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Pick me up on the way, I'll buy you drive. :)

I just did a quick Google Map estimate and I'm looking at 46miles round trip to work. I would be traveling at around 6pm in traffic one way which is in stop/go traffic, and coming back from work at 3am I'd have all lanes to myself. So 0-45MPH (23miles) going to work and 55MPH+ (23miles) coming...

With that in mind, I'm figuring that going from Ohare to Midway to downtown Chicago and back to Ohare area should be no problem with no charge? Has anyone tried this route?

VPP sounds great!!! Wouldn't you know it, the company my wife used to work for is in the VPP program, now she isn't.. :/ I'll see if the dealer can hook me up somehow. Thank you for the great info.

What is a good price to pay for a 2013 SL premium? I'm looking for a 2013 SL with premium package and on edmunds/kbb.com it shows that Invoice is $34,396 and MSRP is $36,740. What is a realistic number to be aiming for at the dealership before any taxes and registration? Are they selling for...

yes I am. How do you like your leaf?

Saw my first nissan leaf in the wild today. I actually saw two within a minute of each other. It must be a sign that the 2013 will be mine.. hehehe First was a red one then maybe 20 cars later a black one. Traveling northbound on 1st ave (Rt 171) near Brookfield / Riverside area. at 1:13pm...

Thing is I work with this reporter but in a different building, I'm trying to see if maybe a newspaper like this wants to give publicity for itself by showing its going green. :) Never hurts to try, worst thing that could happen is they could say no.

Sent an email to the reporter, maybe she can assist me in getting L1 access or L2 charger installed at work. If I can get something going that 2013 model has my name on it. :)

Well I went to the Dealer today near me and they have a DEMO leaf and one on the lot that I saw. I was very interested and the bummer part is they only had one person that knows anything about incentives or anything about the leaf in general. I guess the dealers have to go to some training...

In that case, that is great!!!! I thought it was developed by Nissan with their unrealistic lab testing. This will make it much easier to figure out then.. :)

No I meant 90% of 78miles on highway. So basically 70.2 miles, has anyone done real world driving at 55MPH and gotten around 70miles? I know what the chart says, but I'm looking for real driver answers, people who have done this, experienced it.

That is awesome! Thanks for the link. I'm curious, anyone here drive 90%+ highway (55mph)? The more I read up on this, the more I think I can do it during summer months. :D

Well I'm reading mixed reviews on distance, I wasn't really planning on driving in the winter time since i have a Jeep that i use to plow snow which would be my normal winter car. But who knows, if I could install a charger at one of my stops or work, I might make it my 365 daily driver. :) I...

Nice catch! No offense at all. My username is actually a great conversation starter. I actually wanted to personalize my plates with it but IL only allows 7 characters so I have to wait till they increase the limit. My username goes back a long way with me. Back to the AOL era. I was...

Thanks so much. Now i understand the chart, doesn't seem accurate though, since I haven't seen anyone here that has gotten 132miles on a charge no matter how fast they are going. I'll assume a Leaf can do around 75miles on a 100% charge, which means I would have to get a level 2 charger...

How sweet that I found this post. I'm looking to buy the Leaf, I live in Chicago Land and I work for the Tribune too!!! :) We need to talk and maybe you can help me get a charger installed at the Tribune (FC location). :) In return I'll give you all the data you need for your news report...

Oh yes, i looked at that graph and it seems you need to be a genius to understand it. I'm in Chicagoland area, live near O'hare Airport and drive down to visit my parents near Midway Airport and then to work near Downtown and come home late night. So temperatures get cold here, but I have a...

Just calculated my usual daily round trip and it comes up to be around 78miles/day. I would say that 85% of it is on the Highway and 1/2 of it would be night driving. Do you think the 78/mile drive would be possible, especially with the majority being on the highway with 55MPH driving and...