- Reaction score
- 73
My mrs has had a leaf for 3 yrs and it's brilliant to drive and very cheap to run the problem is depreciation. Luckily as we were unsure about the technology we leased it so it's not a factor for us.
Range is about 90 miles not the 120 claimed. Charging at home on a 13amp socket takes about 8 hrs didn't bother installing a charging point
On motorway services its 20 mins to full charge and was free but now costs £6
It's used as a run around by the whole family. Son drives a x5 I drive an e320 and daughter drives a kuga all prefere the leaf for running around
Battery is showing no sign of deteriorating according to the gauge it's still taking the same charge as when new and the range doesn't appear to have dropped
It's now done 40k and the only spend was 2 front tyres this week
Acceleration is deceptively good as all the power goes straight to the road and no gear changes
All the talk about batteries makes me smile a little yes they will deteriorate with time but it's about the only thing on the car that will !!
The rest is just a big electric motor and that will run forever !!
As for the cost we've spent £89 per month for the lease with a 7 k deposit over 3 years so about 10k over 3 yrs The balloon should we decide to keep is 9k
Over that 3 yrs we've saved about 5k in fuel. Assuming 1.20 per litre and 50 mpg haven't calculated the cost to recharge but I'm guessing around 1k
So in summery we've driven a brand new car 40k miles for about 11k. Which by my calculation is a good deal
Would we have another definitely yes will we have another probably not just started caravan in again and alas it won't tow
Range is about 90 miles not the 120 claimed. Charging at home on a 13amp socket takes about 8 hrs didn't bother installing a charging point
On motorway services its 20 mins to full charge and was free but now costs £6
It's used as a run around by the whole family. Son drives a x5 I drive an e320 and daughter drives a kuga all prefere the leaf for running around
Battery is showing no sign of deteriorating according to the gauge it's still taking the same charge as when new and the range doesn't appear to have dropped
It's now done 40k and the only spend was 2 front tyres this week
Acceleration is deceptively good as all the power goes straight to the road and no gear changes
All the talk about batteries makes me smile a little yes they will deteriorate with time but it's about the only thing on the car that will !!
The rest is just a big electric motor and that will run forever !!
As for the cost we've spent £89 per month for the lease with a 7 k deposit over 3 years so about 10k over 3 yrs The balloon should we decide to keep is 9k
Over that 3 yrs we've saved about 5k in fuel. Assuming 1.20 per litre and 50 mpg haven't calculated the cost to recharge but I'm guessing around 1k
So in summery we've driven a brand new car 40k miles for about 11k. Which by my calculation is a good deal
Would we have another definitely yes will we have another probably not just started caravan in again and alas it won't tow