N1ghtrider
Well-known member
First, I see many threads about topics too narrow like "buying a 2013 SL," when we should be making those things sub-topics under a general "Buying a Used Leaf" topic.
Yesterday I bought my third LEAF and my first used LEAF.
I had a 2011 LEAF on a three year lease that was interrupted in August of 2013 by a crash that totaled my car.
I replaced that one with a 2013 SL on a three year lease.
On Jan. 1, 2016 my second LEAF was totaled when my wife was rear-ended and high speed (no serious injuries, thankfully).
I have had a non-LEAF rental (ICE) while USAA processed my claim, which should allow me to end the lease early without payment beyond what by insurance will pay.
Because I am planning on buying an EV that offers 200+ mile range as soon as they drop below $40K, (and although I am one of the nation's leaders in achieving more than 100 miles per charge),I did not want to buy another LEAF or take out a three-year lease. That would make me have two fairly new EV cars, one of which was almost obsolete.
So I thought I should buy a nice used LEAF to tide me over.
First I "won" one (a 2011) on eBay for $8,400, plus $900 shipping, but that deal fell through by mutual agreement.
Then I found a nice 2012 Model S with only 14,000 miles for $9,800 at a large used car dealership in Miami. I financed a chunk of it and my payments are half of what I was paying for the 2013 SL. There seem to be lots of used LEAFs for reasonable retail prices at dealers, so I would not buy one privately.
One thing to note: the first couple the salesman steered me to had only 9 bars of capacity left, even though they had less than 30,000 miles. The salesman did not even know that there was a gauge for capacity and what the numbers meant, but the next three cars I saw all had 12 bars.
Yesterday I bought my third LEAF and my first used LEAF.
I had a 2011 LEAF on a three year lease that was interrupted in August of 2013 by a crash that totaled my car.
I replaced that one with a 2013 SL on a three year lease.
On Jan. 1, 2016 my second LEAF was totaled when my wife was rear-ended and high speed (no serious injuries, thankfully).
I have had a non-LEAF rental (ICE) while USAA processed my claim, which should allow me to end the lease early without payment beyond what by insurance will pay.
Because I am planning on buying an EV that offers 200+ mile range as soon as they drop below $40K, (and although I am one of the nation's leaders in achieving more than 100 miles per charge),I did not want to buy another LEAF or take out a three-year lease. That would make me have two fairly new EV cars, one of which was almost obsolete.
So I thought I should buy a nice used LEAF to tide me over.
First I "won" one (a 2011) on eBay for $8,400, plus $900 shipping, but that deal fell through by mutual agreement.
Then I found a nice 2012 Model S with only 14,000 miles for $9,800 at a large used car dealership in Miami. I financed a chunk of it and my payments are half of what I was paying for the 2013 SL. There seem to be lots of used LEAFs for reasonable retail prices at dealers, so I would not buy one privately.
One thing to note: the first couple the salesman steered me to had only 9 bars of capacity left, even though they had less than 30,000 miles. The salesman did not even know that there was a gauge for capacity and what the numbers meant, but the next three cars I saw all had 12 bars.