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driving has never been this easy
Jeff Powers, 03/13/2019
updated 09/20/2019
2019 Nissan LEAF SL 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
82 of 82 people found this review helpful
This is our second leaf. We had a 2017 SL with the 30kwh battery. It did cause us some range anxiety, surely at first. My wife was very skeptical regarding that car. We made it work and drove it 14,000 miles from July 2017 to April 2018 before we traded it in on the 2018. The new car is so significantly different, my wife prefers driving this car over our luxury sedan. I enjoy driving this car as well. With the free charging at local charging stations, it is a no brainer if you are into saving money on fuel cost. I have 16,000 miles on this car now, since April 2018, I have spent $65 on a cabin air filter two weeks ago, and that's it. I have done only the free tire rotations as scheduled, otherwise the only reason it goes to the dealership is to charge as I am in the area. I get free refreshments, and hang out for a bit. The dealer I bought it from also has detailed my car twice for me during the maintenance trips. I can't explain how easy this car is to own. I have an 8.1kw solar panel system on my house, so for my wife who's not into waiting around to charge, it doesn't cost me anything to charge at home. I mean it is free. I do not have an electric energy bill since last year when it was installed. We have bought two of these leafs, qualified for all the tax rebates, which from the fed alone was $15,000 combined on our tax return, the state of Colorado gave us $10,000 combined at the time of purchase, and Xcel energy gave us $10,000 straight off the top of the first leaf, but nothing on the second as we chose the zero percent interest loan for the 2018. So we basically got a car for free. We have driven about 30,000 of the easiest and cheapest miles in two nicely equipped Nissan's. I do not plan on trading in the 2018, it gets 150 miles of range in a normal temperature, which is sufficient for the driving we do. I look forward to getting the SL Plus for the times we need the added range. I will be quite happy trading in my BMW, and not missing it... too much. September 2019: Update We now have just over 23000 miles on the 2018 Leaf. I would say this has been a fair amount of time to really get to know this car. I will say that it still is a very easy car to own. We have done next to no maintenance. I've rotated the tires twice and taken it in for a rattle in which they removed the full dashboard to finally solve the rattle mystery, something to do with an airbag bolt, and also got a new nissan windshield a couple weeks ago due to a stone chip. Either way, still charging when possible at the local EVGO or the like charging stations. It's quite nice not paying for fuel. The car has held up well, everything still works.
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Good commuter car, not so good for road trips
New LEAF owner, 12/02/2019
2019 Nissan LEAF SV 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
21 of 21 people found this review helpful
My wife and I love the car for local driving. It is ideal for my 18 mile round trip commute. I installed a level 2 charger at home so keeping charged is easy and there are chargers at work. Although the range is listed as 150-160, in winter 100 miles is more realistic. Cold weather battery performance, heat, headlights, and driving over 60mph really decrease the range. An inconveniently out of service Level 3 charger turned our 3 hour drive home from thanksgiving into a 7 hour marathon of hunting for working chargers and driving at 50 without heat to stretch the battery. We’ll take our Honda Fit for the next trip over 50 miles. Get the Plus if you can justify the extra $7000
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An improvement but still lacking some essentials
Jeff, 12/13/2019
2019 Nissan LEAF SL PLUS 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
26 of 27 people found this review helpful
Ok, first this is not our first electric vehicle. We traded a 2018 Chevy Bolt for the 2019 Leaf Plus. The reason we traded was the Leaf was a much more comfortable drive with a couple of exceptions. So I am comparing to the Chevy Bolt. 1) The Bolt was much more fun to drive. With the same size motor it accelerated much better than the Leaf. 2) The regenerative braking on the Bolt is much, much better than the Leaf. This could be the reason the Bolt gets much better mileage. 3) The best I can get on the Leaf is 3.4 miles/kw-hr. I routinely got 4.5 miles/kw-hr on the Bolt. Although the Bolt was rated for 238 miles, we routinely got around 280 miles per charge. The Leaf Plus is rated for 226 miles but we struggle to get 200 miles. 4) The seats in the Leaf are a step above the Bolt. That was our biggest complaint with the Bolt. Leaf seats are very nice.....But whoever at Nissan decided to put that suede leather stripes on the Leather seats should be re-assigned. It is a dirt magnet and gets stained when you condition your leather seats. 5) Nissan needs to have a cooling/heating system for the battery. All the other manufacturers do for a reason. 6) Stock leaf wheels on the top of the line model are ugly as sin. 7) The Leafs ride is much more refined and just feels like a heavier car (actually almost 400 lbs heavier). This means it feels more refined but does not handle near as well as the Bolt. 8) There needs to be a memory setting for the drivers seat. 9) Why no sunroof.....The Hyundai Kona Electric has one.....The new E-Mustang will have a huge one...... 10) The information system is hard to navigate and many settings are hidden in sub-menus 11) Nissan did put a navigation system in the Leaf where the Bolt has to rely on your phone. 12) The back up noise maker on the Leaf is annoying. 13) And my biggest gripe....the trim pieces at the bottom of center console stick out into your leg room. These hit my six foot frame right in the knee and is just very uncomfortable. IF they were padded would not be as bad but the hard plastic hurts my leg. All told.....My wife likes the Leaf better as more comfortable but the Chevy Bolt has more power, better handling, and much better mileage. To bad you cannot mate the two cars and take the best attributes of each. Even so, If you spend two weeks with an electric vehicle you will never go back to gas.......
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Best commute car ever
Jeff, 12/13/2018
2019 Nissan LEAF SV 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
36 of 38 people found this review helpful
So far I have not had a single problem. After installing a level 2 charger in my garage my 80 mile round trip to work and back is no problem. I usually have 35 to 50 percent battery life remaining. I’m currently at only 8k but so far so good. I was charging at the Nissan dealership across the street from work every other day but after my power bill only increased by about $80 a month wile only charging at home not worth the walk. My only small concern is the lack of a spare tire. I added a good plug kit to the compressor and sealer that Nissan provides.
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182 mile charge with level charger
Mustafa, 01/29/2019
2019 Nissan LEAF S 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
32 of 34 people found this review helpful
Unbelievable as it may sound I am getting 182 mile charge on my Nissan 2019 this is a 40kw battery model ? Anybody else having the same experience with the new 2019 leaf /40kva battery?
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