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It's hard to believe I've owned it for a month now, since 28th September. And I'm very happy with it. It's a 2013 (I'm saying that because it's an AZE0 model rather than a ZE0) but I believe it was actually first registered in Japan in December 2012. It's blue, and has the words "Zero...

So what's your definition of a Gen2? Over here we identify Gen2's most easily by the extra boot space due to the charging hardware being shifted upfront, and the larger square-shaped "engine block cover" rather than the smaller rectangular version. Mine has both of those features, but it also...

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and encouragement, and sorry I haven't replied sooner. So I decided not to buy this car because it's range wasn't showing any signs of improvement. Instead I've spent the last week in Auckland (600 km from home) and checked out a number of Leafs up there. As a...

Thanks again LeftieBiker So the car has been driven about 20km and then given a 100% L2 charge. Can't do L1 here in NZ afaik because our mains supply is 230V. Here's the result: After an 100% L2 charge LeafSpy shows: Ahr = 54.51 (DOWN 0.08 Ahr from the previous 80% charge!) SOH = 83% (no...

Thanks LeftieBiker Cell 8 has a significantly lower voltage than all the rest, so I wonder if it could be the main contributor to the battery's high internal resistance shown by the low Hx value? Is the replacement of a single cell generally feasible? Have you heard of other cases of the BMS...

The 2011 G model I'm looking at buying has done only 5860 km (3660 mi) and has just arrived from China. The battery had a low SOC on arrival (% unknown but only about 11km (7 mi) range showing. After an 80% L2 charge LeafSpy shows: Ahr = 54.59 SOH = 83% V = 385.82 ZE0-001843 Hx = 67.81% 8 QC...

Thanks LeftieBiker The bottom line is Buyer Beware if buying a 5-year-old Gen1 Leaf. Temperature degradation shouldn't be too much of an issue here in Wellington NZ, so if capacity loss hasn't already occurred I only need to consider calendar loss. The low mileage could actually be a good...

Thank you everyone for your most recent posts. Wow, what a lot of information and analysis of Nissan Leaf batteries is available! I'm learning heaps but I have a long way to go. Hopefully one day I'll be able to contribute some data from New Zealand to put into the degradation models etc. My...

Thanks firetruck41 & ahagge. So if time is a major factor for lithium battery health that could indeed be unfortunate, a possibly a deal breaker for me. In my old lead-acid battery days the number of charge cycles (and hence distance travelled) was the most significant factor, so I have to...

I live in New Zealand and I've just joined this community because I am considering buying a second hand Nissan Leaf. But it won't be my first electric car, because I converted a Fiat Bambina to electric 36 years ago in 1980, with lead-acid deep cycle batteries and a DC series motor. After that...