Hi, I'm buying my first Leaf. My biggest concern with this one I'm looking at is how long the battery will last.
1) Correct me if I'm wrong, but 8 bars is 8/12 so 66% of full.. The seller is saying it's range is between 55-60 miles but I'd expect 66% of the full 75 mile range so 50 miles.
2) My need is a comfortable 35 miles per day never exceeding 55 mph (my commute) so I'm thinking a 47 mile range would comfortably stay in the mid range of the battery without fully charging or fully discharging each day. In how many years should I expect the max range to fall below the 45-50 miles mark? Within the next year? 6 years from now?
3) Am I correct to think that max of 8 bars indicates it is in pretty bad shape? Are 66% of the cells fine (33% are dead)? Or are most of the cells degraded, just 33% of them are below a threshold so the rest could be following shortly?
Thanks so much for your input.
FYI I'm in the Seattle area so super hot weather should not be the issue on the North West coast.
1) Correct me if I'm wrong, but 8 bars is 8/12 so 66% of full.. The seller is saying it's range is between 55-60 miles but I'd expect 66% of the full 75 mile range so 50 miles.
2) My need is a comfortable 35 miles per day never exceeding 55 mph (my commute) so I'm thinking a 47 mile range would comfortably stay in the mid range of the battery without fully charging or fully discharging each day. In how many years should I expect the max range to fall below the 45-50 miles mark? Within the next year? 6 years from now?
3) Am I correct to think that max of 8 bars indicates it is in pretty bad shape? Are 66% of the cells fine (33% are dead)? Or are most of the cells degraded, just 33% of them are below a threshold so the rest could be following shortly?
Thanks so much for your input.
FYI I'm in the Seattle area so super hot weather should not be the issue on the North West coast.