Recent content by flapbreaker

Thanks for the solid advice. There's a lot to learn with these.

Yeah, I figured home charging was the predominate method, I was just surprised at the 800% increase in public charge rates over home rates. Don't see how they stay in business.

One more question. I was looking at the charging rates for public charging in my area and unless my math is wrong it looks like it actually costs more than gas to "fill up". There are mostly Blink charge stations around which charge between $0.49/kWh and $0.59/kWh depending on the level of...

Thanks for all the feedback everyone. I'll have the vin checked tomorrow. One last question. Does running the heated seats reduce mileage or do they run off the auxiliary battery?

Just confirmed that it has 12 bars so likely a decent battery. So far everything is checking out good. Seems that the depreciation has been pretty steep on these lately that they are of good value point. I was told by a dealership that nissan had been holding quite a few lease returns back but...

Thanks guys that very helpful. I'll try and take a look.

Thanks for the reply. Most trips would be way under 30 miles round trip. I will need to confirm the number of bars - is this done by asking the seller to fully charge it and then just look to see if there are twelve bars? The car is local to Portland so it's not been shipped in from souther states.

Am really close to buying a used 2012 SL with 14k miles for $14,900. It is in like new condition. My wife will be driving it around town but no real commuting. We only put about 5k miles/year on the car this would replace. The price seems right to me but reading all the complaints of battery...