On 03/26/2016 08:14 AM, Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield wrote:
Yes. There's a taxi firm in the UK with a 100k+ mile leaf. It is DCQC
daily multiple times and still has all of its capacity bars.
It is a 2013 car, fitted with the 2012-2013 generation cells. (There
have been incremental improvements since the leaf launched in 2010)
Thanks, Nikki. I've only become dimly aware that you are no longer in
Great Brittan. Welcome. I'm a bit surprised, I thought you were a
pretty well established journalist "over there". I encourage you to
post about your movements, etc.
I'm not personally in the market for any Leaf cells. I was depending on
my early (2011?) Leaf to give me a range of 70+ miles. When it dropped
from about 90 miles to about 60 miles (20k miles, ~400 cycles, horrible
Texas summer), it became useless to me. Of course, I was disgusted to
learn that Nissan was forcing owners to sue to get warranty service.
I'm now using an imiev but only as a second car; it has given me about
65 miles for 10k miles. So, it could still go the way of the Leaf but
imiev longevity reports have been good. Not so with Leafs, though it
does seem they fare well in cool climates. A negative on the imiev is
the lack of service; I have to go ~200 miles to buy one. I don't buy
cars with the intention of needing service. We do have Leaf dealers
near me. I've heard reports of them charging Leaf owners for oil
changes. So, I don't feel too deprived not having nearby imiev service;
I may be better off without it.
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