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Was reading the review on the new Leaf and it seems so far away from the original (in a good way).

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Even the looks of it have grown on me, after looking at the photos in more detail that I did previously. I do wonder what the street pricing will be like when in launches, I'd hope the 52kWh version will be under £22-23k, especially as it should get the full grant.
 
MOOGLEYS said:
Yes I’m home charging on Octopus intelligent go 7p KWh.
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I’ve found where I am, Sundays and any windy day are good for charging during the day :D

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I set the Ohme app to charge to %100 and ready by 4am and it always charges straight away for me. Might be because there is no one else with a charger around here. During the week I just let it charge over night ready by 7am. It’s worked really well so far.
 
Yaayuh! said:
I’ve found where I am, Sundays and any windy day are good for charging during the day :D

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Just shows how different parts of the country get different schedules.
In 12 months I have never had a 6:30am (not that I need it) and we only get 1hr cheap in the afternoon normally..
 
SexyGreyFox said:
Just shows how different parts of the country get different schedules.
In 12 months I have never had a 6:30am (not that I need it) and we only get 1hr cheap in the afternoon normally..
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IoG is in effect a DFS system so Octopus get given very low rates to take energy when there is excess and they get paid to not take energy when it is very expensive.
 
Simon said:
You said it’s not popular based on one dealer and elderly not wanting EV.

Thats not about its appearance is it. So why you using that as a proof point for your opinion. Also why are you in the dealer so much ?
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Not sure how you are getting confused I was clearly responding to two completely different points - it isn't like people bought the older Micras for their interesting looks... as I said lot of people just buy them as an A to B car.

I don't hate the new Micra just think it an un-interesting car which doesn't match up with what a lot of the traditional Micra market are looking for.

I own several Nissan vehicles and actually use the pickup for more than just driving on the road so it needs a fair bit of work, we also use them for work. So I'm fairly regular in there.
 
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Rroff said:
Not sure how you are getting confused I was clearly responding to two completely different points - it isn't like people bought the older Micras for their interesting looks... as I said lot of people just buy them as an A to B car.

I don't hate the new Micra just think it an un-interesting car which doesn't match up with what a lot of the traditional Micra market are looking for.

I own several Nissan vehicles and actually use the pickup for more than just driving on the road so it needs a fair bit of work, we also use them for work. So I'm fairly regular in there.
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You said it looks rubbish then said people aren’t buying it either. Which makes sense until the reason you saw people not buying it is because it’s an EV. Kind of lost your point now to be honest

News flash. People like different things based on appearance.

Which EV did you buy?
 
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Rilot said:
Not a chance. It will be £35k I reckon for the small version and £40k+ for the big battery.
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Highly unlikely if it is competing with the EV3, ID.3, Puma, the Megane to name a few, small battery version will have loads of competition at the sub £30k mark.

£24.5k for a Megane on New car discount.
 
Simon said:
You said it looks rubbish then said people aren’t buying it either. Which makes sense until the reason you saw people not buying it is because it’s an EV. Kind of lost your point now to be honest

News flash. People like different things based on appearance.

Which EV did you buy?
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My comments about looks were entirely separate to my comments about the customer base for the car end of story - not sure why some people are having such a hard time comprehending it as they were entirely separate posts, even taking into account the mods deleting some posts in-between, neither was my post a commentary on other people's tastes.
 
Journey said:
Why would that change based on how they look?



It's a car with 4 wheels and moves, is there something special the old ones did?
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Try actually reading my posts rather than a **** poor take on what you believe I said.

I initially said I think it looks bland then separately said in response to about Nissan and Renault hoping it'll help revive them that there is a substantial part of the traditional Micra market who are not willingly jumping to EVs which might offset that unless it appeals to a new market based, those posts are entirely unrelated aside from being about the Micra - I even noted that people who buy the car often just want an A to B car and don't care about looks.
 
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What is it about the forum that brings out argumentative people :D

I barely see Micras anyway, I reckon they are an extremely small niche compared to the Qashqai/Juke crowd
 
Rroff said:
Try actually reading my posts rather than a **** poor take on what you believe I said.

I initially said I think it looks bland then separately said in response to about Nissan and Renault hoping it'll help revive them that there is a substantial part of the traditional Micra market who are not willingly jumping to EVs which might offset that unless it appeals to a new market based, those posts are entirely unrelated aside from being about the Micra - I even noted that people who buy the car often just want an A to B car and don't care about looks.
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Just ignore them mate, they tend to get rather emotional about EVs if you stop praising them for 27 milliseconds.


I see your point tho. Much like a Yaris, Jazz, Micra, these cars all fall in to that category of "safe buys, cheap, reliable, and can be passed down to the grandson and he can insure it for pennies when the time comes".

This Micra is far too exciting for that demographic. I do wonder if Nissan will backfill that spot with something else.
 
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Diddums said:
This Micra is far too exciting for that demographic. I do wonder if Nissan will backfill that spot with something else.
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They already did 15 years ago, it's called the Joke, sorry I mean Juke and it's the reason you don't see many Micra's around these days in the UK. The Juke sells really well here.

A Juke EV would also do prett well here.
 
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b0rn2sk8 said:
They already did 15 years ago, it's called the Joke, sorry I mean Juke and it's the reason you don't see many Micra's around these days in the UK. The Juke sells really well here.

A Juke EV would also do prett well here.
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Nissan really should make a plug-in hybrid Juke, it would be more aptly renamed the Phuke with the h being silent :cry:.
 
Maybe the UK is exceptional, but if you look at europes popular car segments - a definite market opportunity for micra (next to bland dacia and nicoles favourite)

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