Nissan Leaf

I would drive with the e-pedal almost all the time - I'd still have the foot ready for breaking but I find it a much more relaxed driving style.

Must find this setting when I take delivery, thanks for the tip

Has anyone else noticed on the L40 that the "Charge Time" screen, when you turn off the car, is inaccurate?

I came home a couple of nights ago at about 40% battery. I have my Charge Timer set to start at midnight and finish at 8 (when I leave), but when I plugged in my charger it started charging immediately. After a little investigation I realised that this was 'cos I had "100% charge priority" set, and it reckoned it wouldn't reach 100% between midnight and 8, so was starting immediately. I didn't think too much off it, as I'm only getting used to the L40 battery (I used to drive an L24) and I thought maybe it really wouldn't have enough time to charge.

Anyhow, now that I was aware of it, last night I had 78% charge when I got home. When I turned off the car the charge screen told me that it would take until 6am from midnight to fully charge. I thought that was a bit extreme, 6 hours to get 78% to 100%? I plugged it in, and got my notification from the App at 3am to say it was fully charged. So it took 3 hours, after telling me it would take 6.

I've checked, and in settings I've got the Charge Screen set to 6Kwh, so that's correct. Has anyone else noticed that this screen is so off with its estimates? I've now turned off the 100% charge priority setting, as I don't want to use day time rates just 'cos the car thinks it won't have time to charge fully.

Zappi V1, 32Amp. Is one charge points 6.6kW different to another's?

Zappi is in Fast Mode. When I plug it in, it kicks in for a couple of seconds and then says "Charge Delayed".

The thing is the Leaf gives the estimated time for charging every time t's turned off, whether it's plugged in or not. So I don't think the figure is based on what charge rate it's detecting, as it's not plugged in!

Yep, that seems to be exactly what I'm seeing! Like you say, turning off the priority full charge bypasses the issue. Good to know I'm not the only person seeing it.

Picking up the L40 SVE tomorrow - surprised when the dealer called. Trading the car I've wanted since I was 10 years old so bitter sweet (more bitter to be honest 😰) !!

So, I traded in my 151 L24 (SV with Cold Pack) against a new L40 SVE a while ago. I went to three dealers, and the most I was offered for it for Trade In was €7,000. I thought about private sale, but as it had over 130,000kms on it, and looking at some ads online, I decided that while I could probably get a bit more (maybe €8,000), it might not be worth the hassle, so I took the €7,000.

Out of sheer curiosity, I decided to check to see if my old car was up for sale yet. And it is, thought not with the Dealer who took it, they obviously passed it on. Another garage is now selling it, and asking for €10,795! I'm not annoyed or anything, I was happy with the €7,000 and I love my new car, so that's all fine. I just think it's mad asking for so much money for a 7 year old car with over 130,000kms on it. I mean, I bought it in 2018 with 77,000kms on it for €12,500! Anyone else think that garage is chancing their arm with their asking price?

I was also offered 7k by a dealer as a trade-in on my Leaf. Got over 8k privately.

It has next to zero depreciation in the 4 years I owned it, thats how crazy the current prices are.

But its no great success, as the younger Leaf I traded up to was big money too.

Picked up the L40. Cannot register on NissanConnect though - "This VIN is not supported". Anyone come across this?

As far as I can see it's only the app that is different. There doesn't seem to be a Nissan connect EV website, just one NissanCoonect site. The app I am using is the EV one but when you log in with no car in the garage it just redirects you to the website anyway

I had this exact issue a couple of weeks ago, @harderthanf .

Nissan support told me not to use the website at all. They told me to download and install the NissanConnect Services app, and register through the app. Even if you're registered with the website first, that username and password won't work. When you register through the app, you can then add the VIN, you'll need to sit in the car and get a code from the car screen, and add that to your app, and then it will connect, and after an hour or two you'll be able to control the charging/heating etc.

Its saying my VIN isn't recognised. Any ideas?

I am trying to register on the app, NOT the website.

I have emailed Nissan Ireland for advice in meantime.

Edit: Nissan got back to me. I needed to be using the NissanConnectEV app and not the the NissanConnect Services one.

I created my profile online on a laptop, did the security checks of switching car on/off, then it was recognised.

Deleted the old app, reinstalled it again to get rid of my old Leaf login, and signed in again with my new details, and all appears to be working fine.

That happens to me also. I think it's a security feature

You can also press and hold the bottom button on your key, the one with the charger and the lock on it, for a few seconds to unlock it. I had a family member last week return to his car to find his cable had been pulled out by some idiot passing by, the only casualty was a minor scratch on the plastic casing but it shows you the mentality of some and why extra security shouldn't be scoffed at