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Hey Leafers! I've had my Leaf for almost 1.5 years, and it was a dealer test drive car for a year before that. It only has about 8000 miles on it. Went in for my 2-yearly inspection (a legal inspection here in Japan), and they suggested I get my brake fluid changed and my cabin filter...

Hey Leafers! Quick question. I live in an area of Japan where we get loads of snow. We have a designated spot on our street where snowplows will come to take the snow away if we can get it there. Up until now I've been pushing snow there by hand, but I was wondering about the viability of this...

Sapporo is known as the "city with the most snow", so as you can imagine, I was hesitant to get a Leaf. I never found any "real world" videos online of people driving in real DEEP snow on real roads. But we went ahead and bought it anyways, and here are the results of my findings. (A link...

I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I don't even know how to search for it. It seems that while charging the Leaf at home (200V in Japan, takes 8 hours 0-100%), the "top" 20% of the battery takes the longest to charge. Is this true, or am I just imagining it? Our house has a...

Hey gang! Will be picking up our Leaf here in a couple weeks. I've been reading through the road trip threads, and am often overwhelmed by the "technical jargon" about amps, charging stations, special extension cords, and all kinds of other things. I'm a COMPLETE noob when it comes to electric...

Hey gang! We're looking at a couple of different Leafs here in Japan. The prices and options are different from the US, so basically the difference between the 2013 and 2012 are the wheels, heater system and slightly more range (30 km). There are 2 dealer test drive cars we're looking at...

...the pre-updated Leaf and the post-updated model? In the US, I think the 2013s are the ones with slightly better range and an updated heater, but in Japan, that change came mid-2012. So a "2012" model could be either one or the other. I'm looking at a couple of Leafs, and from the price I...

What is the expected lifespan of a Leaf? Living in Japan, most people have an expectation from Kei cars (600cc) of about 100,000 KM, and normal cars about 140,000 or 160,000KM. I'm looking around at some Leafs, ranging from 1,000 KM all the way to 44,000 KM. Of course it seems like the...

Hey folks! Quick question about the efficiency of regen. If you're approaching a red light and you know you're going to need to stop, what have you found better for efficiency and regen? Option A) Let off the gas, brake a bit to slow down so you can coast to the red light, perhaps rolling at...

Hey gang! It's always interesting to ask this question to owner's of a car I'm looking into buying. We all know that the Leaf is a great car and most owners love them. What's the biggest disappointment you've had with your Leaf? What's the thing you dislike most about it?

Hey gang! I took one class on physics in high school a very long time ago and don't remember any of the basics of how electricity works. I've been working on cars for years, and the mechanical part of things is no problem for me, but the electronics have always flummoxed me. I'm a noob. I'm...

If you knew it was going to be discontinued within the next couple of years? :o I'm looking into getting one (dealer test drive car in Norther Japan, top tier model with about 5k miles on it for $18K) but the sense I got from the salesperson (who seemed strangely over-honest) is that the...

Hello everyone! :D I'm sure there are loads of threads like this, but I was wondering about all of your wisdom for our particular situation. I currently drive an 01 Subaru Legacy Twin Turbo manual. I love it and the size is just right, and I get about 20 MPG on premium. It's a blast to...