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Hope you are right!

Unfortunately, I couldnt find a good Honda or Toyota in my price range that wasnt too old or had less that 200k miles. So, I ended up with a 2007 Saturn Ion Coupe. 121k miles, single-owner. For $2500, I think it was a decent deal. I got a professional mechanic to inspect it and the only thing...

Ended up purchasing a cheap ICE with low (<150k) mileage. Hope it does the trick for me. Sad I wont be able to join you guys here. Thanks everyone for sharing the knowledge and helping in this decision.

I am looking at all the options, but here in my area, I can only find some L2 spots. I would have to go to these places, plug the car, and wait 3h. Repeat 2x a week. Seems very inconvenient.

This rate is really crazy non-sense. For the old 2012 leaf, that is 6.3x the cost of residential energy in NC. Even for newer cars that can charge at faster rates, it will be at least 3x more expensive than using your home's outlet. It feels like the property management is trying to profit out...

I am doing the math here with the charging costs and it really seems to make this car a terrible idea. I thought that the charging station in my apartment was free to residents, but turns out it costs $2.50/hour. It is a 7.2 kW station, but looks like this car only takes 3.3, so it would still...

Initially I thought that, being a 6 bar, the battery is actually a 12 kWh. Dividing that by 3.3 kW -> about 3h30 charge time. (Am I wrong here?) Also, I found somewhere that it is the SL trim, which has fast charging, so maybe I could do that when charging in other locations (but only on...

40 miles with combined side road + highway or assuming < 40mph speeds only? I have a 7.4 kwh ChargePoint station in my apartment, can I get quick charge there with the package? If not, using L2, how long would it take to fully charge this loser's battery?

How difficult is it to sell it for parts? I feel I will likely be the last driving owner of this car, so, I should take into account what to do with it at the end of its life. Also, I see eveeryone talking about a 35mi range with 6 bars on a 2012 Leaf, but looking at the tables (link at the...

It has been in Raleigh/NC for its entire lifetime. Not sure if this is considered hot or cold honestly. In the hottest part of the Summer, max is 90, min 70, with occasional days getting to 100. Winter peak has an average min of 32 and max 50, ocasionally, it goes below that, and very rarely...

That's where I might have trouble. Don't really know anyone here that even has an EV. Maybe you guys have a recommendation in NC (Triangle area) The car I am looking at has 6 bars, just confirmed

Do you think I can inspect the car myself to verify it has been well maintained? Combining CARFAX, LeafSpy scan and a visual inspection? For ICE that is definitely not enough and I would require professional help, specially if we are talking about cars in the $4k range, which, in case of ICEs...

Thanks a lot for the reply. I did take a look at your guide before posting, but I could not find much about anything related to the mechanics, so I understood that it is probably not very important. I saw there are a lot of things about the battery, and I am trying to understand it better...

Hi all, I am a student looking for a cheap car to run errands near my house and college. All cars look very expensive these days and I don't have a lot of money to invest. When looking for regular cheap cars, I got discouraged by all the mechanical issues that can come up and how often I would...