Recent content by madnessssss

a 3 year old low mileage car that may or may not make it 40 miles without a 4 hour charge is indeed dreadful.

After doing some more reading on this board, it seems as though the leaf battery is an absolute POS and will need replacing every 60k miles or so, completely eliminating all gas savings. I suppose I'll have to wait until 2020 or so whenever Tesla finally makes a Model E to get what I want out of...

thanks for the info. I see some 2012s with the heated seats available for not much more. Do you think the heated seats make enough of a difference to accomplish what I need?

sweet.....maybe i will do it then. Ill miss the performance and handling of my G37, but even with these new low gas prices, i think it would be beneficial to eliminate gas expense pretty much altogether, and also put some extra cash in my pocket selling the G37. One thing I'm excited about is...

I guess i wasnt clear, but I meant to say i will install a 240 both at home and at work. So what I'm just trying to be clear on is whether or not the car can make it 40 miles reliably in 35-45 degree weather up to 100k miles (i would probably buy one with about 20-30k miles). Thanks for the tip...

buying one for each of the millions of other drivers in my city would be an even less advisable investment.

these things are over-priced new. Even with the tax rebates, you are paying an extra $10k for the car (vs a similar quality ICE car) to save $8k in gas over 5 years. Not worth it at all. Theres value in used because these cars simply aren't popular and the value drops like crazy. Can get a low...

thanks. Is there enough of an improvement in later models for this to work for me? Or is it marginal? I think I'm gonna look into the Chevy Volt.

Summer temps can get to around 100 for a few weeks......winters can gets to 35-45. Im thinking this would not be a smart car to buy in this climate, but i love the idea of getting a $12k car and saving $130 a month on gas compared to my ICE car ($2 a gallon now, 22mpg). Over 5 years thats about...