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Closing the loop. Using the Wyze smart plug in the manner suggested, turning the outlet off after the LEAF finishes charging, seems to work well. It doesn't get appreciably hot.

Thank you for the excellent advice. We will try to stay in the mid range. Battery longevity seems a worthy quest.

Thank you for your advice. I'll give it a try.

Thank you everyone for your help. We ended up buying a 2014 S model with 49k miles for $5k. Dash display lists 82 miles at nearly full charge. I had planned to charge it using the 120v charger from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. when our area has the cheapest rates. As previously stated, we will only use...

Hello. I'm back to considering a LEAF purchase for the short-trip use that I originally described at the start of this thread. We have one here in the area for sale with 167k miles for $2,250 which is said to have 25 to 30 miles per charge. That seems a decent price, but I'm leery about picking...

Thank you all so much for the extremely-interesting posts. It seems that my biggest concern with buying an old Leaf with an original battery will be that it might just stop charging all together due to internal resistance. Is this factor something that can be reliably measured? I suppose if it...

Hello. I've searched around and don't seem to see this topic addressed directly, so here goes. Both of my daughters will be at the same high school next year, and my wife and I are already salivating at the idea of big sis driving little sis to school. I feel like a 2011 or 2012 Leaf with a...