I’ve found a 2023 leaf for some $10k, and with selling my ICE car, which is starting to cost more to maintain than it’s worth, it’ll realistically only cost me about $5k, maybe less. It’s got 33k miles on it, or about 10k/yr which is kinda high-average, but meh. The range in it is far enough to go all the places I’d realistically be going. (If not for making regular trips over 100 miles I’d get one of the ultra-cheap 2015 era EVs that can handle 60-80 miles…)

I probably want it even tho I’ve never test driven one. I’d obviously still do that but I think I kinda want it anyway. This one is located about 3 hours away, but it sounds like they may do inter-dealership trades up to this area, so maybe not a concern.

So what do I need to know? Can the tracking modem be disconnected? Do the batteries fail a lot? Does this model have a ton of quirks? Is it just cheap because people don’t want used EVs? Is this a horrible idea?

  • Chris@feddit.ukEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I believe you can set a limit on the Leaf so it will stop when it reaches it (I don’t have one, but that’s what I’ve heard)

      • Log in | Sign up@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        4 months ago

        My 2018 Nissan Leaf tells you how long it’ll take to charge to 80%, to the nearest 30 mins. I use that all the time to set the charge timer.

          • Log in | Sign up@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6·
            4 months ago

            True.

            The leaf was one of the first mass market and usable EVs, and iirc, originally they had or planned a setting that let you charge to 80% by default and 100% as an option, which is of course exactly what you want, but some regulator or other decided that they would only be allowed to quote 80% range if that were the default, so to satisfy some pen pusher, it’s quite deliberately inconvenient. Of course once the trail had been blazed everyone knows what the deal is so newer cars can have more convenient settings.

      • SolarMonkey@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
        4·
        4 months ago

        This is very good info. I appreciate that.

        I guess I’ll have to leave my cave more often, or reduce the charging it can get. Ungh. I’ll do the math on the minimum errands and visits I need to run before I’ll ever do math on electricity.

        I have both 110 and 220 in my garage, so maybe I can find a configuration that works to supply minimum power without a fancy charge limiting thing (yes I do watch technology connections, and yes I probably will need such nonsense)