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So are we all in agreement that if a plugged in car is fully charged, it's OK to unplug it and plug yourself in? Heading to LAX tomorrow, looking forward to trying it out.

Count me in as the 1,000th new owner in this thread! It's been just 48 hours and already i LOOOOOOVE this car. I gave up a BMW 550 for this and i'm WAY more excited about driving this car every day than I was the Beemer.

But if you cose to buy the car at the end, you would be doing so below market value- so it nets out. Either way you're paying the same gross MSRP for the car whether you buy upfront or lease ans buy. The gamble is whether or not you think the car will be worth keep in 3 years vs. being committed...

Explain? If I have a residual buy-out value of 15k at the end of my lease, and the market value of the car ends up being 18k (for example), and I buy it, I just came out 3k ahead, even with the small extra cost of leasing along the way.

If they're wrong and the Leaf ends up keeping a high resale value in 3 years, the leasees are gonna be happy!

This is an interesting topic. I still have to read through all of it, but the OP's initial post is why we leased ours for 36 mos rather than purchase. If it all goes well and we want to buy it out we'll gladly pay the small "leasing surcharge" and will still have gotten the rebate benefits...

Leon- I may have another customer for you in the near future. Not soon enough to take that last orphan, but soon...I'll be in touch.

A-HA! Your'e a genius! Now can you tell me why the timer in the car isn't turning the charger on?

Just got my Leaf today...got Carwings launched no problem, but for some reason the iPhone app isn't accepting my user name and password. Anyone else have this problem? Tried restarting the phone, relaunching the app...nothing.

And a little old school vs. new school...

Yep... The drive home was AWESOME! I'm more excited about this car than I was about my BMW 550...

At least they're being upfront about the markup. The scumbags at Cerritos Nissan in CA sent my quote, and then months later tried to reneg on it and hide thousands of dollars into my lease.

Yet another big fan of Mossy here...these guys really saved the day. This past Monday, after being held for ransom by the thieves at Cerritos Nissan on the Leaf that I'd had on order for months, I found out through the forum that Mossy had the identical car sitting on their lot as an "orphan."...

I've always had good luck with Red Carpet Auto Transport. Ask for Cheryl, tell her "Kevin with the '72 Corvette" sent you (I have to balance out driving the Leaf somehow...) :)

GREAT advice! Pay attention especially to the first part. I went to pick up my Leaf last Sunday at Cerritos Nissan...it didn't happen. Make sure you don't get the same BS I got. Some of the less ethical dealers know they have you in a tough position and you'll agree to almost anything to get...

Sent a letter to corporate today. Wonder if I'll get a response.

Leon and Team Mossy are GREAT!

For a while I've been hearing about the demand for these cars, especially when it comes to explaining the dealer markups. Last night I was watching the latest episode of The Car Show and they said that sales were unexpectedly low, something like 135 a month being delivered in the US, and not...

And on top of it, the slimy little sales twerp John and his manager RIchard keep shaking their heads and telling me "I don't blame you for being upset" and John says that Nissan shouldn't market the car like that, but "those are the numbers they give us to work with and they're not going to...

OK, I have one of the two markup sheets from the dealer- i left the other one on his desk (edit: it showed the markup if i only put 1,999 down, it split 100% of all the other fees over the 36 months). Here's what I have... First, the car on my online purchase summary came to 34,610 for the 2011...