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I have the Gid meter that I used to use with my leased 2012 LEAF. Now I have leased the 2015 LEAF for 2 years. When I charge the 2015 LEAF and the LEAF SOC shows 100%, the Gid meter shows 103.9% maximum. What does that mean?

I have created a web page with advice about buying a used Nissan LEAF: http://www.roperld.com/Science/NissanLEAFUsed.htm I may add more items to it in the future. Please make suggestions for other items to include in it.

I am interested in buying your Gid meter. I am in Virginia. Please e-mail me the price including shipping: [email protected] Dave Roper

My 2012 LEAF lease was to expire on 5 May 2015, but I decided to sacrifice 2-months' lease payments to lease a 2015 LEAF for 2 years on 3 March because I had lost almost 20% of the original 73-miles EPA range, which made it difficult to drive from Blacksburg to Roanoke VA and back up the...

State Farm rented a Chevy Sonic Turbo for me for up to 45 days. I hate the noise and heat!

I got the huge list of parts that need to be replaced and parts that need to be repaired for my wrecked LEAF. The cost is $8918.27 of which I have to pay $100. After Collision Plus gets the parts they state that it will take 9 days to repair it.

A neighbor who is a car dealer told me that when an air bag is actuated a car is totaled.

Here are the damage rules in my lease: I got a "Subpoena for Witnesses" to testify in General District Court about the wreck on 5 November.

According to the lease document the residual value is $17,613.40 and the disposition fee is $395. (Does a disposition fee apply in this case?). After the October payment of $386.06, I will owe 6 x $386.06 = $2316.36. Those 3 numbers add to $20,324.76 or $19,929.76 without the disposition fee.

This is by far the worst car accident I have been in over 62 years of driving. My LEAF lease ends on 7 May 2015. If it is ruled totaled by State Farm, how does the replacement work? Do I get a more expensive 2015 LEAF or do they try to find a new earlier LEAF model at a lower price?

On the way a hospital to get an MRI this morning some guy ran a red light in front of me as I was starting out on a green light and we collided. The steering-wheel air bag saved me. I have a mild burn on my left wrist. The other driver was given a summons for not yielding. Here is what my car...

This evening I left my 2012 LEAF at New River Nissan and borrowed a 2015 SL to keep overnight. I drove a typical daily ~15 miles for me and then charged it at home. I used the Gidding's SOC meter (http://www.wwwsite.com/puzzles/socmeter/) and was surprised to see it read over 104% after a full...

One can build the 2015 LEAF on the Nissan/LEAF web page. I just noticed that one can no longer build an SV with both the LED Headlights and Quick Charge Port Package and the Premium Package and that the SL still has only a black interior! That is bad news for me because I want a light interior...

Lighter interior options; only black is not good for keeping a BEV cool! Show both SOC and battery capacity in tenths of a %. Cameras instead of side mirrors. Self parking option. Collision-avoidance option. Lane-keeping option. Regeneration paddles on steering wheel option similar to Mercedes...

There were 3 parts that were replaced in my 2012 Leaf: PTC Heater Lin Communication PTC Heater Connector HVAC Lin Communication

The resistance heater in my 2012 LEAF quit working. It took my dealer a while to find out the problem. They managed to get the needed part, the last one in the warehouse. I went by today and saw that they had to remove everything above the motor and gearbox to get to the heater. It was a new...

The chart in the Dahn movie that shows the inefficiency of charging divided by the cycle time, a universal curve, for four battery chemistries is very revealing. Nissan needs to show a similar chart for the lizard battery. It is interesting that one of the Dalhousie researchers now works for...

The overlap tests made me think about the fact that BEVs have a large mass behind the front seat with inertia that pushes forward during crashes. BEVs are going to need more crumple zone in front than ICEs. Surely the 2017 new LEAF will have a better crumple zone in front than the current LEAF...

It won't last long. See http://www.roperld.com/science/minerals/USOilBoom_Bust.htm.