adric22
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I just had to share this. I was dropping my daughter off at school this morning. It was about 10 minutes earlier than usual because she had choir practice this morning. So most of the cars and kids we saw were different than usual. I had my windows down since the weather was really nice this morning. As my daughter was getting out, this little boy walked up to my car. He looked about 8 or 9 years old. He stopped and looked over the car and said "Cool Nissan!" I could see by the look of his face that he was just in awe of the car. I smiled at him and said "thanks!"
Now, I have no idea if this little boy knew it was an electric car or not. but it does remind me of when I took my Leaf to the father's day carshow at a big church last year. There were at least two different young kids, I think one was a girl and the other was a boy, who were not quite at driving age yet. I heard each one tell their parents something to the effect of "This is the coolest car I've ever seen. When I get my drivers license, I want one of these!" And in both cases it turned out that they did not even realize it was an EV.
So I have to give kudos to Nissan. They designed a car with a body style that I believe is ahead of its time. There was a lot of resistance and a lot of reviewers who said that the Leaf was (or is) ugly, or "too futuristic to appeal to modern families" or other crap. I admit being turned off by the styling when I first saw it myself, but it has grown on me. Nissan took a big risk, and I think it will pay off.
Now, I have no idea if this little boy knew it was an electric car or not. but it does remind me of when I took my Leaf to the father's day carshow at a big church last year. There were at least two different young kids, I think one was a girl and the other was a boy, who were not quite at driving age yet. I heard each one tell their parents something to the effect of "This is the coolest car I've ever seen. When I get my drivers license, I want one of these!" And in both cases it turned out that they did not even realize it was an EV.
So I have to give kudos to Nissan. They designed a car with a body style that I believe is ahead of its time. There was a lot of resistance and a lot of reviewers who said that the Leaf was (or is) ugly, or "too futuristic to appeal to modern families" or other crap. I admit being turned off by the styling when I first saw it myself, but it has grown on me. Nissan took a big risk, and I think it will pay off.