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Last winter/spring I stored the Leaf for 4.5 months. The 12 volt battery was fine for 4 months and one week before running short of power. I was charging main battery once a week for 10 mins. at 110 volts over this time period. This year I will attach a battery tender to 12 volt battery.

I personally have left my Leaf plugged in several times, from 2 weeks to 4 1/2 months. Best to start at 40-50% and plug in to 110 volt, charge 10 minutes per week. Only one time did the 12 volt battery get low, and that was after 4 months and one week. The next time I have to store for more...

I have been storing my Leaf for up to 5.5 months during the winter. I have learned the best way to maintain is to use the 120 volt cord and set the charger to charge for 10 mins. once a week. I start with the level at about 5 bars. This winter it has maintained that same level for four...

I have left my Leaf for 6 week periods twice, and once for a four month period. My suggestion, and the way I do it is to start at about 4-5 bars. Plug in with 110 volts. Set timer for once a week for 10 minutes. One of the advantages is that it can send you a message once a week with an...

We have the Leaf plus two ICE, 2003 Civic Hybrid (45 mpg) and a 2009 Subaru Forester (25-28 mpg). Our needs are almost evenly split among the three...Leaf local; Civic 80-140 miles one way to grandchildren; and Forester to haul us, the cat and all the luggage when snowbirding for 5 months a year...

I have reported in another thread my experience at storage last winter for 4 months. At that time I started at 3 bars, charged 10 min. per week at 220 volts. After slightly over three months it was over 6 bars. I will be doing that again this winter and will be charging 10 min. per week at 110...

Defrauding insurance company is not an issue. You always have the option to accept a check from the insurance company for the estimated cost of repair, and then have the repair done or not as you choose.

Carwings usually disconnects after 2 weeks.... did the periodic charging allow you to continue using CW to monitor for the extended period? Carwings continued to report status of charge every week while pluged in. Did not check it after that but it may disconnect after that.

Just an update on my longer term storage of about 4 months. The process I used was to start at about 3 bars, and charge ten minutes each week. After three months it was at > 6 but <7 bars. At this point I had a neighbour disconnect it. On arivial back after 4 months the car was still at 6...

I had a 6 week storage period last fall where I charge 10 minutes per week. I started at about 6 bars and it ended up at 7 bars over that period. That would represent a total of one hour of charging and equivalent to about two bars of energy. Thus I guessed it droped the equivalent of one...

Just curious, do any of you who are trying so hard to turn off the VPS switch ever worry about the consequences of hitting someone with it intentionally turned off? Why do you think Nissian removed the switch? The liability for any reverse or slow speed pedestrian accident with it turned off...

I keep mine in the designated spot. And I use it frequently, especially while playing tennis so I can program the heater to have the car toasty warm when I am finished even if I do not need the charge for mileage....it is cold outside now.

Does anyone have any updated information for longer term storage? It has been suggested to leave the battery at about 50% charged and perhaps charging for 10 minutes once a week to keep it up. I have just completed a 6 week storage with this method and found that there was an increase from six...

My quick calculations show that the costs of operating the Leaf to be equivalent to a $15,000 car getting 35 mpg average when gas is at $3.87/gal. These yearly costs include a linear depreciation value (equivalent to using a residual value). It does not include major maintainence for ICE...

Suggestion: DIY for $100 +/- in materials.