Early Nissan Leaf

[Gad-Westy]

dhutch said:

Gad-Westy said:

You have to tread a little carefully with Zoe's as many are on a lifetime battery lease arrangement so you'd need to factor that cost in too if it applies. I think some early Leafs are too come to think of it.

Right, yes, ok.

"... the Renault Zoe ranges from £49 per month for up to 4500 miles per year. This goes up to £99 for 10,500 annually. This cost will be similar to the fuel for a conventional car. "

It seems a half reasonable model, offload the risk of battery degradation, but the cost is significant isnt it.

Often the sale price will reflect whether its battery lease or stand alone and I guess you just do your own maths from there but yeah definitely an important parts of the sums.

[Turtle Shed]

I've got a 24kw/h 2014 Leaf (Acenta spec).

Had it from new, covered 75k miles now. Only non-consumable cost was one wheel bearing a few years back.

Still on the original brake pads and discs because I use the "B" mode very well.

Absolutely lovely to drive, 11 battery bars remaining. All we ever do is short trips so range is not even a consideration, but we do many many short trips...

Middle of winter, lights, wipers, heater, freezing, headwind. Wouldn't expect more than 35-40 miles on flat roads. Summer withe everything in my favour, 75 miles. Irrelevant figures though for the reasons stated.

If a Leaf can work for you, and in my opinion this means 2nd car for lots of short trips, with somewhere to park and charge it, and a dirt cheap overnight tariff, then they are an absolute no-brainer.

[lost in espace]

I posted on here my Leaf history, I now have a MG ZS lr. Whilst the range is excellent, compared to the Leaf the handling is shocking. I used to enjoy my Leafs, but the MG is very easy to slide and had awful suspension.

Just don't get a 30kwh one imo.

[dhutch]

CivicDuties said:

That could be part of it. Also, they accelerate like excrement from a warm, earth inverting horticultural implement, compared to other cheap hatchbacks.

Yeah, I mean I must say the Zoe I has wasnt mad-quick. Probably quicker to 40 than some, but not far off our 90hp Fiesta and a much lower top speed.