For several reasons:
1. the temperature appears to be rising practically everywhere but the Northwest. Still I'm worried about the market for the Leaf overall and would want to sell it before depreciation accelerates substantially. My plan has always been to trade up till the battery capacity reaches 2-300 miles, now i'm not sure if I'll have the luxury of doing that due to rapid depreciation.
2. I think we are just seeing the beginning of the premature capacity loss. so far, it does not look to me like it tapers off, and if anything gets worse over time. Honestly, without really knowing where to draw the line, I'm reluctant to take the Leaf even into parts of OR and WA when it's hot there. all the uncertainty is giving me cold feet.
3. perhaps most importantly, my hope with buying the Leaf has been to support a company that appeared to have high integrity and a good product that was appropriate for the masses, a viable alternative to all that is wrong with ICE's and Big Oil. The dozens of folks reporting early capacity loss have left me feeling that Nissan did not do it's homework like I was assured they had. My confidence in Nissan has become quite shaky with all this and I'm no longer sure they deserve my patronage. on a basic level, the trust gap is widening.
4. The Leaf without TMS is vulnerable to loss of range in the cold months, permanent loss of range during the hot summer months as well as some undefined "normal" background capacity loss over time. The number of oscillating variables is beginning to feel like to much to juggle!