Nissan Leaf

320 k

Never used that app, I think I remember getting an email from Nissan to say to use the NissanEV app for the Leaf. The one that looks like this:

I assume you can have both apps going for the same car?

No chance of 120km. Its terrible that folk lie thru their teeth when selling cars.

My 2014 was at 130,000km with 1 bar gone, and I said it was averaging around the 100km if driven conservatively, worse in bad weather. No point lying IMHO.

My 2012 is averaging 105km in the colder months with little to no climate control use (9 bar and 71% soh). Current tyres are mediocre for range, so I'll be putting on a set of Goodyear efficientgrip and changing reduction fluid and hopefully it'll go up a little

The price is actually quite reasonable for the year, battery health and condition of the car from what we can see through the filth. There are 2012 models asking for more with less bars.

You're probably right, but I think it will comfortably go above the 6k mark....or it would if he/(or she) had bothered to clean it. The seller also lists it as a base trim XE, where it is infact an SV model as far as I can tell. The XE had steel wheels with hub caps and had no infotainment unit. The mileage won't bother anyone who knows anything about EVs as long as the rest of the car checks out. It's a 2015 with the lizard battery. I'll be selling my 2012 with 9 bars remaining and would be expecting around the 6k mark. Granted the mileage is 200k less, but it's still on the older battery.

Most people won't have a clue about what the lizard battery means but they will zoom in on that mileage which is very high by EV standards.

It's an early car with 24 battery with the "poor" chemistry but I only paid 4k for it and loving it so far. I don't drive the car hard and let regen braking do most of the slowing down. Robert llwelyn said his 2011 did 106 miles (170km) when new when he hypermiled it

I'd go with the 2019 if you can afford the 5k.

Important to ask is how are you planning to pay for it?

If you are going the finance route, you might consider what the difference in repayments would be. I was looking at 3 and 4 year old Leafs and found that the repayments for a used model and a brand new model were a few euro per month in the difference. The example that stands out was a 2018 40kWh Leaf and 100k klms on clock with monthly repayments of €442 over 5 years compared to putting down €4k and paying €466 over 5 years. Over the 5 years, that's an extra €1,440, which is well worth it for the sake a car car 4 years newer.

In the end, I ordered the Tekna (top) spec with 2-Tone paint for €34k (2k more than the Acenta (mid) spec. I'm paying 4k myself by choice to bring payments to an even €500pm. I could have used my own car as trade-in, but i'm selling privately to achieve better price.

Nissan appear to have again extended the 0% deal and expected delivery date was given to be July, so maybe a 222 plate unless it arrives early. Ordered mine a week ago. Look at your options, as new may make more sense.

@TomOnBoard spec is a little different but not by much, I think the 2019 has the cold pack.

@...Ghost... We were told the 0% PCP was gone, ended march but yes were were financing, and we did look at the new ones but since there was no difference in battery we were happy to save the money on the 2019 model (which still has warranty, etc). We were trading in so had about 5K equity which made repayments around 300 for the 2019, we were paying 250 a month for our diesel plus the running costs (~250).

@creedp I'm beginning to think that way with more research, I'd be more comfortable with the 40kwh I think. Especially when using the toys (AC/camera, heated seats, etc).

I'd go with the 2019 myself, but would also check out going new as others have said.

Would agree looking at a new car shouldn't be overlooked as used car prices are very inflated at present particularly for EVs as you get €5k grant off the new car but IMO this is not being reflected in used car prices. In any case the more people that buy new today means I'll have a better choice of used cars in a couple of years!

The 0% Finance offer did finished at the end of MARCH........but cars ordered by that date still qualify regardless of delivery date.