Maybe I am crazy, but it looks like I will be buying a 2023 Leaf SV+ at the end of this month.
I bought a gently used 2019 SL+ back in March. I loved it immediately and my husband quickly became an EV convert. I already had a 2022 VW ID.4 on order, for which nothing much was happening. I placed another order (with a different dealer) to see if anything would happen more quickly. That was a the end of June and in the beginning of August, I got an email to convert to a 2023 VW--I did, and picked the ID.4 with the smaller batteries, so similar to the Leaf. Meanwhile, I cancelled the 2022 VW order.
Then I started calling around to Leaf dealers in the area--this was around Labor Day. One dealer in NH had a Leaf arriving "sometime soon" and took a deposit so I could call it mine. I also put down a deposit with another dealer in Maine but so far, nothing happening with them in terms of a car showing up. Three other dealers in Maine text me every now and then but they also can't give me a date when a car might appear.
The NH dealer says the car is arriving on October 25th or 26th and I could pick it up the day it arrives. Of course, I haven't even seen the car or driven it, but I imagine it is going to be very similar to the 2019 Leaf we already have (and my son's 2020 SL+).
Plus for me for the Leaf (over the ID.4): the 360 camera (I have gotten very used to that) plus "true" e-pedal (also something I have gotten used to). Because it is an SV+, it has cloth seats, but I guess I can learn to live with that. Doesn't have the premium sound but all I do is listen to audiobooks or podcasts.
I know the Leaf uses CHAdeMO charging which I realize could be obsolete in some future time. However, in the 6 months we have owned the 2019 Leaf, we have only charged at home--never anywhere else. So charging is not a huge issue for me. If we were to take a long trip, I'd figure it out and plan the charging stops. If there was an emergency and I had to get somewhere fast, I'd take my daughter's Jetta.
I'm excited. Brand new car, gun metal gray. I am trying to decide if I can live with the odd looking wheels or would I need to replace them? We'll see...
Re: what I am paying: MSRP plus $2500 for the 3M Protection Package. I negotiated that down from $5000, plus I got them to give me an extra $1000 on our trade-in (a 2016 Tiguan) so I have made peace with the extra $$. Nissan financing is 2.5% right now which is less than my credit union or Bank of America. In a different time I might have gotten a better deal, but this works for me. No more buying gas!