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Smooth As Silk
billsea, 02/25/2012
2011 Nissan LEAF SL 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
I've really enjoyed owning and driving this car, which is now up to 10,000 miles. It is incredibly smooth, quiet and generally effortless to drive. The interior feels large, with plenty of room in the back for adults. The storage area is ample for the around-town usage dictated by the range. The range is occasionally a nuisance, but that's increasingly mitigated by charge stations. When my trips are well within the range, I have fun with the torque and the low center of gravity. So far it's getting about 30 miles per dollar, a fascinating new metric that really puts the sucking sound in the front of our minivan in perspective. (It's five times more expensive to drive that one a mile.)
Buy Used! BTW Zac Held's review has a math error
Leaf Fan 2011, 06/27/2021
updated 12/29/2021
2011 Nissan LEAF SL 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
I agree with Zac Held- buy a used Leaf for around 5-6K if you live close to work and it's a heck of a deal. A 50 mile range is plenty if you live in the city & work in the city. That's what we're doing. But - Zac! Check your math dude. You're right that the $8000 cost to replace the battery is more than the car, but your assertion that you could drive 500,000 miles in a gas-powered car for that $8,000 is wrong. You multiplied when you should have divided. $8000 *divided* by the price of gas = the number of gallons you can buy. So instead of 20,000 gallons, it's actually more like 2,000 gallons. ($8,000/4=$2000) Multiply that by the 25 MPG you used, and you get 50,000 miles, not 500,000. So, your economic picture looks like this: If you put a new battery in for 8K, you get back to the full range capacity, and the car becomes fully useful to you with your 40 mile commute in winter. Since there aren't many other moving parts, you'll probably come out ahead compared to the cost of maintaining and driving a gas-powered vehicle for another 50K miles. Being realistic, there are so many fluids, belts, pulleys, gasket seals, rubber pipes, etc in a gas car, and they all need regular replacement. it wouldn't be unusual to spend $2,000 to $6,000 on maintaining that thing between 50K & 100K miles. Just a timing belt or head gasket could cost that much to replace on a modern car. With the Electric car, sure you have to pay for the electricity, (although if you're strategic about it, there are still so many free charging stations that you can get a lot of that for free.) but it's much cheaper than gas, so you get around 100-120 MPG equivalent, depending on the price of juice in your area. And the maintenance costs are dramatically lower. So to me, the value proposition beyond those 50K miles is pretty good. If you want to drive your gas-powered vehicle any further, you need to buy more gas. Much more expensive than the equivalent amount of electricity. Yet your Leaf will still have a decent range. 50 mile range after 50K miles seems to be the average in the real-world used car market. At the end of the day, a used Leaf is a very solid economic choice for in-city dwellers with short commutes. I have three friends who bought used Leafs as well. All live in the city. All are saving serious money compared to our gas guzzlers.
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No battery capacity warranty leaves owners with worthless cars
azdre, 09/07/2012
2011 Nissan LEAF SL 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
15 of 27 people found this review helpful
The lack of a battery capacity warranty has left dozens of warm-climate owners with cars that are no longer useful, and that are unsellable. There are no dealers in Phoenix, AZ that will take these cars as trade-ins because of the issues with the battery. After getting positive battery care reports, we can travel no more than 50 miles in our car that should go 80-100 miles. Nissan is changing it's story at every turn, and refuses to acknowledge a problem. Google: Real World Battery Capacity Loss, and you'll see the real deal with how Nissan treats it's customers. They do not stand behind this product. They got their 1.4 billion dollar loan, they don't need the LEAF anymore.
Magic Carpet ride
1nissanzealot, 12/11/2010
2011 Nissan LEAF SL 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
19 of 58 people found this review helpful
It's everything i knew it would be and more! Not over-done and nothing neglected. It's equipped with the latest usable technologies and easy to use' it just keeps the "WoW-factor" needle pinned at '10'! No more gas fill-ups or oil-changes. feels awesome to start that inevitable break from the "old" to the "what's new and what's-coming'". The future is now, be a part of it.n me?
Love my Cayenne red Leaf
Don, 09/10/2015
updated 09/10/2016
2011 Nissan LEAF SV 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Wish it had the Tesla range, but great for 105 mile range
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