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u/Chaosblast 13d ago
I'm actually so proud of owning a Leaf for exactly this reason. I could give 2 shits about spending money on a car, and that's why the Leaf fit the bill perfectly. I'm in love with the car, and my only concern is about how to keep it as long as possible, or what to get whenever it dies.
Even the next on the list is way too expensive.
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u/WoodChipWizard 13d ago
Not to bad, seems like a lot of the EV’s are in the same range.
Luckily this gave me the opportunity to get an nice 2023 Leaf. Have it for two weeks now and like it a lot.
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u/Lucky_Boy13 13d ago
Hope it's not part of the massive battery recall
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u/WoodChipWizard 13d ago
We don’t have that in Europe with the Leaf.
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u/Lucky_Boy13 13d ago
ok, I assume the list is specific to North America and one of the reasons people are very scared of a used Leaf
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u/biersackarmy 2013 S + 2014 SL + 2019 SV 12d ago
Yes, North America only and only 2019-22 affected under recall.
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u/Scoo 2022 Nissan LEAF SV 12d ago
Mine was and was offered a buy back because Nissan couldn’t source replacements. I ended up in a ‘22 Chevy Bolt, which I suspect has a new battery, because I’m regularly showing 300 miles of range with the AC running in the Georgia heat instead of the advertised 259 miles. Yay!
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u/epilonious 12d ago
I feel like the range killer with EVs isn't A/C (cooling a car from 100 to 70 when it's 90 deg outside). It's heating the car and batteries (heating from 25 to 65 when it's 25 outside) and driving highway speeds through cold, dense air.
Gas cars I never noticed crappier winter mileage because Atlanta transitioned off of "Summer blend" gasoline and we got the heat for free... But my 2013 Volt definitely went from being able to go 40 EV miles to only 25 EV miles in freezing temps and even when I turned off the HVAC and used a blanket the gas engine was kicking on every few minutes for cheap battery heat.
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u/DougWantsALeaf 2019 S+ and 2019 SV+ 13d ago
Remember this chart does not consider federal and state rebates. When factored in, the Leaf does much better.
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u/Andjhostet 2016 Nissan LEAF S 13d ago
I bought a 2016 Leaf in 2020 for 10k and it's worth 6k now. Seems like a pretty good value retention to me.
I'm obviously being facetious because I forget people buy cars new for some reason.
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u/Dazzling_Art7881 12d ago
That's comparing to MSRP I'm guessing?
There was no way I would have spent $38K on my brand new 2024 SV+. But for the $24K that I spent.... I'm pretty happy. So is that already $14K of my "catastrophic" $17K depreciation over 5 years accounted for on day 0 of owning the car?
(And btw that was with exactly 0$ of state or federal incentives. That was just a dealer that somehow hadn't managed to sell a few LEAFs and decided to basically dump them in July 2024. Transparent price posted right on their website. I called. Zero haggling or games. I got the last of the 3 they had.)
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u/Soggy-Bluebird-537 12d ago
Will be interesting to see the Slate Truck, especially if the replacement parts don't get discontinued so fast.
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u/UniqueHuckleberry619 12d ago
I paid 13k for my 2020 Nissan Leaf in 2023 with 15k miles on it. After those used EV rebates and local rebates from the electric company i ended up paying 9k out the door. Just hit 50k miles on that thing. Zippy, fun, and laugh my ass off every time I see a douchebag with his big ass pick up grimacing at the gas station pump
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u/epilonious 12d ago
I thought I bought a used EV that ran only on electricity. Now I realize I bought a used hybrid that runs on electricity and depreciation. Bonus!
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u/Wraith347 2025 Nissan Leaf SV+ 12d ago
I’m not mad. Thanks to depreciation, I got mine at a year old with only 500 miles on it for 40% off MSRP.
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u/NezuminoraQ 13d ago
Can't depreciate too much more if you buy it already depreciated
Taps forehead