stellaluna
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So I'm super super new to this, picked up a used 2013 Leaf S with 36k miles and 11 bars of battery life on the dash on Wednesday. I thought I had done enough research, maybe I just didn't dig deep enough. I probably should've gotten that diagnostics tool before buying but oh well. I don't regret it, love the car, just some whiplash I suppose. A bit long so the quick tl;dr is that the guesstimator for range seems widlly off. Am I driving wrong (try to keep it at or below 3 dots, heard thats best) or is trusting the car a mistake?
Anyway I'm sitting at the charger with a super low car AND phone battery, so I'm posting here in hopes to gain insight from those more experienced.
All that aside, I'm concerned about the discrepancy of actual miles able to drive vs what the guesstimator says. And in fact it nearly stranded me. My car said it was at ~55%, telling me I had 35 so miles on it. Friend needed to be picked up at the er, but they took her down a ways becuase hospitals are full. Okay, 12 miles one way, 24 will leave me enough for a round trip. I am at 22% when I get there, we charge for a bit cause its now reading 14 miles and she lives 9 miles away. Don't have a quick charger port, plus isn't one nearby. We sit for a little while to hopefully get us comfortably to our next stop. Got her home but I literally barely got to a charger, made it on 6%. Should've expected that but I guess I'm still processing everything. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or if somethings off with the car or even if its entirely expected behavior.
Thankfully my current normal commute to work is very small (2.5 miles one way) with top speeds of 45mph. Though this makes me feel a little helpless in an emergency. So yea, that's where I'm at.
Anyway I'm sitting at the charger with a super low car AND phone battery, so I'm posting here in hopes to gain insight from those more experienced.
All that aside, I'm concerned about the discrepancy of actual miles able to drive vs what the guesstimator says. And in fact it nearly stranded me. My car said it was at ~55%, telling me I had 35 so miles on it. Friend needed to be picked up at the er, but they took her down a ways becuase hospitals are full. Okay, 12 miles one way, 24 will leave me enough for a round trip. I am at 22% when I get there, we charge for a bit cause its now reading 14 miles and she lives 9 miles away. Don't have a quick charger port, plus isn't one nearby. We sit for a little while to hopefully get us comfortably to our next stop. Got her home but I literally barely got to a charger, made it on 6%. Should've expected that but I guess I'm still processing everything. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or if somethings off with the car or even if its entirely expected behavior.
Thankfully my current normal commute to work is very small (2.5 miles one way) with top speeds of 45mph. Though this makes me feel a little helpless in an emergency. So yea, that's where I'm at.