Yeah, I think car swapping with a friend is a better idea. I only need a 3rd car to ferry everyone up there. 15 people total. And on Christmas eve, or Christmas day, Beaujo's is probably not going to be open.
I've been thinking about taking my leaf to the in-laws outside of Granby this winter. I have a 9 bar 2017, 30kWh battery. Range says 90+-3 miles when it's fully charged. Your trip sounds like it took 18 kWh. My back of the napkin says my car has 22 kWh. Seems like I would barely make it over to...
This is a third vehicle that will do mainly in-town and commuting in clear weather. My current daily driver is a 16mpg truck, which is not nice on the pump. I am not relying on this, and I also only need 40 miles/day. If it can't do that with 9 bars of battery, I suppose I'm barking up the wrong...
Thanks for the input. Right now it shows 68 mi per full charge! Yeesh! But I have 5 years (or 75,000mi) to lose 2 more bars and get a replacement battery under warranty. It's a carmax, so I can probably get it inspected by the dealership to read it and see if I want to keep it within 30 days.
I see on one of the stickies regarding batteries and warranty that the 30kwh batteries in the 2017 leaf are able to be replaced with 40kwh batteries under warranty.
I am shopping for a USED leaf, and it has been hinted that there is a strategy of finding a 30kwh leaf under battery warranty with...