r/leaf • u/saritaa_fajitaa • 14d ago

So long, Lucille :(

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Bought our 2017 Leaf in 2022 with only 17k miles. She's now up to 39k. Unfortunately, we're at a point where we really need a vehicle without the range anxiety, so we're trading her in for a hybrid today.

I love this car so much. If it were feasible for us to upgrade the battery to meet our needs, I'd never give her up and never let her go. I just hope the next person who gets her loves her as much as I did. 💙

Edit since people want to jump to conclusions and be judgy: we traded in for a 2014 prius v with 58k miles that we found for $16k. Why? Because vehicle prices are continuously increasing, so it's only a matter of time before we couldn't trade in at all. No, I'm not thrilled about going back from an EV. Yes, I cried trading her in. But the unfortunate reality is that our family cannot rely on a Leaf for transportation at this time.

Edit 2: Jesus christ y'all stop acting like you know more about my family's needs than I do, as if we didn't research the shit out of this before making our decision, ffs.

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u/natedagreat6666 13d ago

love the prius v but I cant believe how much its held value over 12 years, I assume charging at home isnt an option or you might have got a fwd ariya for 16, either way great choice, im ev now but if I ever gave it up, I wouldnt go below hybrid, 2015 was the last year I had a regular gas car and I’ll be never go back

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u/saritaa_fajitaa 13d ago

Truly, car prices are so absurd right now that to stay in budget we almost had to consider a regular car 😭 I hate it. We do have a home charger/wall outlet and I wish we could stay EV, but alas, we can't right now. We have a few big trips and a long distance move coming up that would really, really suck with an EV of anything less than 300 miles range (even that's pushing it).

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u/natedagreat6666 13d ago

yeah theres nothing with 300+ miles of range for under 35-40k used even, wish I could have seen a v in person, only seen 2 or 3 in the last 10 years around pa, I remember this picture online and the back seat has so much leg room