAF did not include the cold-weather package (And I still don't know if I will miss it in the wintertime or not.)
- Where to charge the vehicle around here besides home and the Nissan dealer (And I still do not know!)
- That the climate-control system in the LEAF has a mind of its own! (Seriously! That must be the most poorly-engineered piece of the entire vehicle!)
- How to activate the climate-control system remotely or remotely via a timer (I'm still figuring that out. My attempt to use the remote timer this weekend did not seem to work.)
- That you should not charge to 100% and let the car sit like that
- How to set the charging timers
- How to raise and lower the drivers seat (It's not great, but it's something!)
- That the carpeting in the LEAF is not carpeting (I'm not even sure what I should call it!)
- Where the best place to buy Nissan accessories was (Amazingly, it was at my dealership!)
- That most of the built-in EVSEs available today seem to still have bugs or reliability issues yet to be worked out.
- That the Panasonic EVSE that comes with the LEAF is one of the best-made units on the market
- That I could get the Panasonic EVSE that came with the car upgraded to 240 VAC and that the upgraded unit will charge the LEAF just as fast as any other EVSE (This will not be true for a 2013 LEAF with the 6.6-kW charger.)
- That the charger in the LEAF would create electrical noise which would disrupt the powerline communications between our solar panels and their internet gateway (Since resolved thanks to help from members here!)
There are a LOT more things that I didn't know but that I learned from reading this forum!