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We seriously considered the Mach-e, and took it for a couple test drives. Even with the Ford X-plan the Select trim with the Comfort&Technology package that adds heated seats and driver assistance features came to just over the Washington state EV sales tax exemption threshold, and no dealer was...

It's pretty cheap to charge at home, so we'll still only fast charge on trips. It's nice that that will be free, though. I wish the ID.4 had at least the efficiency of the Leaf, but it is a noticeably heavier and taller vehicle, with large wheels and wide tires. As far as Chademo dying out, I'm...

Yeah, not everyone would make the same choice we did. Once I saw that the Ariya would be offered with CCS I decided that the Leaf would not be a long-term car for us, since support for Chademo will probably fade away. The longer range, faster charging, and larger interior of the ID.4 were the...

The auto highbeams function very similarly to those on the Leaf when turned on. The main difference I've noticed is in the low beams, and that we can't seem to easily turn *off* the auto highbeams on the ID.4.

Ridiculous name change joke aside, I just traded my Leaf in for an ID.4. There are already features we like and dislike compared to the Leaf, but overall it feels like much less of a change than, say, going to a Model Y. Biggest likes so far: * Increased range * The "cockpit" mounted on the...

We seriously considered The Mach-e, but the Ford dealers were so obnoxious that my wife nixed the idea. She never wanted to go back to any of the Ford dealers again, ever. Aside from that, the Mach-e select trim with the Comfort&Technology package looks like the way to go. That has the same tech...

The Q4 looks pretty good! When I had looked into it before, the only info I could find stated that it would be strictly a four-seater, which put it out of consideration for me. It looks like new information has come out, and there will be seating for five. Maybe that will even put pressure on...

The Ariya is not in my consideration because I expect it to be quite a bit more expensive than the ID.4. All we know is that it will start around $40k, but then it is offered with short- and long-range battery packs and the usual S, SV, SL trims. If the Leaf is a guide, then I'd expect the price...

Yes, that is the sort of horse trading I was expecting when I brought up the price limit to qualify for the exemption. The answer I got from multiple Ford dealers was some variation of emailing me a google search result for the tax exemption rules (thanks, I already know all of that) or telling...

That said, if anyone here knows someone in the Seattle area who would like to buy a Leaf SL+ that's in great shape in the next ~month, let me know. The car appears to have below average degradation, and has no issues. We are planning to trade it in otherwise.

We are very likely going to trade in our Leaf for the ID.4 next month. We were also seriously considering the base trim of the Mustang Mach-e, but after two visits to Ford dealers in the Seattle area my wife told me that she never wants to have to deal with those people again .. so that's off...

We DC charge only on trips, but then we need 2-4 in a day. The Plus is *much* better than our previous Leafs for that, but we still can get up into the red and ~129F by the end of the day. We live in Seattle, and take most of our trips down to Oregon, with the longest trips being down to...

It's been a while since I posted here, but my Leaf Plus SL is at: AHr 166.15 SoH 94.19 Hx 105.68 Odo 23,596 L3 59 L2 244 16 mV cell balance

For the cost of a refundable $100, I went ahead and placed a reservation for a 1st edition. One weird thing to note is about the colors. Blue and red are not technically added cost options, but you can only choose them if you select upgraded options. We take multiple long trips with our kids...

Coming back to the Leaf+ battery.. I saw my first increase in battery health yesterday, according to LeafSpy. I only check every 2-4 weeks, so it may have happened a little earlier. It is probably a coincidence, but yesterday was also the first time I ran the battery down to ---%, and relied on...

That sounds really neat. I think I would be very interesting in getting one of these once it can work with any Leaf. How much will you be asking for it?

This post was from back before the rapidgate fix was released. That fix would have helped a lot, but as Dave mentioned it's much less of an issue with the Plus. Now if I want to limit the charging speed at the beginning of a trip I just make sure to use the older ~45kW chargers instead of the...

It's personal opinion, but when I took a Y for a test drive last month, I found it more comfortable than the Leaf. I had less than an hour with it and wasn't able to take it on any sort of rough road, but around town and on the freeway it felt rather luxurious. The seats felt both soft and...

I've done about 500 miles in a day with the Leaf+, so I find an 800 mile trip impressive! How long did it take you?

Update: The resale value of the Leaf is abysmal right now, and the long range AWD version of the Tesla Model Y that is for sale now is a lot of $$$. Tesla would only give us $20k as a trade-in value for our Leaf Plus SL, and given that it's possible to buy a new one for ~$34k before the tax...