pkulak
Well-known member
I know, I know. Everyone else was done ages ago. But, up here in the PNW we've had really reliable public charging for a few years, so I've actually been using my Leaf for road trips. Lately, though, it's been getting really hard despite stellar reliability of chargers.
For example: yesterday I pull up to the charger in Woodburn, OR. There's a guy there charging already, but he's at 75%, so it's all good, I think. I politely ask him what he's going to and he says, "I need as much as I can get because I'm going to Portland." That's code to "going to 100%", of course. The best part is that Portland was 30 miles away! I've done that stretch from 50% in my 3-year-old Leaf a dozen times!
When I first bought my Leaf, I was an early adopter and so was everyone else. But now, there's just too many people out there who have no idea how their cars work. I'm about 100% sure that my next car is going to have a gasoline engine. It'll have a plug too, but I want that engine!
For example: yesterday I pull up to the charger in Woodburn, OR. There's a guy there charging already, but he's at 75%, so it's all good, I think. I politely ask him what he's going to and he says, "I need as much as I can get because I'm going to Portland." That's code to "going to 100%", of course. The best part is that Portland was 30 miles away! I've done that stretch from 50% in my 3-year-old Leaf a dozen times!
When I first bought my Leaf, I was an early adopter and so was everyone else. But now, there's just too many people out there who have no idea how their cars work. I'm about 100% sure that my next car is going to have a gasoline engine. It'll have a plug too, but I want that engine!