Post Your Battery Degradation Results

[baumgrenze]

LeftieBiker & Goldbrick, thanks for the explanation and clarification.

I hope to sell this Leaf in late January, ideally.

I want to describe it as honestly as I can.

FWIW the OEM 110 charging cable in the trunk has only been used 2-3 times. I finally broke down and got a compatible wheel and spare (Altima) so that will be part of the package.

Have you any suggestions how I might I manage to gain access to a LeafSpy in Palo Alto? Would it be considered an offensive post to open a new thread requesting access to one on the Mid SF Peninsula?

Do you agree that it is hardly worth shipping the Leaf cross country to Charlottesville, VA?

Thanks,
baumgrenze

[LeftieBiker]

You can make a topic asking for help - we can always delete it when no longer needed.

It's hard to put a value on a good 2012 Leaf, as almost all of them have degraded batteries. It's worth something on the order of $8k to $10k, IMO. You want it to go to a warmer climate, as the heater on those really sucks power.

[DougWantsALeaf]

https://storage.googleapis.com/geotab-s ... index.html

Check out post 2015 Leafs vs Tesla and others. The cars seem a lot more aligned than the press reports.

[downeykp]

Returned to Hawaii after 3 months on the mainland to find that i have only 6 battery bars remaining, (I had 7 when I left). As my profile shows I own a 2011. It has 35000 miles. Anyone have a 2011 6 battery bar car with less miles?
It really is not a problem. It gets me where I live to Hilo and back with no problem. If I was told when I bought this that this kind of degradation was imminent I would have passed on purchasing.
I have owned a few Nissans but will not own another.
I am a gas guy now.

[salyavin]

Nissan's batteries have improved drastically since 2011. If you want to dump Nissan that is cool, how about a chevy bolt or many of the other electric cars on the market that have thermal management? I'd get something 2015 or later if you got another leaf. I see you have Solar so I think electric cars would be quite cost effective for you. You just unfortunately got in early before some important battery improvements happened.