I've just managed to get a price from bridgend nissan and cross hands nissan for £550 up front followed by 23 monthly payments of £183based on 10k miles and that's a 2 year lease in flame red

Wanted to give the people who never contribute to the site a chance to post ....

In future we will have to factor in lunch on motorway services as part of the overall running costs.

I've just managed to get a price from bridgend nissan and cross hands nissan for £550 up front followed by 23 monthly payments of £183based on 10k miles and that's a 2 year lease in flame red

Wanted to give the people who never contribute to the site a chance to post ....

Will a full charge suffice for a 120miles round trip on the M25? Normally 90mins each way on a rather busy time. Thanks...

How many miles on a single charge?

Lol. The burns must be from the flame red! :smiley:. That is very good, are you going with it? - I just can't get excited about this car

In future we will have to factor in lunch on motorway services as part of the overall running costs.

I had a drive of a Tesla the other day and can totally see how EVs are the future.
Looks like a good deal for a leaf...tried to get my wife interested but she hates the look of it.

Sneaky... this was a 36 month deal yesterday when posted, but now appears to be a 2 year deal.. Still good, but less so..

Hyundai and Kia's new hybrids look okay, in the sense that they look like normal cars rather than the usual fugly hybrid styling.

Our Leaf PCP from March 2015 is also coming to an end. We had a chat with our supplying dealer who couldn't get anywhere near to our original deal (£1200 dep, 24 x £80 on a pcp), so we started looking elsewhere.

We opted for a new Audi A3 1.0 Sport 5 Dr with a couple of extras for £2500 x1 & 23 x £130 incl vat on 8k pa via our local Audi dealer on a personal lease. Engine is small, but drives ok and to be honest your driving technique changes once you've owned and lived with a full EV.

The Leaf itself is great, but apart from range our major issue is availability of charging points and the limited network.

We'll look at an EV again. but need at least 200 realistic miles per charge and hopefully the charging network will be more mature by then.

For prospective buyers of the Leaf please note the total miles per charge varies based on your driving style, the ambient temperature (fewer miles when it's cold) and also whether you are using lights, wipers, stereo and heater.

We have the 24 kwh version (30 kwh travels a little bit further) and the most we've seen is 100 miles on a full charge, but in Summer driving very sedately. Normal summer driving expect 80/85 miles and winter with heating and wipers on 65/70 miles. I've driven the 30 kwh and it does retain it's charge for longer, but don't expect to achieve 155 miles as advertised!

What is the availability of charging points like? I've seen plenty in car parks, at services etc, but do you ever have to queue to use them? It's okay being able to boost charge for 30 mins, but if you have to wait an hour to get to use it...

Go to zap-map.com for a look. Leaf's work with Chademo (rapid charge 80% in 30 mins) and Type 2 where you need your own cable - home chargers typically have a type 2 tethered cable.

We were at Trafford Centre early November and although they have lots of chargers, half were out of service, some had non EV's parked in the bays and people with EV's were queuing/waiting to hook up. Took an hour before we could pull into a bay to charge and we needed the extra charge to get back home....

Supposedly the new Renault Zoe has a 250 mile range but it come at a high cost. Personally I'm not convinced EV's are the future as we simply don't have the infrastructure to support them. Whilst running costs are low, they are much more expensive to lease or purchase and it seems that you have to drive really sedately without heating, air con or music to get the best range. I suspect hydrogen will be more efficient and sustainable eventually.

​yup they could do with looking a bit more like a normal car...

Yes, Zoe is good but small.
Rumours are in 5 years some of the major manufacturers will not be producing diesels and your choice will be petrol, hybrid or ev - when this happens the charging network must exist.

BMW offer a range extender upgrade in the i3, which charges the battery to increase the range.

This is a good deal. I just sorted a PCP at my local dealer for £225 no deposit for the Tekna flame red 30kw. Its only for 5000 miles a year but for my wife that is perfect for her. For us it is a perfect 2nd car (if you can get a good deal on one). This is our 2nd Leaf. We use it for the local trips, her short commute and now we can do those mid range 100 mile journeys once or twice a month seeing family. After an overnight charge we are on our way again. That keeps the miles and petrol visits to a minimum on Golf R wagon i have.

My only beef with the car is it is fugly but it does slowly grow on you....

I've just got a 2 year lease on a 30kw Flame Red Tekna £199 down and £226.90pm / 10k pa miles / 24 months. Good deal?

Remember the Nissan promise on Leaf's..

If you run out of charge mid-trip, no need to call the AA, Nissan Recovery will do something. Not clear what :wink:
If you need to go on a longer trip, Nissan include 14 days of a petrol/diesel car rental if you pay the insurance.

Only if the supplying dealership participates, and you have to get the ICE loaner from them, not from another dealership.

Bought a used 24kw tekna month ago as deal was amazing. For around the doors these are amazing and save you a fortune. Lots of car for the money big and well spec'd. Looks wise they are a slow grower on you but there have been far worse cars. But you feel great how cheap it is to run. My TTS barely moves. Im genuinely tempted by this deal... hmmmm

I have an offer close to this, only difference is £550 extra over the 24 months for Metallic Paint.
I'll ask the dealer if he can supply anymore. I believe each dealer has a quota of Leafs they must shift for a bonus. Once they hit the target, they lose interest...

I've just had a thought regarding this deal. Does it come with the battery, or do you have to lease the battery on top of this cost? Plus, is this a Motability deal only, or general public? Only ask as I genuinely can't believe how cheap it is. I got the best deal available in June, and believe me, I tried everywhere! My 30kw leaf, with battery & metallic paint @ 10k mpa is £299 up front and £299pm for 36 months!

How are you finding it on your trial? Quick review?

Pretty positive so far. The trail was to see how the car could cope with a dog and a pram in the boot, and it seems with a little bit of compromise it works pretty much fine.

The only real issues I have are, non electrical adjusting seats and no memory setting. It's a pain when I'm a foot taller than the wife! I tend to like sitting low in a car, and the Leaf doesn't have this option at all, it also has a poor range of settings for the steering wheel. I find the handbrake in the clutch position weird and a pain, I'm used to have a resting foot plate there not a handbrake! I

Due to the shape of the car, I've dealt well with the different driving position, although I've no real way of having a lean with my elbows compared to a better seat position car, handy on a motorway commute. For the top spec it comes up short if your expectations are high, coming from a BMW or Audi say, but for the PCP price you have to be realistic. It's RRP is so high due to being EV, not due to spec!

BUT

I'd probably live with one for two years happily. The drive is fine, the comfort is good, the EV element is fantastic, it's a geek dream to challenge getting the most out of the car. It's going to save us well over £100 in fuel alone in a month, so in reality it's down to £122 per month I'd be paying out, not taking the deposit into consideration.

We still need to decide if we keep the 2009 vRS (faulty chain tensioner seems to hound the car, £700 fix before it slips or new engine if it does) with it's amazing ability to swallow everything and risk the cost of any future repair or maybe take out a warranty, or ease up on taking the whole world with us on days out/trips to family and enjoy two years of worry free, fuel free motoring.

Anyone tried a PCP on a used Leaf?

​Hey did you manage to find out from the dealer and also the deal you got is pcp or pch thanks

My deal: Black 24Kw Tekna, 6K miles... £500 upfront and 23 x £153.38 = £4027.74 and free 1st service

It seems each dealer is given a Leaf target by Nissan with a cash bonus... They're willing to discount (share bonus) to hit that target. But once they do, they can not sell / offer further discount... So even going to the same dealer may not yield the same offer... In fact, my dealer said don't refer any body as we won't sell anymore..

Similarly, where a 24kwh car is concerned, surely they're just clearing older stock as the 30kwh has been here for a long time and there are rumours that 40kwh are currently being built and will be released soon... In any case, Zoe 40 is here today, so the Leaf 24 is due some discount.....

what is the insurance like. do you have to insure the car and the battery or is it just normal .