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en11

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Any tips how to get reasonably priced LEAF in NorCal?

The two dealers in San Jose ask 10k over MSRP. Others are $4.5k to $7.5k over.
 
New or late model used? I know a few tricks, but they may not apply to this Nutty market. My best guess is to find a dealer with high turnover who gets an occasional Leaf but isn't interested in them. Then, watch for a somewhat homely car, with one of the less popular colors like Super Black or Gunmetal Grey. Make a cash offer, but don't sound eager. Sound like you won't care a bit if they refuse. You might at least get a somewhat lower quote from an eager salescritter.
 
Checkout from Mossy Nissan in San Diego. They have a policy of no overage above MSRP. You can fly down and then drive back home over 2 days staying somewhere in between. I had very good buying experience with this dealership. Good luck.
 
Might be able to do it in one... if it's a Plus.

I drove the '22 Niro EV I'm leasing from Carlsbad Kia to the Bay Area in one and I took highway 99 (lots more DC FC choices there including some free ones at https://dot.ca.gov/news-releases/news-release-2021-001). I used an auto broker and that broker didn't ship. Was 450 miles.

I started with a full charge and DC FCed 3 times, two on free DC FCs, so they weren't the fastest (Niro EV can hit about 70 kW).
 
I have been looking around California as well - even talked with Mossy - they don't have anything in stock - claim they have a long list of people waiting for the few cars they have in transit to them.

They seem to be better about price - but I was getting some push back from them as well. They were saying they would sell me one only if I bought the full maintenance add-on. The story was corporate was getting on them because every other Nissan dealer in the state is adding $5K+ to $10k to the MSRP
 
The story was corporate was getting on them because every other Nissan dealer in the state is adding $5K+ to $10k to the MSRP

I'm not an attorney but to the extent that the dealers are independent operators, this sounds a lot like like price fixing to me and could be in violation of various FTC regulations.
 
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