Nissan leaf correct decision?

peter

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Well after seeing a thread on hot uk deals we jumped in and ordered a new nissan leaf acenta 24kw on pcp. Not a total out of the blue thing as we have solar panels, car charger at home and charging at work. Cost is only £30 a month more than I was spending in fuel and road tax. Plus we have other petrol cars for longer journeys. Will hopefully pick it up this week and the first journey will be 125 miles around the m25 and up the M1 :eek:
 
peter said:
Well after seeing a thread on hot uk deals we jumped in and ordered a new nissan leaf acenta 24kw on pcp. Not a total out of the blue thing as we have solar panels, car charger at home and charging at work. Cost is only £30 a month more than I was spending in fuel and road tax. Plus we have other petrol cars for longer journeys. Will hopefully pick it up this week and the first journey will be 125 miles around the m25 and up the M1 :eek:
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Nissan claim a maximum range of 155 miles from their 30kw version on this website.

I had a quick google and owners of the 24kw version are getting a range of about 75 miles. Will she make her maiden voyage?
 
The Leaf range anxiety game is one I am familiar with from the ones we use at work, the trip computer starts off with a pretty optimistic range but it drops off very quickly...we leave for a journey saying 42 miles range, drive 8 miles in the thing and its suddenly saying 21 miles left...makes for some tension if you don't want to get stranded :p

Not bad cars though, all considering, they feel pretty grunty around town given the torque delivery you get seeing as its electric, and the refinement is nice, but the short range would be a real annoyance if it was my only car.
 
So does that mean you'll be adding an extra hour on to your journey bumming around services?

It annoys me enough that I need to refuel half way through a 160 mile journey just so I know I'm good until half way through the return without having to flap about finding a petrol station as soon as I arrive or want to leave and that takes all of 10 minutes!
 
Nissan claim 124 miles so 80 is as much as I would rely on .Plus I live in Milton Keynes there are so many charging points our local shop and pub both have fast chargers.
 
Worth checking the serviceability of the points before you set off. A lot I come across are broken, not switched on or refuse to accept valid charge cards. Or they're occupied and not available for a long time. In short, you can't rely on them.

Switch off your heating, AC and anything else you don't need, stick to 50mph and you'll probably be just fine :D
 
Lashout_UK said:
Worth checking the serviceability of the points before you set off. A lot I come across are broken, not switched on or refuse to accept valid charge cards. Or they're occupied and not available for a long time. In short, you can't rely on them.

Switch off your heating, AC and anything else you don't need, stick to 50mph and you'll probably be just fine :D
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:) do this only a 50% chance of being stranded a few miles from home :D
 
peter said:
Nissan claim 124 miles so 80 is as much as I would rely on .Plus I live in Milton Keynes there are so many charging points our local shop and pub both have fast chargers.
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I was chatting to a Leaf owner last weekend about his car. He loves it, and he pretty much agrees with you on 80 miles as a proper "real life" range.

If you only need a short range commuting car I think electric is going to be the way to go.

What does worry me though, as pointed out in the Tesla thread, is whether the residual values will plummet as newer models become more capable. Not really a problem on a lease though, which apparently accounts for 80% of new car sales!
 
Gepetto said:
I was chatting to a Leaf owner last weekend about his car. He loves it, and he pretty much agrees with you on 80 miles as a proper "real life" range.

If you only need a short range commuting car I think electric is going to be the way to go.

What does worry me though, as pointed out in the Tesla thread, is whether the residual values will plummet as newer models become more capable. Not really a problem on a lease though, which apparently accounts for 80% of new car sales!
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I don't imagine we'll be seeing electric cars from now around in 10-20 years time like we do with normal cars purely down to the expense of replacing the batteries if nothing else.
Look at the cost of replacing a laptop battery with an official replacement you're already looking at an amount equal to a large value of some 2nd hand cars.
 
tom_e said:
I don't imagine we'll be seeing electric cars from now around in 10-20 years time like we do with normal cars purely down to the expense of replacing the batteries if nothing else.
Look at the cost of replacing a laptop battery with an official replacement you're already looking at an amount equal to a large value of some 2nd hand cars.
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That's also a good point! Batteries, over time, might become far more consumable though, which could alleviate that, but, resale values might drop away to zero (if it's not economical to replace the main component). :eek:
 
Pcp so no depreciation,£150 p/m for 2 years, we can hand back or buy at end of contract. No deposit, 10000 miles per year
- £235 road tax per year , no mot or service plus saving £100 per month on fuel. Then we can decide in 2 years what is available.
 
peter said:
Pcp so no depreciation,£150 p/m for 2 years, we can hand back or buy at end of contract. No deposit, 10000 miles per year
- £235 road tax per year , no mot or service plus saving £100 per month on fuel. Then we can decide in 2 years what is available.
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Assuming 'no deposit' means 1+23, that's £3,600 depreciation in 2 years. No idea where the road tax comes from though, that sounds like a con?
 
-£235 is what I am paying at the moment. Yes the £3600 is effectively depreciation but nothing we were looking at new or nearly new would not lose just as much.
 
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