DaveinOlyWA
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JPWhite said:I got an itemized list of parts and installation fees/taxes etc.
See https://jpwhitenissanleaf.com/2016/...-miles-for-an-electric-vehicle-is-phenomenal/
It's not an easy decision. Interesting others are being coached into a finance deal on the new battery. I was asked by customer relations rep if I wanted to be transferred to the dealer and that I should ask for the finance manager. Maybe Nissan thinks we don't have the money.
I can find $6,000 myself, that not the issue, the issue is, is it worth it?
A friend at church just had an experience with an older car that reinforces my trepidation at sinking $6,000 into a car that is worth at most $7,000. He had an old junker, put new struts, four new tires, alignment and sundry other items into an old Malibu. Paid $1,600 for it all on Wednesday and on Friday was hit from behind, pushed into a trailer hitch in front and the car is totalled. He just lost $1,600 having the benefit of his expenditure for less than 48 hours.
Putting $6,000 into a car that barely worth that much if totalled is rolling the dice so to speak.
I'm going to keep QC'ing my old LEAF to and from work until it hits 100,000 miles (about 4 months away) on the miniscule chance that the battery may fail and be covered under the warranty after all. Once I hit 100,000 miles I am left holding the baby for sure with no hope of assistance from Nissan, that's when I decide what to do. My workplace moves closer to home in October and they appear to be accommodating EV's. I might just be able to keep it going on the old battery until the Bolt comes to Tennessee, which I guess will be spring next year.
Add to all this that there are rumors Nissan may selling their battery operations http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nissan-battery-stakesale-idUSKCN10H05J old batteries may not be available for the original LEAF's much longer.
2011/12 customers have been abandoned by Nissan, next Nissan may abandon the 2011/12 cars altogether. They are hardly going to retrofit an LG pack or whatever into a 2011/12 Leaf.
Welcome to the era of the disposable ($33,160) car.
you need to check with your insurance company on that. Mine has the option for you to list any recent improvements and expenditures. now how they treat the battery replacement is anyone's guess. if they are progressive, they will understand the increase in value. if they are not... well then, its not like you don't have options