I've been looking at both the Leaf and the MiEV for a while. Signed up for the Leaf test drive in Orlando back in January, and both my wife and I liked the car. Yesterday I went to Ocala Nissan to look at the only Leaf they had; a Black 2011, demo unit with 968 miles on it. It followed me home, and Ocala Nissan kept our -08 Sonata. Got about a hundred miles on it now, still learning.
We were planning on going to Gainesville today, 36 miles away, but even though we started out with 95 miles showing, a few miles up the road and we had only 75 miles, so we called it off. I was a bit upset. Then I learned that doing 65+ mph cuts your range quite a bit. We'll try again this coming Friday. Set the cruise at 50 and see what happens.
L1 charging only for now, looking into getting L2 at some point. But not the $1800.- installed unit from Nissan. I'll find something a bit less expensive. Looking forward to learning more about this car.
We were planning on going to Gainesville today, 36 miles away, but even though we started out with 95 miles showing, a few miles up the road and we had only 75 miles, so we called it off. I was a bit upset. Then I learned that doing 65+ mph cuts your range quite a bit. We'll try again this coming Friday. Set the cruise at 50 and see what happens.
L1 charging only for now, looking into getting L2 at some point. But not the $1800.- installed unit from Nissan. I'll find something a bit less expensive. Looking forward to learning more about this car.