shortRunsOnly
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- Feb 7, 2022
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Hi all,
I am a student looking for a cheap car to run errands near my house and college. All cars look very expensive these days and I don't have a lot of money to invest.
When looking for regular cheap cars, I got discouraged by all the mechanical issues that can come up and how often I would have to be going to a repair shop.
However, today I found about these old leafs from 2011-2013 which are very cheap, but also have very limited range and did some reading here in these forum. I am very interested because I have a charging station in my apartment complex and very rarely go more than 10 miles away.
What I am trying to understand is why everyone here only talks about the battery problems in these old cars. Is everything else usually fine? If I assess that the current status of a battery is at least 2x the range I need, is that really all I need?
No additional worries about engine failure, transmission, breaks and suspension problems?
Can I just bring a OBD2 reader to a potential seller, get the battery info myself and evaluate everything??
This sounds too good to be true.
I am a student looking for a cheap car to run errands near my house and college. All cars look very expensive these days and I don't have a lot of money to invest.
When looking for regular cheap cars, I got discouraged by all the mechanical issues that can come up and how often I would have to be going to a repair shop.
However, today I found about these old leafs from 2011-2013 which are very cheap, but also have very limited range and did some reading here in these forum. I am very interested because I have a charging station in my apartment complex and very rarely go more than 10 miles away.
What I am trying to understand is why everyone here only talks about the battery problems in these old cars. Is everything else usually fine? If I assess that the current status of a battery is at least 2x the range I need, is that really all I need?
No additional worries about engine failure, transmission, breaks and suspension problems?
Can I just bring a OBD2 reader to a potential seller, get the battery info myself and evaluate everything??
This sounds too good to be true.