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I bought a used 2010 Roadster 2.0 in 8/2013.

Lost bar #2 today @ 16,622 miles. Almost exactly 6 months remaining on this 2-year lease. Until this hot battery comes out I would caution against a 2 year lease in Phoenix. Had trouble doing 50 miles RT all highway on Christmas Day. The good news is when this lease is up, a Tesla Roadster...

A few other notes (in no particular order) that I'm not sure have been mentioned previously: 1. Andy mentioned the values of each capacity bar and stated the first one does indeed represent 15% capacity loss, with each subsequent one representing about 6% (I can't remember the exact number from...

Except that one lasts from about mid-May to mid-October.

Your act is getting really old. If you want to know what was said at the meeting so badly, why did you decline your invitation to attend? You were the first person invited! There may or may not be a formal statement from Nissan. They are in the middle of a month long Nissan 360 worldwide event...

I'm not so sure. Quoting from this article:

I bought a Certified Preowned Tesla Roadster to replace the LEAF :D The poor LEAF is currently on the outside looking in at my garage/driveway of plugin cars. I'm in Phoenix, so the LEAF has been a huge disappointment. The range is too limited and the degradation too great in this desert...

I really wouldn't know either way, but these guys charged up a depleted LEAF battery by towing it: http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1060638_can-you-charge-a-2011-nissan-leaf-by-towing-it-apparently-so-video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I imagine heading downhill would...

I'm pretty sure Nissan knew. I posted this in another thread: http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&p=309431#p309431" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Here is the relevant text from that post:

This really irks me. I was in downtown Phoenix tonight to head over to the local craft ale house. It happens to be across from Ecotality. They have 3 charging stations there. I didn't need a charge, but figured I'd plug in because it was across the street from where I was going. Sadly, the 3...

I fully agree! I don't understand why some are so TMS averse with the current technology and in this climate. From that article I referenced earlier: or a summer in Phoenix!

And Tony has referenced this article before, but this researcher says temps above 86 F do the most harm to a battery: http://phys.org/news/2013-04-life-lithium-ion-batteries-electric.html#jCp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Do not buy under any circumstances here in Phoenix. I personally would not lease either. Someone posted that 8 LEAFs in Phoenix were getting their batteries replaced this month because capacity dropped to around 70% after 2 years. You don't want to drop money into that kind of hassle. We do...

Scott, good point. In my case, I hadn't put gas in the tank for over a year, so I actually wanted to burn off the whole thing. I had a full tank and I did have to burn down to at least half a tank, then I know I could have mixed new fuel with the old, but I think the fuel maintenance would...

Plug in the LEAF and just use gas in the Volt. Last week I actually had to do a fuel maintenance burn (not an engine maintenance burn) in my Volt because the fuel had gone stale. It took about a year for that to happen, but I essentially had to burn the whole tank of gas. You have to burn...