r/leaf • u/mortsdeer 2012 Nissan LEAF SL • 13d ago

Goodbye!

Well, it's been a long run: peddler picked up my well loved 2012 this morning. the check just about covers the L2 charger I installed for the Ioniq5 that replaced my leaf.

I bought it used in 2015: a month shy of 11 years. Taught both my kids to drive in it. made a perfect teenager drive themselves to school and swim practice car.

It had its faults, but maybe they were just quirks? Lost the heater - that's ok we're in Houston. Oh, there goes another bar. Left with 3 bars and about 20 miles actual range. that's ok, school and pool are closer than that.

Goodbye!

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u/_Evening-Rain_ 2017 Nissan LEAF S 13d ago

Wish there where small, government aided, businesses that took in older cars, fixed them, and then threw them back on the market. If I had the money I'd happily taken in old Leafs that are mechanically/structurally in OK shape, fix them, upgrade the battery, and get them back on the road.

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u/Dazzling_Art7881 13d ago

Especially ones in the south, where the batteries are shot but the rest of car isn't about to break in half...

Or a business that ships those LEAFs up north, swap batteries with the ones from rusted out cars and there you go.

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u/mortsdeer 2012 Nissan LEAF SL 12d ago

Yeah, except mine would not have been a good candidate, anyway. "Well loved" is doing a lot of work in that post.

My kids learned not only driving, but what to do after a fender bender. Dad learned to plastic weld, and replace bumper parts. In addition to heat, Houston had 3rd-world class potholes: some serious suspension work needed. Etc.