texasdiver
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My middle daughter is 1 year out from getting her license. She is a quirky independent type who is interested in an electric car for her first car. I drive a Prius as my daily commuter car and we are thinking of looking for a used leaf for the HS kids car. This would be our first foray into electric cars.
We are 4.8 miles from the HS so her ordinary daily drive would be around 10 miles. If she drops her younger sister off at middle school that would add about 2 miles. Most afternoons she also has music lessons or does workouts at a local gym that would add another 10 miles round trip to her day. So her average weekday mileage would be about 20-25 miles give or take.
My daily commute is 23 miles 1-way and my average daily driving distance including afternoon errands and such is about 60-65 miles of mostly freeway. I'd like to get a car with at least the necessary range so that I could comfortably use it for my daily driver should we decide to swap cars or such.
We would also probably need to park the car outside in front and to the side of our garage. I would anticipate installing some sort of outdoor charging station post along side our drive way for nightly charging. It doesn't seem complicated. The meter and breaker box is on the side of the garage next to where the car would be parked.
We are in Vancouver WA (Portland metro area) so cool rainy climate much of the year without many extremes of hot or cold.
So, basically I'm looking for advice on what model years of leaf I should be targeting as I begin my research and search. Since it would be our 3rd car and a HS kids beater car I'm not looking to spend more than necessary as long as it is a safe and reliable car. Don't particularly have a budget in mind but would be happy to pay less than $10 grand.
Advice?
We are 4.8 miles from the HS so her ordinary daily drive would be around 10 miles. If she drops her younger sister off at middle school that would add about 2 miles. Most afternoons she also has music lessons or does workouts at a local gym that would add another 10 miles round trip to her day. So her average weekday mileage would be about 20-25 miles give or take.
My daily commute is 23 miles 1-way and my average daily driving distance including afternoon errands and such is about 60-65 miles of mostly freeway. I'd like to get a car with at least the necessary range so that I could comfortably use it for my daily driver should we decide to swap cars or such.
We would also probably need to park the car outside in front and to the side of our garage. I would anticipate installing some sort of outdoor charging station post along side our drive way for nightly charging. It doesn't seem complicated. The meter and breaker box is on the side of the garage next to where the car would be parked.
We are in Vancouver WA (Portland metro area) so cool rainy climate much of the year without many extremes of hot or cold.
So, basically I'm looking for advice on what model years of leaf I should be targeting as I begin my research and search. Since it would be our 3rd car and a HS kids beater car I'm not looking to spend more than necessary as long as it is a safe and reliable car. Don't particularly have a budget in mind but would be happy to pay less than $10 grand.
Advice?