daniel
Well-known member
Just my opinion, but I don't think anything anybody at Nissan tells us can be considered reliable. They will indeed ship our cars... eventually. For some of us, that will mean early-productions cars built with defects, with considerable repair work having been done, yet priced as new cars and delivered months after the cars that were ordered much later and built right the first time. Buyers down the line will know that these are inferior cars, and will be willing to pay less for them at sale or trade-in time, and yet we never got the benefit of having the cars to drive during these five months since the cars were built and originally promised to us. The earlier delivery time is the reason for ordering an early-production unit of a new car.
I bought my Prius in January of 2004, knowing there was a chance of early-production problems, because it meant I had the car to drive a year earlier than if I had waited to buy a 2005 model year. But in the case of the Leaf, I get all the disadvantages of an early-production car, and none of the added-driving-time benefit. And on top of that, I have no idea how it's been stored for these two idle months in port, whether mice have been chewing on the brake lines, or crickets have been nibbling on the wiring. I am not competent to check all these things before I take delivery. And after all the lies and empty promises, I no longer believe anything Nissan tells me.
I'm not willing to cancel my order, but I am very wary of this car. I feel none of the confidence that I felt in the case of Toyota.
I bought my Prius in January of 2004, knowing there was a chance of early-production problems, because it meant I had the car to drive a year earlier than if I had waited to buy a 2005 model year. But in the case of the Leaf, I get all the disadvantages of an early-production car, and none of the added-driving-time benefit. And on top of that, I have no idea how it's been stored for these two idle months in port, whether mice have been chewing on the brake lines, or crickets have been nibbling on the wiring. I am not competent to check all these things before I take delivery. And after all the lies and empty promises, I no longer believe anything Nissan tells me.
I'm not willing to cancel my order, but I am very wary of this car. I feel none of the confidence that I felt in the case of Toyota.