IAMTHESTIG
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Been thinking of getting an EV for quite some time now... only have a 30 mile daily commute five days a week. Do a lot of quick runs to the store too which is about a mile from my house. The wife and I have a '12 Mazda 3 and its paid for and we only spend about $120 a month in fuel. Unfortunately I can't afford to buy any even relatively cheap car without a loan so I figured an EV will give me back some of the money going into the loan.
I've already done all the math and it is a lot cheaper to run a Leaf, assuming I don't have to try and buy a new battery pack before the end of my planned six-year loan. In the eight years I calculated running costs of our Mazda 3 with 66K miles the cost of a Leaf with an $8500 battery is still cheaper. Though after researching i'm worried Nissan won't have any or they will cost some even more ridiculous amount. I certainly don't want to be buying a battery before my damn loan is even paid off.
The Leaf i'm looking at is a 2014 SL from looks like Freemont Callifornia. Doesn't look like it gets much above 80 degrees F there very often so I'm hoping its got a decent battery. I haven't gone to look at the car yet but the dealership I'm working with found this for me and bought it. I've only got a few crappy pictures but it looks like it has 11 or 12 capacity bars. I'm going to see it this weekend and will probably plug in a code reader to run Leaf Spy on it.
Unfortunately it doesn't come with any sort of warranty so that is a big worry for me. There is a '16 Leaf S for sale locally that is Nissan Certified and would still have at minimum four years warranty left but I really want the features in the SL.
So i'm torn... not even sure it is worth the journey considering i'll be on a loan. Maybe if I could buy it outright that would be a different store. Either way though as it stands i'll have to do loan so even if I get a $5000 Honda Accord or some other decent gas mileage car i'll still be paying way more for gas and maintenance than electricity and a battery. But I don't feel good about getting a car knowing i'll likely have to dump the thing in less than 8 years. And since it really seems like Nissan doesn't give a flying rats bum about doing the right thing, why should I do it? Other than enjoying the pleasantries of driving an EV.
I've already done all the math and it is a lot cheaper to run a Leaf, assuming I don't have to try and buy a new battery pack before the end of my planned six-year loan. In the eight years I calculated running costs of our Mazda 3 with 66K miles the cost of a Leaf with an $8500 battery is still cheaper. Though after researching i'm worried Nissan won't have any or they will cost some even more ridiculous amount. I certainly don't want to be buying a battery before my damn loan is even paid off.
The Leaf i'm looking at is a 2014 SL from looks like Freemont Callifornia. Doesn't look like it gets much above 80 degrees F there very often so I'm hoping its got a decent battery. I haven't gone to look at the car yet but the dealership I'm working with found this for me and bought it. I've only got a few crappy pictures but it looks like it has 11 or 12 capacity bars. I'm going to see it this weekend and will probably plug in a code reader to run Leaf Spy on it.
Unfortunately it doesn't come with any sort of warranty so that is a big worry for me. There is a '16 Leaf S for sale locally that is Nissan Certified and would still have at minimum four years warranty left but I really want the features in the SL.
So i'm torn... not even sure it is worth the journey considering i'll be on a loan. Maybe if I could buy it outright that would be a different store. Either way though as it stands i'll have to do loan so even if I get a $5000 Honda Accord or some other decent gas mileage car i'll still be paying way more for gas and maintenance than electricity and a battery. But I don't feel good about getting a car knowing i'll likely have to dump the thing in less than 8 years. And since it really seems like Nissan doesn't give a flying rats bum about doing the right thing, why should I do it? Other than enjoying the pleasantries of driving an EV.