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I thought i'd post a real world example for those thinking of buying older Leafs - though note that this is based upon my Leaf 24 and may not be generalisable.
I've had this Leaf for about a year; it was previously owned by Perth council, who had several Leafs as pool cars. It's a 2012 plate, and i bought it with about 16000 miles (previous MOTs confirm the annual mileage). It's in superb condition, and seems like a new car. I've no doubt that some users would have been likely to drive it 'athletically' - pool cars always bring out the boy-racer in some...
The car has been mostly slow/fast charged (380 ?) and 70 rapid charges (i think i did about 20-30 of these...).
On Leafspy, the SoH is about 80% - varies a few percent over the year; i've not been systematic about measuring SoH at different charge levels.
Today, we did a run to a nearby beach (keeping well away from others, as per COVID advice - as it happens i know a lot about 'biological containment' and infectious agents...).
It was cold (around 5-10C), clear, and very little wind, route has some minor ups and downs - no major hills. It was on dual carriage way for about half of the total, rest on country roads. Two adults, two teenage kids, no luggage. Started with 100% charge, drove at an indicated 60mph on the dual carriageway, and 40-50mph on the rest - with 30 through villages etc. Always using ECO (except for a short blast of D, and full tilt to safely get past some cyclists). Little or no use of the heating/AC, and we parked and went for a walk in the middle for about 3 hours. The GOM read 78 miles at the start, and 18 when we got back (40 miles actual roundtrip), and there were three bars left (one above the red, two in the redzone). I put it on to charge, and it took 11.7Kw to get back to 100%.
In summer driving, on dual carriageway at 55mph, i've done 60 mile roundtrip (GOM said 99 miles, got back reading 9), one bar left.
Mostly, this car does about 14 miles a day - my wife's commute; her workplace has several chargers. She charges on the timer to 80% everyday, and uses the heater a lot (!).
For driving around the city and commuting, this car is very hard to beat. Downside is that longer trips need a rapid charger halfway (which we're quite blessed with), or a destination charger if it's 50-60 miles one way.
Other Leafs of this vintage may have better or worse batteries - need to check with Leafspy. I think mine is about average.
I've had this Leaf for about a year; it was previously owned by Perth council, who had several Leafs as pool cars. It's a 2012 plate, and i bought it with about 16000 miles (previous MOTs confirm the annual mileage). It's in superb condition, and seems like a new car. I've no doubt that some users would have been likely to drive it 'athletically' - pool cars always bring out the boy-racer in some...
The car has been mostly slow/fast charged (380 ?) and 70 rapid charges (i think i did about 20-30 of these...).
On Leafspy, the SoH is about 80% - varies a few percent over the year; i've not been systematic about measuring SoH at different charge levels.
Today, we did a run to a nearby beach (keeping well away from others, as per COVID advice - as it happens i know a lot about 'biological containment' and infectious agents...).
It was cold (around 5-10C), clear, and very little wind, route has some minor ups and downs - no major hills. It was on dual carriage way for about half of the total, rest on country roads. Two adults, two teenage kids, no luggage. Started with 100% charge, drove at an indicated 60mph on the dual carriageway, and 40-50mph on the rest - with 30 through villages etc. Always using ECO (except for a short blast of D, and full tilt to safely get past some cyclists). Little or no use of the heating/AC, and we parked and went for a walk in the middle for about 3 hours. The GOM read 78 miles at the start, and 18 when we got back (40 miles actual roundtrip), and there were three bars left (one above the red, two in the redzone). I put it on to charge, and it took 11.7Kw to get back to 100%.
In summer driving, on dual carriageway at 55mph, i've done 60 mile roundtrip (GOM said 99 miles, got back reading 9), one bar left.
Mostly, this car does about 14 miles a day - my wife's commute; her workplace has several chargers. She charges on the timer to 80% everyday, and uses the heater a lot (!).
For driving around the city and commuting, this car is very hard to beat. Downside is that longer trips need a rapid charger halfway (which we're quite blessed with), or a destination charger if it's 50-60 miles one way.
Other Leafs of this vintage may have better or worse batteries - need to check with Leafspy. I think mine is about average.
