ghymel said:
Wow! Y'all are awesome and so helpful. Sorry I was so vague, I was tired and it was late.
I'm driving a 2013 Leaf SL (it has 11k miles) from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.
Ok, mostly flat drive then, good for you on this trip. With a charge station along the way, I don't see any issue making the drive.
I have paid to get the car transferred from Georgia to Louisiana, but aside from the $349, I haven't comitted to buy - but I fully expect to unless something is obviously wrong (# of bars?).
2 bars missing on a vehicle with only 11k miles would be a concern. Another user posted a chart from another website, the few 2013 models listed for 2 bar loss had nearly triple the miles of this vehicle. The SL is the deluxe trim model, so it has the heat pump for AC/Heat, and various other power saving additions.
The dealer isn't well educated about EV's and gave some incorrect answers on the phone. I just hope they can charge it fully before I arrive. I doubt they even have an L2 charger at their shop, so how long should I ask them to charge it before I arrive? Can they do harm to the car if they really don't know what they are doing and how would I check?
If they don't have an L2, the L1 it is suppose to come with can top it off (will probably take all day).
Also, I hope that they counted the bars incorrectly - esp after several of you say that it should have more than 10 bars? I asked the salesman in Georgia to count the white bars above the red ones. Is that a red flag for a 2013 (from October 2013) with only 11k miles to have just 10 bars? Should I be worried or just not care since I have 3 years to knock the bars down to 8 to get it fixed/replaced?
Thx again for all the help!
Greg in Nawlins.
I hope they counted incorrectly as well. Maybe only counted the non-red bars. I don't see any reason other than either abuse or a battery defeat that it should have anything less than full bars at this battery age and mileage. If you go visit to check the vehicle out, be sure to give it a good once over. The Leaf is fairly maintenance free except for keeping air in the tires properly and charging it, but make sure it has everything it is suppose to come with. Such as the L1 EVSE (portable charger and deluxe bag it comes in), towing bar mount (long metal screws to hook towing cables during emergencies), owners manual, (2) key FOB, emergency electrical tire pump and tire sealant (hidden behind little door in back), cargo net, privacy cover (connects to rear door hatch, lifts rear privacy cover), NAV card for GPS (should be, but check map console to make sure it does not give an error message about missing street data).
Any of those things missing from the SL trim, I would ding them on the lowering the price for missing stuff.
Do you have the private link carmax sends you? Could you post it here, it should have some info that we could look over in case we spot something that is a big red flag?