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Posted 8 March 2024
New Nissan Leaf Hatchback 110kW N-Connecta 39kWh 5dr Auto - Metallic gun metal - Woven fabric - Black
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What car target price for this car is £26840
The 39kWh battery version has a perfectly respectable 0-62mph time of around eight seconds. Officially the range is 168 miles on a full charge, but in our Real Range testing we managed just 128 miles
The entry-level 39kWh Leaf still makes sense if you’re on a budget because it is a fairly large EV that’s reasonable to drive, well equipped, and easy to live with
What car target price for this car is £26840
The 39kWh battery version has a perfectly respectable 0-62mph time of around eight seconds. Officially the range is 168 miles on a full charge, but in our Real Range testing we managed just 128 miles
The entry-level 39kWh Leaf still makes sense if you’re on a budget because it is a fairly large EV that’s reasonable to drive, well equipped, and easy to live with
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sorted by1. Second hand market for EVs. This is where the deals are and there are cars with better battery technology and range for less than this car used and also aren't high mileage. Kona, e-Niro 64kWh for example.
2. The battery system on this car isn't cooled. This has two problems. Excessive battery wear compared to superior competitors 1st / 2nd gen iONIQ for example which have excellent battery health at 100K miles. Successive charging on longer trips. The 2nd and/or 3rd time you charge on the longer trip the charging will throttle.
3. I know I said 2 but look at how much these are used.
Also use AT Price Tracker extension on Firefox browser and you'll see the pricing history on Autotrader. Just a quick example. It's it murder on the second hand market for EVs. Used is definitely where it is at.
Absolute destruction on the used market. If you buy new you honestly hate money. iONIQ 5 for £22K now and low mileage. Utter destruction. You are getting wrecked buying new. Stay away from new.
Some may like the comments on a similar previous deal (a Leaf Tekna):
hotukdeals.com/dea…804 (edited)
I’ve owned a BMW i3 now for over 6yrs. In that time maintenance has been next to nothing. Tiny service every 2yrs for about £70, change of tyres once.
I’m on a cheap overnight leccy rate with Ocotpus which is when I charge (home 7KW ac charger installed). Costs peanuts compared to petrol/diesel.
for the same cost of 1 litre of fuel i get around 70miles in the winter and 80 in the summer, so equivalent 315-360mpg cost-wise.
Most of my daily journeys (95%) are around 30 miles total so I charge approx every 2-3 days.
i have saved over £10k in 6yrs on fuel costs, insurance, tax (zero) & maintenance compared to my previous petrol car which was economical.
You wanna travel further than the cars range & don’t want to use the charging network, then hire a car for the day(s). What you save over a year of 95% driving will far far outweigh the cost of hiring a car. I save around £2k/yr, so a car hire of £50/day if needed still leaves me way better off. I’d never go back to ICE, and the ‘you need 700 miles of range, and a full charge in under 30 mins’ brigade are extremely short sighted.
r/BMWi3 has a lot of info on which models to avoid and which to buy. They say 2017 and later but some people say 2019 and later. Early cheap ones I would definitely avoid. I would also use Wisely Automotive as they are i3 specialists although they don't have m/any currently as once they get them they sell.
No brainer to chose the iONIQ over the Leaf. Better efficiency (better range), better charging, better battery longevity Has BLIS, Adaptive Cruise, Reversing cam. Android Auto / Apple Carplay. All the stuff you really need.
The issue is that Nissan are a pain when it comes to warranty claims for the battery. Most Leafs are fine, but if you are unlucky then Nissan will try its best to avoid even acknowledging the problem.
It's a real shame because Nissan is actually in a good position. Their dealers and service techs have more experience with EVs than most, and the Leaf is mature technology that is well understood. If they were just more willing to engage when there are problems and get them sorted, this would be a fantastic buy.
For me not electric car now
The world isn’t ready, maybe in another 20 years.
My 320d costs £115 for a full tank of Diesel, while my Tesla costs £24 to fully charge.
Now, in the interest of transparency, my 320d will average around 400 miles on a full tank, while my Tesla will only do 235. So if we multiply that £24 by 1.7, the Tesla costs £40.80 to do the same number of miles as the BMW. Oh, and I don't 'spend a fortune on coffee at service stations because it charges at work, or at home while I'm asleep.
Tell me again how electric cars cost more to run and are less convenient..
I can refer you to Taycanforum so you can look for common faults. Also consider that on a forum you should expect to see problems/faults because that's where people will go to ask about them. So it doesn't inherently mean the car is unreliable.
taycanforum.com/forum/
My car was built in Sunderland and honestly nothing has gone wrong on mine so far, they are very reliable and the running costs are extremely low if you can live with the shortish range.
I'm with Octopus on their Go tariff, so I pay 9p per KW between 00:30 and 04:30, then 30p per KW for the rest of the day. I just set mine to charge on the cheap tariff using the cars in built timer and we set the washing machine and diswasher to come on at the same time too.
The N-Connecta if fully loaded with kit too, heated steering wheel, heated seats front and back, plus 360 degree cameras. There's an app you can use to tell the car to pre-warm / defrost or pre-cool in the summer but you have to pay Nissan a subscription fee for this (currently £1.99 per month). It's been a godsend over winter.
The EV used market is a partial correction from the pandemic inflated pricing due to parts supply chain/logistic issues and also a stagnation in the general public wanting to buy them. They are an absolute no brainer if you can charge from home.
What does this do to the market. ? If car manufacturers cannot 22% of EV’s..will they have to sell the non EV cars at a higher price so the EV cars ‘look’ cheaper and sell more. Or they have to start selling EV’s at a far lower price, and thus reducing the 2nd hand market straight away.
This percentage keeps increasing each year and I do wonder what happens.
But if you stay local and don't go far away that much its not too bad to drive. I'm a wheelchair user so mine had push pull controls fitted and it was quite a fun little car to drive.
Would I want to be a new owner of one in 2024? Nope.
But I'm spoilt with my new car, twice the battery and charging in 15 mins. And ccs. I don't miss the leaf at all. But she was a good first ev. Back in 2019.
I'll just chug along to the black pump every 3 months or so for my liquid energy!
My MY lease ends next year, looking forward to getting a 12 month old EV for £1k thanks to all the Dailly mail and The Sun anti EV articles (edited)
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Could maybe call them and see if they have cancellations.
I don't post deals on here anymore as the site is run by money grabbing idiots. (edited)
When talking about EV's saving money you must factor in depreciation, which is substantial.
Comparisons to similar priced cars such as carollas, qashqais and focus would show mainstream ICE family buses also depreciate like stones from new.
BMW i3 is also cheap and an excellent drivers car, really highly rated for this. But it has BMW repair costs so really you need a 2019 and above as some of the common vastly expensive costs have been fixed on those models. Such as drive motor mount failure, drive train failure, air con failure (also very bad as it cools the battery system. If it fails it screws up the whole system at very high cost). Wisely Automotive are the i3 experts buy from them if you want one. The i3S is also very good. But you buy it for fun driving at the risk of getting totalled on repair costs.
BYD Atto, UK £38,000 approx.
BYD Atto, AUS £25,000 approx.
Not sure if sales tax is included but it's 10% in South Australia
Road tax around £125 on most cars, insurance about £200 most cars, fuel abut 80p-£1 a litre.
Decent used cars cost next to nothing.
Now way you can cut it that will convince me we're not being severely shafted.
(Not my words to describe uk, but the head of hmrc)
Depending on the weather this can vary a bit.
So the great thing about an ev is the huge moge (far better than any hybrid) and the cheap fuel.
A benefit of an ice car is the long range of a car (some are 500 tp 600)
A hybrid gives you a small range and low powered engine for the majority of the time (thus not the benefits of an ice car) it then gives a smaller version of ev benefits but only about 1/10th of the time. Add to that they huge environmental impact, health impact, hugher purchase cost with less benefit back, higher maintenance costs and the fire risks. An ev is the lowest. An ice car is 60x that and a hybrid is 120x.
Add to that longer charge times which then dramatically impacts on public chargers.
Not to mention the fact that Toyota has been banned in some countries for its misleading claims of "self charging" ultimately its a 90% petrol car and 10% generator..
Toyotas business model is quickly failing too. Thwy momentarily became better with the change of ceo but the choices they make (and are activity telling us they make) are putting the company in huge difficulties. Even the ev (as in 100%) was dodgy. It had one of the worst winter range degradation of all evs. Their range estimations were way way way noerboard meaning that not knly did range go down quicker, but people ran out of charge with 20% showing on the gauge. Instead of fixing it, Toyota simply removed the buffer on the battery. This buffer is used to protect the car and battery (and occupants) . I say this as an owner of more toyoras than any other brand. Its sad though that they, like vw aren't the company they were 20+ years ago.
I now how 2 evs which blow toyptas and hybrids out the water.
That said, for £20k I'd rather have a 3yr old Tesla Model 3. It's a much better car all round, and benefits from Tesla's supercharging network.
I've had 3 Leafs and one Telsa, I won't be getting any more Leafs. (edited)
Also, Nissan is awful. If you want a car in this class get a Kona, E-Niro.
If you must have new, go for a lease, there was was an excellent deal on the Honda e:ny1. About £200 pcm with £0 upfront.
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most new chargers are now 10 CCS and one chademo. In a few years they won’t build any. Chademo is the Betamax to VHS (CCS)
however if you only ever charge at home ignore this
i got an Egolf in the end. Depsite them being like hens teeth they are easily the best electric car VW have made to date. The quality is really good. Esp compared to the plastic ID range.
just a shame everyone hates them 😄 (edited)
would of easily done £140 a month in fuel between both my cars before.
would of been cheaper but i have an old 19p KWH energy tarrif
I'm lost on this one.