2015, 60k miles, 10bars, $9k?

Looking at buying a used 2015 Leaf S. Has 60k miles, 10bars, asking $9k. Good deal? Seems the average price for 2015's around me. What kind of range can I expect? What about degradation over say the next 5 years? If it becomes useless in 5yrs and not resellable, I think I'd want a lower price. My range needs rarely exceed 30mi/day but I'm also not sure if I'm one to feel range anxiety (even if there's a cushion). Appreciate any input.

Plenty of 2015 Leafs out there with 12 bars still. I would keep looking unless you were thinking of upgrading the battery.

fasteddie911 said:

Looking at buying a used 2015 Leaf S. Has 60k miles, 10bars, asking $9k. Good deal? Seems the average price for 2015's around me. What kind of range can I expect? What about degradation over say the next 5 years? If it becomes useless in 5yrs and not resellable, I think I'd want a lower price. My range needs rarely exceed 30mi/day but I'm also not sure if I'm one to feel range anxiety (even if there's a cushion). Appreciate any input.

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Where are you located? It's helpful to add that info to your MNL user profile, so that people can better assist you...

That price is high for my location (Colorado). I bought my father a 2013 SV with 11 bars for $5k. It wasn't a pristine car and I thought it was a good deal but I'd still say $9k for an 24kWh S is not a great price.

I think you could probably get 50-60 miles of range out of the car for quite a while in good conditions but depending on where you are located, I think you can find a better deal if you're patient. You'll get less range if it's rainy, snowy, cold, etc so keep that in mind too.

Between it being a 10 bar car and an S, you don't want it if you need to use much heat in Winter. Have you read my used Leaf buying guide?

https://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=26662&p=538030

goldbrick said:

That price is high for my location (Colorado). I bought my father a 2013 SV with 11 bars for $5k. It wasn't a pristine car and I thought it was a good deal but I'd still say $9k for an 24kWh S is not a great price.

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Agreed.

I'm in SoCal so extreme heat or cold is not an issue. How much range loss per year might I expect?

You should consider buying a LEAF in northern California and have it shipped to you, . These are two examples, but there are likely other 2015 S LEAFs in that region, under $10K, which still show 12 capacity bars:

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=553089073

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=550184193

The trick is getting a LeafSpy screenshot to see what the SOH and AHr values are. The dealership I purchased my LEAF from was familiar with LeafSpy and had no problem with sending me a screenshot. Worth asking...

I attempted to sell my 2015 sv premium as a private seller last month. The car had 11 bars (1 bar lost) and was sitting at 83.93% according to LEAF Spy...

I listed it as low as $9700 - and had almost no interest in it - This was a low mile super clean car...I sold it to Carvana