I've been driving a 2014 Nissan LEAF -- which I leased for 2 years -- for the past 23 months.
During that time, I've gone through a divorce and lost the gas car in our garage to my now ex-wife.
I've made do with 84 EPA miles of range (usually I get significantly more than that, except in Denver winters), but I've also run out of charge twice (both times in the winter cold).
The 2016 LEAF has 107 miles of EPA range, but that's still not enough for it to be the lone car in a single-car household like mine (I've got two daughters).
It's my understand the 2017 LEAF will have 150+ miles of range, hopefully even 180. That's enough for me to use it as a lone car in my single-car household.
My 2014 LEAF lease runs out Feb. 22, 2016, and, obviously I need a car right away after the lease runs out.
I'm thinking possibly a 2016 Volt lease, but that appears to be expensive, and I'd have to go from Colorado to California to get one. I don't want a first generation Volt, because the back seat is way too small for my two pre-teen daughters. And I want more pure EV range.
--> Any ideas on how to get me from Feb. 22, 2016 until whenever the 2017 LEAF arrives in Colorado? (Buy a beater used car to drive for a year, possibly negotiate to extend my 2014 LEAF lease by 1 year, etc.)
Thank you for ideas and help!
--Christof, Denver, Colorado
During that time, I've gone through a divorce and lost the gas car in our garage to my now ex-wife.
I've made do with 84 EPA miles of range (usually I get significantly more than that, except in Denver winters), but I've also run out of charge twice (both times in the winter cold).
The 2016 LEAF has 107 miles of EPA range, but that's still not enough for it to be the lone car in a single-car household like mine (I've got two daughters).
It's my understand the 2017 LEAF will have 150+ miles of range, hopefully even 180. That's enough for me to use it as a lone car in my single-car household.
My 2014 LEAF lease runs out Feb. 22, 2016, and, obviously I need a car right away after the lease runs out.
I'm thinking possibly a 2016 Volt lease, but that appears to be expensive, and I'd have to go from Colorado to California to get one. I don't want a first generation Volt, because the back seat is way too small for my two pre-teen daughters. And I want more pure EV range.
--> Any ideas on how to get me from Feb. 22, 2016 until whenever the 2017 LEAF arrives in Colorado? (Buy a beater used car to drive for a year, possibly negotiate to extend my 2014 LEAF lease by 1 year, etc.)
Thank you for ideas and help!
--Christof, Denver, Colorado