klonheaddd
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Hi, I'm new to the forum although I've lurked here for a while. I'm about to purchase a used Leaf. After 4 weeks of reading up & research and looking at ads for the car online, still, I'm not sure which option would be best.
I'm considering the 2016 Leaf Acenta with a 6.6kw charger and 12 bars of battery(says all the service is up to date and done by nissan). 108k km odometer, priced at 11k euros.
The other option would be the 2015 Leaf Tekna 6.6kw charger, 12bars of battery left. 79k km odometer, priced at 10k euros.
At first, I was set to only look for 2014-15 leafs, as I've read that the battery from these years is better than others.
I was also ruling out the 30kwh Leafs because of the issue with misreporting of lost bars and also because the cells are packed tighter in the 30kwh batteries, which in turn is even worse for overheating (especially rapid charging).
What I'm worried about the 24kwh battery is that let's say in 5 years of me using the car, degradation and i.e winter conditions driving will bring the usable range in the car to a very low threshold. I don't want to have ev with only an 80km range ie for winter in a couple of years time.
I'm planning to use the car for about 5 years.
My commute is 55km per day. I would love to be able to do about 140-150 km range day trip to Dublin & back once in a while, just on one charge.
So, I've started considering the 30kwh Leaf as an option, that would give me more peace of mind with a bigger range, as the degradation would kick in I'm still staring at a bigger battery capacity overall, so will take a longer time to get to that dreadful 80km usable winter range as in my previous example.
Another pro for the 2016 30kwh Leaf would be that it still would be covered under the battery warranty if something would go really wrong with it.
I've bought the obd2 adapter and would check the cars with leafspy, but they are about 2 hours drive away, so haven't checked them myself yet, but will do it before making the final decision. I thought I would ask here first...
Any thoughts on my dilemma? which Leaf would be a better option in the long run? I would like the Tekna extras, but the main thing I'm worried about is the range really. Are the 30kwh Leafs really something to avoid, or did I read too much into horror stories on reddit forums, youtube etc?
I would appreciate any comments on that guys
Thanks
I'm considering the 2016 Leaf Acenta with a 6.6kw charger and 12 bars of battery(says all the service is up to date and done by nissan). 108k km odometer, priced at 11k euros.
The other option would be the 2015 Leaf Tekna 6.6kw charger, 12bars of battery left. 79k km odometer, priced at 10k euros.
At first, I was set to only look for 2014-15 leafs, as I've read that the battery from these years is better than others.
I was also ruling out the 30kwh Leafs because of the issue with misreporting of lost bars and also because the cells are packed tighter in the 30kwh batteries, which in turn is even worse for overheating (especially rapid charging).
What I'm worried about the 24kwh battery is that let's say in 5 years of me using the car, degradation and i.e winter conditions driving will bring the usable range in the car to a very low threshold. I don't want to have ev with only an 80km range ie for winter in a couple of years time.
I'm planning to use the car for about 5 years.
My commute is 55km per day. I would love to be able to do about 140-150 km range day trip to Dublin & back once in a while, just on one charge.
So, I've started considering the 30kwh Leaf as an option, that would give me more peace of mind with a bigger range, as the degradation would kick in I'm still staring at a bigger battery capacity overall, so will take a longer time to get to that dreadful 80km usable winter range as in my previous example.
Another pro for the 2016 30kwh Leaf would be that it still would be covered under the battery warranty if something would go really wrong with it.
I've bought the obd2 adapter and would check the cars with leafspy, but they are about 2 hours drive away, so haven't checked them myself yet, but will do it before making the final decision. I thought I would ask here first...
Any thoughts on my dilemma? which Leaf would be a better option in the long run? I would like the Tekna extras, but the main thing I'm worried about is the range really. Are the 30kwh Leafs really something to avoid, or did I read too much into horror stories on reddit forums, youtube etc?
I would appreciate any comments on that guys
Thanks