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Cool, I'll have to try the coast. Congrats on being all electric! I did another trip to Eugene yesterday. It seems that keeping speed low is the key for us getting there without warnings!

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I wanted to give a warning about Beaverton Nissan. Through a strange series of events I happened to be outside at 11 o'clock at night when my neighbor happened to roll up in a Leaf. I walked over to say hello to another Leaf driver, not...

I got a Blink card from Wilsonville when I bought the car too, the others I ordered, OpConnect already came. Glad to know about Aero, I was afraid to travel south since I don't have the key fob yet, but it sounds like I don't need to worry. Tomorrow I do Salem to Eugene, wish me luck!

Cool thanks for the reply. I would probably charge 100% just to be sure as you said.

Awesome thanks for that info! I think I'll charge in Halsey both ways and skip charging in Eugene, my friend doesn't live by any chargers. I still need to order all the cards and key fobs for various charging stations.

Hi Portlanders. I just got my new Nissan Leaf SL in Willsonville yesterday (leasing). Loved the experience with them. I'm in Salem so I'm hoping the drive up to Portland is doable it looks like I have lots of options to charge up there before coming back home. Mostly I'm around Salem though. Amber

I just got my Leaf up in Willsonville yesterday (tried to go to Power Nissan here in Salem, they were, unfortunately, clueless about the Leaf when I went). I'd love any tips for going up to Portland or down to Eugene. How far have you gone in your Leaf, to the coast? I have an SL with quick...

Ah guess o meter. Yes the salesman showed me how to put it on battery percentage and told me never to use that as a real guide, that it was for estimating only. I believe our power must be pretty cheap. We pay a premium for renewable (wind) power and our bills are still low. And regular gas is...

A cut above, thanks :) maybe not since I can't figure out what some of the abbreviations mean (GOM?). My daughter was so excited to plug the car in for the first time tonight. I just imagine her in the very distant future telling people, "we got our first electric car I was a very young girl...

I'm in love! Drove it home tonight (dealership is 36 miles away), then of course had to drive it all over town to show people. And take it off Eco mode and show off a bit and I still have charge, it says 31 miles (looking at it from the phone app so I can't figure out how to see %.). It will be...

Ok for some reason I stopped getting email notifications that people were still responding to this thread! Oh my goodness thanks for all the great responses, I even appreciate the debate, I like to know the pluses and minuses. I went to test drive the Volt this morning and what a disaster. I...

Thanks Fred, yes, I'm looking at the plug share app and reading the reviews of various chargers and realizing how often they are offline. We will have another car that takes gas still, but I won't use it too often as I'd have to move two car seats to do so. So even with a trickle charge at my...

One more quick question. On the share plug app there are seven different varities of chargers you can check to show, starting with the wall 120, and includes stations like "NEMA 14-50" and "Tesla Supercharge". Which ones out of the seven can I check to charge the Leaf SL?

Thanks for the quick responses! I actually don't have a commute, I'm a stay at home parent :) I'm in Oregon, there are some hills around me but nothing major. I live in Salem and like to be able to drive to Portland occasionally (50 miles away), luckily it looks like they have lots of charge...

We went and test drove the Leaf SL today, I love it, my husband still wants us to go look at the Volt. He is so scared I'll run out of power with our two girls in the car and be stranded. I think a little planning is all it will take (and I don't like the thought of only have four seats on the...