What's the dumbest thing someone will do with a Leaf?

[evnow]

Carry a gallon of gasoline, just in case.

 

[garygid]

Carry a generator (just in case), but no gasoline for it!

 

[mitch672]

Here's a good one: Buy from a West coast dealer, flatbed it out to the eastcoast, and find out it performs very poorly in our Northeast winters.... Only kidding, no one is going to do that

 

[garygid]

Hey, there is probably a whole car-carrier truckload of LEAFs already "scheduled" for the Boston area, from a dealer in WA.

 

[defiancecp]

Here's a good one: Buy from a West coast dealer, flatbed it out to the eastcoast, and find out it performs very poorly in our Northeast winters.... Only kidding, no one is going to do that

No doubt, Nissan will go to ridiculous lengths to ensure they don't :roll:

 

[mitch672]

Here's a good one: Buy from a West coast dealer, flatbed it out to the eastcoast, and find out it performs very poorly in our Northeast winters.... Only kidding, no one is going to do that

No doubt, Nissan will go to ridiculous lengths to ensure they don't :roll:

It's not really that hard, if you want to. All you need is a friend in CA, hopefully in a rollout area, they are the "buyer" (officialy), they get the EVSE waiver, and order away... when it arrives, they pick it up, and you then buy it from them.. of course you won't get the CA rebates, and it will cost about $1500 to flatbed it over the the East coast... All in all, it's just not worthwhile, for a car.

 

[evnow]

... of course you won't get the CA rebates, and it will cost about $1500 to flatbed it over the the East coast... All in all, it's just not worthwhile, for a car.

Not just that. You won't get the 7,500 tax credit. Your friend has to claim it and then pass it on to you - which should really be taxed as a gift ! And then, there is the sales tax ...

 

[mitch672]

... of course you won't get the CA rebates, and it will cost about $1500 to flatbed it over the the East coast... All in all, it's just not worthwhile, for a car.

Not just that. You won't get the 7,500 tax credit. Your friend has to claim it and then pass it on to you - which should really be taxed as a gift ! And then, there is the sales tax ...

Like I said, it's not worthwhile... If PICC has their 40-60 mile plug in conversion kit ready by the end of this year, I am more likely to just convert my 2010 Prius to a PHEV

 

[indyflick]

Here's the 2011 Nissan LEAF Stretch Limo. You'll be seeing all the stars arriving in these limo's at the Oscars next year. Because it's been stretched, and the the floor pans loaded with lithium ion modules, it now has a 600 mile range. Guests will be taken from Hollywood to Las Vegas after the Oscars and then return without charging the limo!

I would hope my Nissan LEAF Limo would at least garner an "honorable mention" for the "dumbest thing someone will do with a LEAF". After all, it took me an hour to Photoshop the damn thing!

 

[EVDRIVER]

Here's the 2011 Nissan LEAF Stretch Limo. You'll be seeing all the stars arriving in these limo's at the Oscars next year. Because it's been stretched, and the the floor pans loaded with lithium ion modules, it now has a 600 mile range. Guests will be taken from Hollywood to Las Vegas after the Oscars and then return without charging the limo!

I would hope my Nissan LEAF Limo would at least garner an "honorable mention" for the "dumbest thing someone will do with a LEAF". After all, it took me an hour to Photoshop the damn thing!

More like 50 miles at 8000 lbs.

 

[LTLFTcomposite]

Here's the 2011 Nissan LEAF Stretch Limo...
I would hope my Nissan LEAF Limo would at least garner an "honorable mention" for the "dumbest thing someone will do with a LEAF". After all, it took me an hour to Photoshop the damn thing!

Nice photoshop job there indeyflick. Trouble is, the idea isn't so dumb.

I wonder what sort of unique challenges a limo converter would face with such a project. Maybe just use the battery pack as is without adding to it and just accept the range that results, but you'd have to "split" the pack so the floor pan isn't so high in the back. Or maybe just make the second seat rear facing.

 

[garygid]

LEAF the pack in front, putting the bar where the back seat is now.
Then, balance the weight with the spa near the rear.
Biggest challenge is to get tires big enough to take the load.

 

[EVDRIVER]

Use an AV dock to charge it?

 

[Jimmydreams]

Here's the 2011 Nissan LEAF Stretch Limo. You'll be seeing all the stars arriving in these limo's at the Oscars next year. Because it's been stretched, and the the floor pans loaded with lithium ion modules, it now has a 600 mile range. Guests will be taken from Hollywood to Las Vegas after the Oscars and then return without charging the limo!

I would hope my Nissan LEAF Limo would at least garner an "honorable mention" for the "dumbest thing someone will do with a LEAF". After all, it took me an hour to Photoshop the damn thing!

I dunno....In my mind, it's 51% cool, and only 49% dumb. So honorable mention.....not so much. "Dumbest thing" implies something EVERYONE agrees is stupid. I'm fairly certain someone in Hollywood will see your pic and actually pick up the phone to start the process of building one!

 

[tps]

the the floor pans loaded with lithium ion modules, it now has a 600 mile range.

Of course, it would take DAYS to charge it with the L1 charger. Alternately, it can take a quick charge with 480VDC at 600A...

 

[Rat]

dumbest thing...

Get the email or open dashboard and not order.

 

[hill]

Don't worry folks ... no matter how dumb a scenerio you can imagine, there will ALWAYS be someone out there that can out-do your lowest expectations ... and to it to an infinite degree.