Recent content by rangersac

Had a first Gen 2012 Leaf with the Canary pack that I bought second hand with 51K km and 11/12 bars. Drove it to 123K km when it still had 9/12 bars. Zero issues, saved a ton on fuel and servicing and was a great town run around/ kid transporter. Seriously looked at battery replacement on when...

35kW? Surely not. You could heat a 300m2 house with that kind of output!

So far no dramas keeping the battery cool. The highest I've seen it get on the temp gauge is five bars, that's on a section of my commute which climbs 800ft over 6 miles, at highway speeds (65mph here). And yes I do enjoy the car. Despite it being a couple of years older than the Mitsu it's a...

Wow, having read this thread, whilst you guys in the states might get used Leafs on the cheap it seems like solar costs over there are extortionate. I've just signed a contract on fully installed new 5.5KW grid tied system for $5K USD.

Hello all, this forum was a gold mine of information for me when purchasing a used Leaf, so I thought I'd jump in and enjoy the fun. I recently purchased a used 2012 build Leaf, which I know has the crappy battery chemistry, but here in Australia we only received 2011 and 2012 builds, and...