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That's quite helpful! Thanks SageBrush!

Thanks! We really like the car so far, though I am sure everyone here tends to really like their LEAFs. I think so too! Once we have the chance to charge it at home we will really enjoy every aspect of it. Some of the tips I have found here and been told to preserve battery are super useful...

Thankfully, by the look of it, we drive little enough that we wont need to DC fast charge all the time, rather only for long commutes. Level 2 seems to fit our needs for now, and there's still the chance we will be charging from home at a point in the near future. :D

This is true. I have seen nearly as many Leafs as Teslas (a ratio of maybe 3 teslas to a Leaf, and it is usually older Leafs), which is interesting because I didn't know so many people could afford 60,000CAD cars.

This is such a handy list! Thanks so much. Ok, as soon as I can I will take it in for service and ask them to check on all of these things. Really appreciate your input!

Yeah it is pricier definitely, to use DC charging. I found that using level 2, even for an hr and a half, replenishes my battery quite nicely and it is only about a dollar and forty cents for 4kWh. If I recall correctly, it was charging at around 1kWh every ten minutes.

Hello. As I stated in a previous thread, I just got a 2012 Leaf SL with 60,500km (37,500mi) in the ODO. I have a few questions regarding servicing it: 1) Should I bring it in for service every 10,000km? Every year? Every few months? 2) Should I take it in to Nissan or would any shop be able to...

Hello! So the building we live in is a strata. We don't own here, rather we rent from an owner who lives in a different province. The city we live in is, it seems granting money to buildings to retrofit their parking so that EV's can charge, but I asked the strata representative and it seems the...

Been going through the tips and tricks document. The blue e was very helpful! I'll keep it bookmarked for future reference. And I do hope I can find a newer battery in a couple of years. Thanks! I was happy and got brought down back to earth by this one, hahaha. It's fair, it's an older car...

Thanks! Noted. As in, the battery drains faster when it's fully charged and once it gets to the 50% ish it kind of plateaus. Based on later responses, I can tell this is wishful thinking. That's a possibility I am thinking of in the future, perhaps in 2 or 3 years, checking if I can replace...

Gotcha, thanks a lot for replying to this. What about the battery use becoming more ‘steady’ as it is being used? Is that a thing or am I just being optimistic? Excellent, this is all good to know. Thanks!! Oh ok, I’ll adjust my calculations accordingly. Just out of curiosity, does the...

I can’t really charge on those for 7 hours since the time limit is 2 hours, so I would never really let the car sit there for 7 hours without supervision, haha. Thanks for that number! It actually helps me calculate how much battery can be recharged in the time I can actually leave it out: 3.8kW...

Ok, I get it. For example, my charge right now is at roughly 59% (drove up a long, steady incline yesterday and it took a bite out of the charge, plus lots of red lights), and if I wanted to charge today knowing I will drive tomorrow, I could charge up to even 100% and be sure that it would be...

@LeftieBiker Thanks for your input! Thankfully summers here don't usually go over 28 or 30C. Last year we had a heat dome that pushed us to 40C and it sucked, but hopefully that doesn't repeat. And it's not really that hot for super long. In case of a super hot summer, would it be best to not...

Hi Marktm! Thanks for taking the time to reply. We are actually located in Canada, though a lot of information on EV's I found was from the UK, so I kind of adopted the term "granny pin" for the 140V charger (directly from an outlet) without noticing. :D Thanks for your suggestion! Sadly...

Hi cwerdna, thanks for taking the time to reply! That's good to know! So theoretically we could just charge as needed within the 20-80 charge range, right? Yes, in BC. Unfortunately the 2012 is the only one we could afford. Leafs have gone up in price recently (20,000 CAD + for a 2015 with...

Hello, We recently took the plunge and bought our first EV, a 2012 24kWh Nissan Leaf. It has 9 battery bars and overall is in great condition. It drives so well, too, I am still getting used to it but even as someone who doesn't particularly like driving, I enjoy it immensely. It truly feels...