healyourself
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I've been driving a 2011 Nissan Leaf for the past few months as a long-term rental.
The week of Thanksgiving, I moved into a 3 bedroom home with a roommate.
After I had been there about a month, she got her electric bill. The electric bill covered the period from Nov 11 to Dec 11, and she says that it was over $200. She said that was $100 more than her bill would normally be, and she was attributing the increase to the car.
Well, I noted the fact that I didn't move in until Nov 23, so how could my car add $100 to her electric bill over a two week period? I suggested that she call her electric company and find out how much the bill was from Nov 11 until the date I moved in on Nov 23. She never got back to me.
Then today, she says that she got her new electric bill, which covered from Dec 11 to Jan 11, and it was $379! Which she blames on the Nissan Leaf.
My argument was that I did not drive the car much from Dec 19 to Jan 5, because I'm a teacher and we were on Winter break during that time. HOWEVER, her sister and I had the heat on while she was out of town. We're in Houston and this is an older home. Her sister and I tend to prefer it to be warmer in the house than my roommate does.
However the heat works very strangely. When it comes on the house becomes uncomfortably hot. So much so that I have to put the ceiling fan on. But when the heat cuts off, within two hours the house is drafty again. I'm always cold in here and can't wait until the weather warms up again. The thermostat is set to 69 degrees but it behaves as though it is set to 85 degrees.
She says she has lived in the house for a year and recently switched her electric company, and that when the bill goes over $200, it causes the delivery charges to also increase. Hence a higher bill.
One point she made is that the Leaf kept using current even though I wasn't driving it much, because I kept it plugged in. I'm taking the time to write all of this out because we just had a big argument about it and now I have to pay half of the electric bill. Even though my rent that I pay her each month was supposed to include all utilities, though I agreed to pay $50 a month extra to cover the car.
Sorry so long, just looking for input from people with more experience. I'm also disappointed because I'm going to have to give the Leaf back at the end of this rental period rather than pay such a high bill. Thanks in advance.
The week of Thanksgiving, I moved into a 3 bedroom home with a roommate.
After I had been there about a month, she got her electric bill. The electric bill covered the period from Nov 11 to Dec 11, and she says that it was over $200. She said that was $100 more than her bill would normally be, and she was attributing the increase to the car.
Well, I noted the fact that I didn't move in until Nov 23, so how could my car add $100 to her electric bill over a two week period? I suggested that she call her electric company and find out how much the bill was from Nov 11 until the date I moved in on Nov 23. She never got back to me.
Then today, she says that she got her new electric bill, which covered from Dec 11 to Jan 11, and it was $379! Which she blames on the Nissan Leaf.
My argument was that I did not drive the car much from Dec 19 to Jan 5, because I'm a teacher and we were on Winter break during that time. HOWEVER, her sister and I had the heat on while she was out of town. We're in Houston and this is an older home. Her sister and I tend to prefer it to be warmer in the house than my roommate does.
However the heat works very strangely. When it comes on the house becomes uncomfortably hot. So much so that I have to put the ceiling fan on. But when the heat cuts off, within two hours the house is drafty again. I'm always cold in here and can't wait until the weather warms up again. The thermostat is set to 69 degrees but it behaves as though it is set to 85 degrees.
She says she has lived in the house for a year and recently switched her electric company, and that when the bill goes over $200, it causes the delivery charges to also increase. Hence a higher bill.
One point she made is that the Leaf kept using current even though I wasn't driving it much, because I kept it plugged in. I'm taking the time to write all of this out because we just had a big argument about it and now I have to pay half of the electric bill. Even though my rent that I pay her each month was supposed to include all utilities, though I agreed to pay $50 a month extra to cover the car.
Sorry so long, just looking for input from people with more experience. I'm also disappointed because I'm going to have to give the Leaf back at the end of this rental period rather than pay such a high bill. Thanks in advance.