treinjapan
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If you knew it was going to be discontinued within the next couple of years?
I'm looking into getting one (dealer test drive car in Norther Japan, top tier model with about 5k miles on it for $18K) but the sense I got from the salesperson (who seemed strangely over-honest) is that the future of electric cars isn't very bright. Nissan hasn't been selling Leafs like it hoped to be, especially up here in the north. Hence the big discount for the pre-updated model. We both like it, but he was kind of like "are you suuuuuure this is okay...???!".
In general we average probably 15 miles per day in hardcore not-fun stop and go city driving in Sapporo. Once in a while we take trips to Costco or the mountains, which is doable on a full charge. Looking at the Leaf as our primary car for a while, and should the battery last many years, there's no point in not keeping even if we get another car. Have the 200V plug already installed at our house (a $30 option when you build your house here!) and we also have a 4 KW solar panel array that generates lots of electricity 8 or 9 months of the year when we're not buried in several meters of snow.
Thanks!
I'm looking into getting one (dealer test drive car in Norther Japan, top tier model with about 5k miles on it for $18K) but the sense I got from the salesperson (who seemed strangely over-honest) is that the future of electric cars isn't very bright. Nissan hasn't been selling Leafs like it hoped to be, especially up here in the north. Hence the big discount for the pre-updated model. We both like it, but he was kind of like "are you suuuuuure this is okay...???!".
In general we average probably 15 miles per day in hardcore not-fun stop and go city driving in Sapporo. Once in a while we take trips to Costco or the mountains, which is doable on a full charge. Looking at the Leaf as our primary car for a while, and should the battery last many years, there's no point in not keeping even if we get another car. Have the 200V plug already installed at our house (a $30 option when you build your house here!) and we also have a 4 KW solar panel array that generates lots of electricity 8 or 9 months of the year when we're not buried in several meters of snow.
Thanks!