Well winter is upon us here in Canada and just like all the leaves have fallen off the trees, it is also time for me to say goodbye to my 2017 Leaf SV.
Purchased in mid August this year (3 months ago) and I'm going to trade it in next week for a 2018 Chevy Bolt!
This Leaf is my wife's and her roundtrip of 135 kms a day is getting uglier as each day gets colder so I have decided to cut my losses now and trade it in. She will get my 2018 Nissan Leaf SL and I will take the Bolt since my roundtrip commute is closer to 160 kms a day.
The funny thing about this situation is that her car and commute is not the big problem, she is getting home with approx 20% on the GOM every day. Now she drives 100-105 kph and has a Leafbox installed. Me on the other hand.......well, even after calming down my heavy pedal ways, I consistently have been driving 110kph or maybe even a little less and my average GOM reading when I get home in current conditions is 8-10% left (LeafSpy shows approx. 18-20%).
When we bought the 2 Leaf's together I was so worried about the range on hers and it turns out I have the bigger problem, go figure!
Anyway, so next week it's trade in time and on top of it all, I have to drive out of province, about 4 hours away, to Montreal just to get a good deal on a Bolt.....Double kick in the nuts.
Purchased in mid August this year (3 months ago) and I'm going to trade it in next week for a 2018 Chevy Bolt!
This Leaf is my wife's and her roundtrip of 135 kms a day is getting uglier as each day gets colder so I have decided to cut my losses now and trade it in. She will get my 2018 Nissan Leaf SL and I will take the Bolt since my roundtrip commute is closer to 160 kms a day.
The funny thing about this situation is that her car and commute is not the big problem, she is getting home with approx 20% on the GOM every day. Now she drives 100-105 kph and has a Leafbox installed. Me on the other hand.......well, even after calming down my heavy pedal ways, I consistently have been driving 110kph or maybe even a little less and my average GOM reading when I get home in current conditions is 8-10% left (LeafSpy shows approx. 18-20%).
When we bought the 2 Leaf's together I was so worried about the range on hers and it turns out I have the bigger problem, go figure!
Anyway, so next week it's trade in time and on top of it all, I have to drive out of province, about 4 hours away, to Montreal just to get a good deal on a Bolt.....Double kick in the nuts.