Hyperdrive
New member
Hello everyone! :mrgreen:
I'm about to embark on this wonderful adventure of electric driving and I've been searching for a source of information and experience on this topic.
This forum seems to be just what I've been looking for!
A brief introduction: I'm from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Amsterdam is a city for walkers, cyclists, and people who travel by public transit. Its density and lack of abundant parking space makes it very unfriendly to regular cars. However, if you own or lease an electric car, you're suddenly treated as royalty over here, considering all the incentives the city is offering! I'd be happy to tell you more about that in another post, but first, if possible, I would like to ask my first few questions pertaining to the possible purchase of a used LEAF.
After having contemplated the purchase (or leasing) of a Nissan LEAF, I decided to check on-line for a used LEAF. I found one on-line, which is about a year old, with about 12000km (about 7500 miles) on the counter. It's a metallic blue one, and it has both a regular and a CHAdeMO fast-charge connector (I specifically asked the seller to check this, since I read something about some earlier LEAF models lacking fast-charge capability). The asking price is about 74% of what a brand new base model LEAF goes for around here. The seller told me that it was used as a demo test drive unit, and that it is in pristine condition. As far as the seller could tell me over the phone, this model appears to be lacking the optional solar panel on the spoiler.
So what do you think? Is 74% of the value of a new base model reasonable? Do you think I can (and should) haggle it down a bit? The seller has hinted that he is open to discussing the price, but I have no idea what maneuvering room I should realistically assume to have here. Also, to what extent do you recon the battery might have been degraded after 7500 miles, in the worst use case scenario? And are there perhaps also other things I need to consider when purchasing a used Nissan LEAF?
Yes, I know, I have so many questions at once in this first post, but this is quite purchase for me, and I'm not taking this lightly.
I'm going to meet the seller later this week, and any advice and knowledge that you can arm me with to get the best (of course mutually honest) deal out of it would really be appreciated!
Of course, there might already be topics open that discuss these very issues, and that I have overlooked. If so, by all means, point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advance! I hope to meet some fun, interesting, and helpful people here.
I'm about to embark on this wonderful adventure of electric driving and I've been searching for a source of information and experience on this topic.
This forum seems to be just what I've been looking for!
A brief introduction: I'm from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Amsterdam is a city for walkers, cyclists, and people who travel by public transit. Its density and lack of abundant parking space makes it very unfriendly to regular cars. However, if you own or lease an electric car, you're suddenly treated as royalty over here, considering all the incentives the city is offering! I'd be happy to tell you more about that in another post, but first, if possible, I would like to ask my first few questions pertaining to the possible purchase of a used LEAF.
After having contemplated the purchase (or leasing) of a Nissan LEAF, I decided to check on-line for a used LEAF. I found one on-line, which is about a year old, with about 12000km (about 7500 miles) on the counter. It's a metallic blue one, and it has both a regular and a CHAdeMO fast-charge connector (I specifically asked the seller to check this, since I read something about some earlier LEAF models lacking fast-charge capability). The asking price is about 74% of what a brand new base model LEAF goes for around here. The seller told me that it was used as a demo test drive unit, and that it is in pristine condition. As far as the seller could tell me over the phone, this model appears to be lacking the optional solar panel on the spoiler.
So what do you think? Is 74% of the value of a new base model reasonable? Do you think I can (and should) haggle it down a bit? The seller has hinted that he is open to discussing the price, but I have no idea what maneuvering room I should realistically assume to have here. Also, to what extent do you recon the battery might have been degraded after 7500 miles, in the worst use case scenario? And are there perhaps also other things I need to consider when purchasing a used Nissan LEAF?
Yes, I know, I have so many questions at once in this first post, but this is quite purchase for me, and I'm not taking this lightly.
I'm going to meet the seller later this week, and any advice and knowledge that you can arm me with to get the best (of course mutually honest) deal out of it would really be appreciated!
Of course, there might already be topics open that discuss these very issues, and that I have overlooked. If so, by all means, point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advance! I hope to meet some fun, interesting, and helpful people here.