This is us having a family street party on the Golden Jubilee.



Believe me, I don't clog roads up. As I said, I live in the middle of nowhere.

Want to know how much I've spent on fuel this last 40 odd thousand miles?

£zero.

Granted, the electricity bills aren't what they were, but it's way cheaper all told. Some people buy a Leaf and end up paying £100 per month just for the batteries. These prices are genuinely great, but each to their own. This deal has zero appeal to anyone who'd pick a Golf R, I know that.

A very satisfied Leaf owner and my night electricity rate is 5p per kW and I average 4.6 miles per kW so just over a penny a mile.
I have done 25000 miles in 21 months and would never go back to an internal combustion engined car, admittedly longer journeys take more time due to recharging (30 minutes to recharge) but this will disappear as batteries get larger in the next couple of years allowing 200 to 300 mile range.
Like it or not this is the future people.

My car is free to run too, its powered by my own sense of self satisfaction a bit like a vegan.

Forgot to mention these prices are based on a flat paint finish. Metallic paint is ~£20 per month extra, didn't seem to make enough sense to worry about to me.

Doesnt seem cheap mate, people were getting Golf R for that money not long back

Want to know how much I've spent on fuel this last 40 odd thousand miles?

£zero.

Granted, the electricity bills aren't what they were, but it's way cheaper all told. Some people buy a Leaf and end up paying £100 per month just for the batteries. These prices are genuinely great, but each to their own. This deal has zero appeal to anyone who'd pick a Golf R, I know that.

interested but the link appears to be broken?

That'll be mods meddling. Go to the What Car website and find their leasing deals.

Link not working!

Try this:

http://www.whatcar.com/car-leasing/deals/nissan/leaf/

My car is free to run too, its powered by my own sense of self satisfaction a bit like a vegan.

Roughly how much would the electricity cost for say 100 miles?

This is the 30kW model. It depends how you charge it.

I'm not sure what a domestic tarrif is, ~15p per kW? I'd guess you're looking at a fiver tops for 100+ miles. Say £50 max for 1000 miles, vs the Golf R which burns through the best part of £200 every thousand miles.

If you've cheap night rate electricity you'll potentially pay less.

the 30kw should give around 150/160 miles per charge real world , so my limited research tells me. Anyone have one and can share their views ?

Not necessarily. I'm a petrol head, I sold my Fiesta ST 2 years ago. Leased a Leaf, saved myself about £130 a month in petrol electricity bill went down because I moved to economy 7 electricity at 4 pence per kw and started using delayed start to do washing and dishwasher at night.

Then I used the money from selling the ST to buy another fun car for the weekend :-D

A very satisfied Leaf owner and my night electricity rate is 5p per kW and I average 4.6 miles per kW so just over a penny a mile.
I have done 25000 miles in 21 months and would never go back to an internal combustion engined car, admittedly longer journeys take more time due to recharging (30 minutes to recharge) but this will disappear as batteries get larger in the next couple of years allowing 200 to 300 mile range.
Like it or not this is the future people.

"for people like us who do 30+ miles of school run every day they're a godsend".
Gosh, how many kids do you have? And are they all at schools in different counties? No wish to be rude, but I really don't understand.

I live in the middle of nowhere. The school's only 8 miles away, but it incurs two round trips per day.

Full story: There is a closer school but it was on special measures, and we were fussy.

I have a leaf and it's a great car. saved me lots of cash and that's what this site is all about !!!
hot deal.

I had a quote in a dealer today for anyone with comparison
they offer 3 year pcp and 3 year hc
there was a free home charger installation and free 6 months charging club included too
(do the contracts above include thoses ?)

If I went down pcp route they were doing a dealer contribution to on top of government grant

on a Tekna 5dr Auto 30kw with metallic paint
Cash price £26765 after discounts and £4k deposit
based on 6000 miles
36 monthly £213.97
Final payment (minimum GFV £12829.27)


contract hire
£2025.02 deposit (12 payments)

£156.79 per month based on 6000 per annum
8p per mile over 6000

was looking for one few days ago and could find any decent deals the best i got was £280 a month for tekna 30kw so went and bought a petrol car. gutted... not meant to be. hot deal

The dealer I spoke to said 2yr contract hire was coming out £20 per month cheaper than 3yr.

It might be worth asking for a requote over a shorter term. The guy I was talking to said there'd been a big fall recently, something to do with the residual values being reassesed. He said all Leafs contracts have typically dropped by ~£40 per month.

This is us having a family street party on the Golden Jubilee.



Believe me, I don't clog roads up. As I said, I live in the middle of nowhere.

Electric cars cost in the region of 1-2p per mile to run, compared to 9p for my 1.6 diesel. Make sure you do a few calculations based on your annual mileage and see if it's worth it!

E.g at 10,000 miles per year you'd save roughly £700 on fuel costs, which might be quite hard to justify the extra expense of the electric car (and limited range) for most people.

kWh!!!! it's a unit of energy not power!

Please bare in mind of we all go and buy these the lights will go off and you're not zero emissions, it's zero tail pipe emissions! You're still killing the world by burning gas. You can save cash, but not the environment. This is the short term future, it's not green and it's not sustainable. Synthesised Bio fuels are the long term future.

Just looking at the thread I posted back in the day.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/zero-emmission-contract-hire-cheaper-than-might-think-8700-3yrs-via-what-car-magazine-1813612

That was £8700 for three years, for a base model at 10k miles pa. So, £2900 per year.

This is for the better specified Acenta, it averages out at £2215 per annum with 50% more allowable miles.

Perhaps it is believable, but I'd anticiapted a higher costing.

dannyboy007

Renault zoe already have 25o mile range

​http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/renault/zoe/97213/updated-renault-zoe-on-sale-now-with-250-mile-range

180 mile real range but definitely getting there

what could happen in our lifetimes though is a ban on diesel for cars and an even higher tax on petrol....

These were cheaper in 2015/2016, they were trying to sell me one for £99 a month when I got my X-Trail.

My comparison works out at.
Leaf daily commute 50 miles x 1.2p per mile = 60p. x 5 = £3.00
Focus 1.0 ecotec 50 miles x 1 gallon petrol = £5.20 x 5 = £26.00
Also free charging on weekends if you know where to look when out and about but no free fuel for a petrol car so another £5 saved.
Looking at a minimum of £1200 pa saved on fuel alone + cheaper servicing and free parking in certain locations

But have you seen what Renault want in battery lease costs.. For my circumstances its borderline as to if its cheaper to keep my diesel car than buy a Zoe .

Getting one for the missus my current one is due to go back.

Only done 6000 miles in 2 years guessing about £250 in electric

Beats many a car off the lights

Not true. We have a Golf R AND a Nissan Leaf. :smiley:

This is a great deal. Both our cars are nearly due up so this came at a good time for me!

There are some very good deals there. For some reason adding the 6.6kw charger adds a lot to the cost. Thus I would recommend getting the 30KWH accenta or tekna.
I am on my second leaf, 60,000 miles with not a single problem. I cant really see myself going back to petrol.

That's a cracking deal! I have a Renault Zoe and love it. My 2 year PCP is up in June and hoping that there'll still be some good deals around then.

I'd like to nominate this for Comment of the Year. Comedy at its highest standards. Bravo.

All look to be 3 + 35 now no 3 + 23.

Seriously tempted to have one on a 2 year lease until the Model 3 arrives....

never considered electric cars before but it's tweaked my interest. apart from the leaf and Zoe, what other models could I consider?

Folks, don't bother, really. I have the 30KW Leaf Acenta. My daily commute is 36 miles return journey, currently I have to charge it EVERY DAY as I cannot get 72 miles from a full charge. I use country lanes, NOT motorways. I am a very light footed driver and know how these cars should be driven to regen the battery under braking. Only consolation is that it was a 2 year PCP deal @ 8k miles, NO deposit and £125.84 per month all in, so £3K approx over 2 years plus electricity. This deal was posted on here from Canterbury Nissan last February, BATTERY BOUGHT NOT LEASED. I was charging for free with Ecotricity at Corley services, however even this rapid charging is equally as expensive as diesel/petrol now at £6 for 30 mins.
I will be replacing this with an S class Mercedes when it goes back. If anyone wants to take the leaf off my hands at £125.84 per month be my guest.

I've had a Renault Zoe on lease now for 18 months.

Great car, only drawback was the range, the Nissan Leaf is a much better bet range wise and I wouldn't hesitate to get one of these with the following caveats.

1. good idea to get economy 7 meter fitted.
3. consider Ecotricity for home supplier if you're going to use the motorway charge points frequently. (free)
2. perfect if your daily journey is less than 60 miles.
3. look carefully at local charging points and see if they are value for money (there are only a few free points left)
4. don't expect to race any where, although they are quick up to 40.

Due to be replaced in 2017 hence price

Drive a leaf which is charged from the solar panels on the roof - 100% sustainable. Never been to a gas station :smiley:

Perfect city car or second car however this deal looks to be about stock clearance of existing models. The extended range leaf model is about to be released. Nisaan leaf owns the biggest market share of over 0.5m EV's and will like to maintain the leader position with the competition in EV's getting hotter.

I would recommend holding on to the new model with extended range as tempting this offer is, unless current range of approach 60-80 miles per charge works for you.

Voted hot.

I received this quote from my dealer today. I have asked if this is 24 month deal as dont really want a 3 year deal.

Following our phone call here is the quote for the Leaf Tekna 30Kw 6.6kw charger

Deposit: £1,500
Monthly payments: £239
Optional final payment: £12,261

If you have any questions please contact me

Best regards

Have you driven one ? Leaf has a powerful engine (108bhp) and the acceleration is very impressive.

Good if you do short journeys in the city. Not so good anywhere else.

those kids are a bit young to be enjoying that bottle of wine

Interesting so thanks for posting. I borrowed a leaf for a weekend, the range was abysmal but then it didn't have the little generator.

I think it's still a way off before I'd consider one

I have tekna and for this money would recommend to anyone. Not a single issue in 2y and cheap as chips to run. As long as you accept range and other so called limitations its an outstanding car.

Many years ago people had economy 7 meters because things were so bad saving a few quid was essential. Forward into the modern world and they all but became pointless. Forward again to now and people start converting back to them. What does that say about the economy and modern society.

If hydrogen is the future why is Toyota backing off and going to start producing battery powered cars

Can't find the specific deal they offers me (Wilsons, Epsom), but here's some info to people talking of other deals in 2015.

https://speakev.com/threads/500-down-150-a-month-for-a-leaf.6874/

Fugly looking thing. :laughing:

I found the £130 deals someone else mentioned myself:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/nissan-leaf-visia-5000-miles-129-deposit-129pm-2-year-pcp-trentonhull-2165948

The Acenta I've been offered is £50 per month more, tghan that, for that I guess I'm getting a slightly more poncy spec and 3x included mileage. It's a better deal from my perspective as I know I'm going to need that distance.

Had to think long and hard about this and then I saw the answer right in front of me.

I think I'll leaf this alone

Our work has one as a pool car.
It's been on the back of a breakdown truck more times than under its own power! :neutral_face:

You say fun car so I assume the GTR?

Diesels arent going to be banned, not for a very long time anyway. Diesel tech gets newer and cleaner every year that goes by.

http://www.mazda.com/en/innovation/technology/skyactiv/skyactiv-d/

Give that a read. Makes an interesting theory about vast reductions of NOx and Soot by reducing compression ratios.
Quite an amount of new diesels are coming with an Ad-blue system now to meet Euro-6 criteria.

What isnt popular news (and has been buried under the carpet) is the fact the newer GDI turbo petrol engines release alarming amounts of particulates upto 10x higher than diesels, and because no petrol has to (yet) have a particulate filter installed, these are released straight into the atmosphere.

​run the heater whilst driving for 2 hours and 100 miles will be a struggle. definitely won't make 150 to 160 miles if you dont change your driving style. In the USA this model gets a 107 mile range compared to an 80 mile range on the 24. people report that with heating on they can only get 100 mile range when driving no more than 60mph.
It is still a good car, and this may be the best deal yet for the 30 but there were the £99per month deals for the 24 a couple of years ago that were even better value

I'm currently averaging 50 miles a day, day in, day out. (more like 70-80 a day during the week and less at weekends)
Get 40 miles a gallon from my diesel S-Max, seem to think I use about £150-200 in fuel a month depending what other running around I do.
There's only 4 of us normally and five occasionally, would this be something I should be looking at?
Did look at the B series Merc a while ago but didn't do anything about it as it wasn't cost effective where as in principal, this looks a much better option?
New to the whole leasing thing, let alone the whole electirc thing so thought I'd ask and see what the great HUKD public think? :wink:

These do very little to cut emissions.

I commute 120 miles a day but work are looking at getting a charge point put in so have been looking at a LEAF as a potential next car. In terms of kit the tekna looks great and having a bad back the heated seats are a must. as long as one way I can hit 60 miles on a single charge I would be OK. financially it worked out at nearly a 4k pa saving over my current car ( albeit a large luxury diesel saloon averaging ~ 40mpg on a 70mph mway cruise) based on using my solar panels to charge during summer ( I work shifts) .

I plan on getting a long weekend trial in teh next 6-8 weeks to really test what sort of range they have with heating/lighting/wipers etc all rocking away sat at 70 mph..

S/H low mile cars do appear to be dropping under 10K without Flex so it may be better for me to buy as when you start talking 30k pa lease costs go silly..

Good deal. Great savings.

I'd say get a dirty powerful car if you enjoy driving. Within the next couple of decades they will all be outlawed & a thing of the past. Have fun driving whilst you still can. Autonomous & clean will be the future & you won't have a choice to drive something fun.

Nissan are extremely reliable cars. But unfortunately the company gives grand bonus to one who can actually design worst looking car in the market.

I've heard a flux capacitor is the way of the future.

But how do the figures work out including the Renault 'battery lease'?

No its 4p per kw for me using ECO 7, Sainsbury Energy, unfortunately fixed only till June 2017!!

i believe you can't rapid charger a ZOE?

there is a rapid charge version now

This seems to be the best available Leaf deal at the moment. We've had our leaf for the past 18 months (previous hotukdeals PCP deal) which is up in March.
These must be massive loss leaders for Nissan given the unrealistic residuals.
Our local dealership had a very presentable low-mileage 3 year old (non-Flex) leaf at £7k, which makes me wonder whether buying second hand in this instance will actually be cheaper than a new PCP deal.. Something to consider at least?

Charging overnight using eco 7 is excellent but here's an idea that would be even more economic.
If your house has solar panels I would think it possible to divert surplus power to the car charger.
(my surplus solar power heats my hot water tank using a clever control called Solar iBoost)

It's good that we have the freedom to choose what 'fuel' power, and each to their own. My experience so far coming up to a year with a Kia Soul EV is:
I didn't lease it because it's cheaper to run (although it costs less for the lease and electricity each month than my old A6 3.2 in petrol alone)
I wanted to try electric car because it felt that it was the right thing to do for me ethically. No tail pipe emissions, I pay for renewables electricity supply. Yes, Ecotricity are charging now, and it's the same, or even a more that petrol/diesel, but the total cost of 'fuel' is still well down.
Getting away from the lights makes me laugh because it's instant. At least 4 guys have crunched their way through gearboxes trying to overtake. (Yes, beyond 30mph they get ahead, but I don't care... Still beat them off the line :-) )
We still have a 15 year old MX5 that does for sunny days and longer trips, but it's only doing about 3-4k a year, so we are managing quite well on mostly electric.
I don't want to go back to petrol / diesel as a primary car. I'd have a Tesla S if I could, but I can't justify the cost.

Like I say, each to their own, but if you have two cars in the family already, then you could probably run an electric as one of them and this is a good deal. (I didn't like the interior of the Leaf, and the driving position of the Soul is better for me.)

My commute is 31 miles return, about 75% dual-carriageway (which I usually travel 70mph+). In the summer I get home with 62%, in the winter a little lower but always over 50%. If the route is steady and you drove at 60mph you'd definitely be fine.

One thing to bear in mind is what if the work's charging point was broken - will they have provisions for a speedy repair, and a backup socket, or is there a rapid charger on the way home you could use in an emergency.

I have kept a second car for longer journeys to avoid the hassle of charging, and when moving things around I'd not want to damage the Leaf. I have used it probably on average once a month.

... if you're going to post corrections ... :smile:

I wish there as a faceplam button on here...

How does owning a Dagenham dustbin 2 years ago make you a petrol head ? that thing wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding :wink:

0-60 7.3 according to BMW, and then slightly slower if you have the range extender (if memory serves me correctly if was around half a second extra). Still pretty good though and it does have even better acceleration when already on the move.

ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHUT UP

I've had mine for over a year now on 2 years PCP. I pay £77.50 for the car and £55 for the battery a month based on 3000 miles pa. It was on offer posted her.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/2-year-pcp-deal-a-zoe-dynamique-intens-for-69-per-month-no-deposit-45-month-battery-2203415

My utility company is also Sainsbury's and my rate is 4.5p per KW but rounded it up to 5p to include standing charge.
Super cheap motoring with this rate and 4kw solar panel charging if the weather is sunny.

so when I took out my Tekna PCP 2 years ago, I confirmed that Nissan's excess mileage charge is equivalent to the amount they charge you in contract.... I.e. 8000 miles driven on a 5000 miles contract was going to cost me the same as taking an 8000 mile contract... so.... rather than go "safe" with an enlarged annual mileage and pay for miles you don't drive, it makes sense to go for less than you know you will drive and to it up at the end..

Also not sure if it has changed but on PCP Nissan were calculating certain obvious options as having no effect on vehicle RV (I.e. fast charger costs about £1800)... adding them to the vehicle increased monthly payments over two years to exactly cover the full cost of the option, buying was put into the balloon, worth noting if you plan to hand back your PCP

stop being pedantic - 0 to 60 times are not like MPG quoted literature

It made sense for me to go for the 15,000 mile allowance. It was ~£20 per month more than 10,000pa.

1. I know I'll use it. The school run pretty much guarantees that.

2. 10,000 additional miles @ 8p per mile = £800. Up front on this deal is half the cost.

The deal we're presently on excess miles were just 3p each. I'll have gone 12,000 over by the time I'm done, but will only owe £360, or £10 per month averaged over term. So in that instance up front made no sense.

It always pays to do your sums. :smiley:

CC free I assume, so if you live in london potential savings could be much greater

I've had a 24kWh leaf for 21 months. My commute is 70 miles a day. It's does this fine even in this cold weather. Granted the commute is 99% on the A1 and I can arrive home with 7% left, but it does 70 miles in winter, pretty sure I could get 72 miles out of it taking it very easy.

If I was not getting 70 miles from a 30kWh Leaf I'd be taking it back to the garage to get them to check it over.

I don't understand how having to charge everyday could be annoying either.

I get home , I plug it in. Takes 10 seconds. I wake up, unplug, takes another 10 seconds, get in, full tank. Not having to go to a petrol station, it's a little talked about benefit.

We had the cheap leaf deal from last year ( thanks to ukhotdeals) £150 no deposit, we have done 1000 miles a month free charging at work, free parking in milton keynes . Also has saved more in fuel than our mondeo used each month. As a second car it has been fantastic, sadly it is ugly...

man I can't seem to find the 15k pa option or any 3+23 deals with prices! what gives??

If this is true I need to take mine to the dealer and get the ABYSMAL range looked into!

The ST was the commuter car, I have others alongside the leaf which is now my commuting car.

You ought to, you've probably got some duff battery cells, or something.

With the old Visia, it's 20% less capacity, a horribly inefficient heater / air-con, inferior regenerative braking, and we're getting more miles than you. It is dead flat where we live, but you mentioned Corley, and I don't recall seeing too many mountains anywhere near Coventry the last time I passed. I definitely think you've got a dud.

It has recently had the gear selector replaced as it would not stay in reverse gear, since then the regen braking appears to be non existent, normally you can feel the car braking itself, but not anymore. Maybe this is the reason, however the range was suffering really badly prior to the selector change which I put down to the winter weather.

any option for those who don't have a garage or driveway I'm bit worried someone may trip on the wire and Sue me. or do they have wireless charging. if not they really need to do that as most people live in terrace houses and they would probably be more interested in something like this.

​so ur getting 36 miles for say around 30 kwh of charge which give or take on standard meter is anywhere between 9 and 20 p per kwh say 13p x 30 = £3.90 or am I missing something that seems no better than a good diesel car or even petrol maybe lpg would be cheaper than electric I was told it costs around 2p per mile that seems way off.

LOL comedy, tight much free chademo was your deal breaker. Model S or Mercedes S without any class. Back to the 20th Century for you.

Regenerative braking should not even be mentioned , as it doesn't add anything (significant) to the range. 1 or 2 miles at most

Regen braking doesn't make a difference

I was under the impression the batteries for the leaf cost£5000 to replace.
These second hand deals around £7,000 do they include the batteries?

When I was previous looking at the leaf, I was under the impression they do 80 miles or full charge. What happens if they run out of juice, does the AA cover them as cone and tow you?
This year the government are taxing cars on value not just emissions, so although Tesla owners could probably easily afford it, it maybe another factor to consider.

muddassarsardar, he quoted a 36 mile round trip. Even in winter i get 75 miles from our leaf. 24Kw
Proveright47 all electric cars under £40,000 new are exempt of road tax and since a leaf can do well over 100,000 miles on a set of batteries i doubt it will be an issue
In milton keynes regen braking does make a difference.accelerating between roundabouts The F1 guys used the KERS system

I was going to have a little go at the original chap/ess, but worried I'd put "your" instead of "you're" :stuck_out_tongue:

how do you actually get this deal? can't see this price listed

We've got a Nissan leaf acenta and I love it. Owned for 1 yr. We've done - 14000 mile in last year and 70% is home charging. For a full charge fm empty to full at home costs £2.85 / In summer we did 782 miles and it costed £12 / it's fabulous to drive and for someone like me with neck issues because it doesn't have an engine that vibrates it isn't painful for me to be in the car for a few hours and you don't get the same fatigue in long runs. We used to pay £250 a month on petrol plus tax etc. We now pay £201 on a loan which will be clear in 3 years so new car and saving me money.. Win win. Will not got back to ice car now but would love a 30kw just for extra mileage..

One thing I would say is you can go anywhere but you have to plan your journey and allow yourself extra time. Beyond that is fabulous.

Friend has a Tekna and we have the Accenta, and while there heated seats are good and the stereo is amazing, the get less mileage than us so worth considering

With Nissan you can choose to buy a car with a battery lease (£100 ish per month but your not responsible for it) or like us you can buy a car with battery included so I own it. The battery is full of cells and is only as the cells die that you will get less miles. As it stands on first gen leafs after 5 years you may have lost a couple of cells but it's been proven that you can drive over 100,000 mile and still not need to replace the battery. And you will never have to replace the whole battery is the individual cells you replace.

Servicing is:yr 1 - £100 yr 2 £150 yr 3 £100 yr 4 £150 etc etc - which includes full breakdown cover so if you do run out, they pick you up and take you to nearest charger. No limits to amount of times this happens but to be honest we've never run out. We've come very close to lol

​It so does. We visit family on Anglesey and we gain miles doing it there as so hilly.

​Your driving it wrong if your not benefiting from it. We get loads

​Plus you can defrost your car while you're inside having your breky and heat car up before you get in. :smile:

Not really. I sold my 1 year old Vauxhall GTC VXR to get my Leaf and love it.

Mine is the Tekna version and I really do get those miles when I drive. Though if I hit the motorway they do come down sharpish.

If I were in your shoes I'd get a 4 day test drive of a Leaf from another dealer. Drive it for a couple of days how you would drive yours and compare the difference. You really do sound like you have a issue with that car.

You managed 110 miles!? Was that once when you were trying, in the middle of summer with a trailing wind!?
But in reality if you work out the real world mileage on a daily basis and the fact on economy 7 you will only be charging 60% of the car at best (20% to 80%) suddenly the headline future has doubled.

But yes if you can maximise the one charge at home off peak and hit around the magical 50 miles per day mark then they are great. More mileage and the become obstructive and less not economically viable.
If you have to start charging on paid fast charges on a regular basis it soon eats into the advantage. :smiley:

can't find this deal .has it expired ?

Fast charging not on motorway is 9pence a kwh the same as I pay at home

Which charging network is that? I use ChargeYourCar, which seems to have a monopoly of points in York, and it's 15p on both rapid and slower cable - but EVs get free pay & display. :wink:

polar network you do have to pay £7.95 a month as well though

Phone your delaer and ask for a 2 year contract hire deal. I've ordered from a Nissan dealership, they had these prices on their system. I didn't haggle.

I used the What Car site to enquire for a a 3yr term, Nissan got back to me and said I'd pay less per month if I went for 2yrs.

Nah, you can research to see I am right, regen braking is not significant overall.
Don't be so quick to dismiss others opinions, do some research first. We all would love to think there is some magical way to increase range, but there isn't

​thank you

If ure doing high miles here's a deal for u, 18000 miles in top of range Leaf Tekna 30kw 6.6 will cost £300 per mnths over 3 yrs...including £1000 deposit. Petrol cost alone is arounf £225 in my current car!

Of course add leccy cost of ££30 pm to the above if ure travelling 1500 miles per month..

Just received an email...

Thanks for your enquiry for a new Nissan LEAF through WhatCar leasing.

Since the introduction of our LEAF offers advertised through WhatCar we have witnessed an overwhelming demand far beyond our expectations.

We were able to sustain the offers for a fixed number of vehicles which we have already exceeded within the space of 48 hours. Unfortunately we have had to take the decision to withdraw the offer based on the terms as advertised.

We are now able to offer you a revised deal based on preferential terms for vehicles available for delivery from April 2017.

If you would like us to provide you with a written quotation based on the revised terms, please reply to this email and we will forward your requested quote to you.

May we take this opportunity to thank you for your enquiry and we look forward to hearing from you.

Let us know what the revised terms are.

We have a 24kw accenta which is due back in April. Roughly how many more miles would we get from the 30 kw? We average about 80 miles. Do you think 100 motorway miles is doable at about 65mph or no hope!
We have clocked up 12000 miles in two years and love it. Been considering hybrids, but could be tempted.
Also with the rapid chargers now ecotricity have limited it to 30 mins how much juice can you get up to is it still 80% or less as it is a bigger battery?

NISSAN LEAF HATCHBACK Description of Optional Services Not applicable
Acenta 30kW 5dr Auto
Metallic paint

Rental Payments
You will make one payment of £1270.14 on the Commencement Date. You must then pay 35 monthly rental payments of £211.69
commencing one monthafter the Commencement Date.
Each monthly rental payment is made up as follows:
Hire element of rental payment: £211.69
Service element of Rental payment ("Service Charge"):
Other selected optional services: £0.00
Total Service Charge: £0.00

awesome! just bought one :laughing:

25% more kW should deliver 25% more miles. So, the 30kW should definitely be good for 100 miles on all but th coldest of days.

Looks like the party's over. Guess I fell lucky, got a Tekna for Visia money. I've expired the deal.

Don't count on it! I took my 30 kw Tekna for a drive.. Bedford to bham motorway, 90 mile trip. Battery showed 122 miles when I started. After travelling 73 miles the balance showed 11 miles and I went in to rapid charge....it was cold. I had 4 passengers, and doing average 55mph..so I wud say 70 miles in cold weather before u stop to recharge.. 50 miles if u drive it like a normal car at 70mph+..this is today's experience!!

So what exactly was ur final deal working out per month ? Assuming it's Tekna 6.6, 30kw, 10000 miles?Might try it with a local dealer!

Just picked up a tekna 24 kW with £580 deposit for £135 on a 24 months contract. Was quite surprised that they offered me this straight away. Also a free installation of the home charger.

Where?!

Oh wow, massive price hike then!

Even assuming it wasn't a 6.6, battery bought?. Even at 6000 miles, that's crazy! How many miles? Mind sharing where u got the deal from?

​wake up and tell us where the deal was from!!

Tekna 6.6 30,k, 15000 miles per year, flat red paint, service plan included. £200.45 per month on a 3 + 23 basis. Plus £8.60 for the servicing. Prices inc of VAT.

@Fogg1969 Superb deal, well done!

R u CRAZY!! That IS NUTS!! PLEEESE, where from?!!

It was FP Smiths, Peterborough.

Someone messaged me saying they'd phoned the dealership and got a "sorry, you missed the boat" message. So perhaps Nissan had a handful of cars they needed to shift in a hurry? TBH I couldn't beleive the prices as they were quoted, it's less per month than we paid for the Visia on its 6+35 basis.

Hey guys... Sorry for the delay.

I just got off the phone to the dealership and they have confirmed my order. Here are the details:

Nissan Leaf Tekna in flaming red (Standard colour - all other colours cost money).
Milage: 6000 (Thats all we needed)
Term: 24 months.
Deposit: £586.xx
Monthly 23 payments of: £135.xx
Also included is a free home charger installation.
Delivery early Feb or you can wait till March for the new 17 registrations.

If anyone is interested then please call Nissan Leicester on 0116 2801003. Ask to speak to Allissha and mention that you heard about this deal from Zish and she will sort you out.

Any issues then let me know.

That's not the 30 kw or 6.6 I presume?

@fogg seems to have made ur deal but got a 30kw 6.6 for even less money? NUTS!

No its not the 30kWh. Its the standard 24kWh version

Just ordered the Acenta 24kwh 3.3 in red, 8000 miles. 431 down, and 143/mo for 2 years. Hot from me.

Lots of confusion from dealer about whether PICG applied (they decided it did, but are confirming tomorrow). Before that, they were quoting silly money.

Can I ask where did you order from. Thanks

Yeomans in Worthing. Simple and straightforward!

Thanks, will give them a call tomorrow.

Looks like they r giving them away, the 24kw. At this rate all of them will be sold by end of this week!

black tekna 24kw with 6000 miles... £500 down, £153 per month over 24 months with free first service... pretty pleased... thanks to all who've taken the time to post their deals

What dealer did you use for this deal thanks

Many thanks Fogg1969 - managed to snag one from Smiths in Peterborough last week (Darran was v.good)
Red Acenta 24 kWh 8,000pa (no extras)
£120/month (3+23) with £354 additional fee (what Car) = £3474=£145/month
Been scouring different sites for months lookingfor a really cheap 24 month deal as a second car, and wouldn't have have even bothered looking at the What Car site until saw your post, as it's not that user friendly.
Absolute bargain basement motoring for the next 24 months - don't think it gets any cheaper - cheers again!

We have had ours since april last year,and have done 6500 miles so far. As a second car that we use for 90 percent of journeys it has been great.

​Evans Halshaw Middlesbrough

Just been down there today to book the 4 day test drive over the weekend, if they are still about for that sort of money its as a no brainer !!

When I phoned one dealer, asked for the acenta 30kw without extras, asked for 0%apr 2 years PCP deal, I got £270/m. Did I asked a wrong deal? Thanks a lot for help

For the lowest prices, you want to be looking at Personal Contract HIRE deals.

I bought my 2015 leaf /9000 miles for 7k, it's <3 for me

Nope the deals on here are all for the 30kw I think. Significantly higher.. some CRAZY deal for 30kw seem to be an aberration.. urs is pretty much standard but I can get a Tekna 6.6 30 for a bit more money!

Sorry I meant the deals here are for 24kw

Having had a 3.3kwh charger LEAF for two years, I wouldn't bother having the upgraded charger unless it were a trivial amount more. We either CHAdeMO it or charge overnight, so the upgraded charger is irrelevant. When we got our car, the dealer wanted an extra grand for the 6.6. Complete waste for our usage pattern, but YMMV.

How long to charge with chademo? Do you have 24 or 30 battery? Thanks in advance.

Called Alisha at NIssan Leicester and it seems that it was a clerical error and so was honoured. She is getting a revised quote to me now.

Northampton Bristol Street Nissan want £1000 + 23 x £360!! :O

Please let us know how you get on as I may have to call as well!

They have agreed to honor the deal for me. She is out of the office today. Hopefully she will sort you out also.

No, they said that they can't do it for me. The quote that came though is £250+ a month. No good. :disappointed:

Called FP smiths who have also confirmed that it was an error. Todays price for same deal. £5200 over 24 months.

For Tekna 30kW ? Still with 15k p.a.? That's £216 a month - still pretty good.

Sorry, no actually only 8000 miles.

yep, admin error!

Deals are still about, maybe not as good as the headline, but they are out there. Get on the phone and ring them all. I've gone for 30kwh Leaf, 20k per year for £1k down and £219 a month. And the dealer is taking in my current pcp leaf a few weeks before it ends so I avoid damage, excess miles and 2nd service charges.

Good deal, who was that with? Seeing my local Nissan dealer tomorrow so would like to be able to show him these deals. Presume thats a 2 year not 3?

Head over to speakev.com and drop Miles Roberts a PM with what you are after. That will give you a price to take to your dealer. If he can't get close Miles can arrange nation wide delivery.

Thanks, I have posted a message.

Thanks OP. Contacted a local dealer via what car, will see what price they come back with.

These include a home charger fitting then? Anyone know how much an additional charger would be as well? Thinking of moving later in the year but need a new car now.

Local branch just offered Flame Red Tekna £199 down and £226.90pm / 30kw/ 10k pa miles / 24 months. Good deal?

Got a quote back at £7816.11 for a tekna, and it's only 6000 miles (all we need). Guess I've missed out on this one.

Is it 24 or 30 battery?

Take a look in here, better deals are available:

https://speakev.com/threads/brand-new-leaf-acenta-30kwh-199-deposit-199-per-month.22721/

Sorry, should have said, its the 30

I got a quote through the WhatCar offer last week. It worked out a few quid worse than what you have been offered.
You...5417.7 Me...5464.24 - both in total over the 2 years.

Pretty decent then. Will take them up on it I think.

Thanks, I've message Miles on there for a quote.

Got a quote from Miles for Tekna 30kWh 3.3, 5kpa, £5181.20. Much better than the previous one but still not near some of the ones listed on here like fogg's.

I would bite your hand off at that proposal but I don't think you can transfer the finance agreements.

Does anyone who leased a LEAF from the Peterborough dealer know if you need (or should consider) GAP insurance on this lease, or whether it's built in on leased cars?

Any advice in this area would be appreciated.
Thanks.

There's nothing specific about the Leaf deal or Peterborough re whether you should consider gap insurance or not. It's a consideration with all contract hire deals.

But to answer, no it's not included. Smiths have given me the option to purchase gap insurance at £299. I wasn't planning to accept. I figured the chances of me writing off the vehicle are relatively small, and I doubt any 'gap' will be big enough to ruin me.

I've been getting a few quotes together to see what's going on in the world of GAP. I've been quoted £499 by NISSAN for 3 years cover... not very sensible when I am only on a 2 year PCH!!!

So, say £300 for 2 years... slightly more than the £50 - 70 I've been quoted from a couple of other companies!!!! One company, http://www.ala.co.uk state they will match, then beat by 20%, any genuine other like for like quote!!! They might just be getting my business :O)

Loved the drive on the leaf, good spec, Its just the lack of range in the winter, i was lucky to get 90miles, even with careful driving and using the heater sparingly (much to the annoyance of my other half !!) i was hoping for better from the 30kwh version.
Renault have now released the zoe with 40kwh pack, i hope Nissan go the sameway, if they do i might bite the bullet.

We love our Leaf (24kwh) and will be handing it back in March.

We would buy another, but pure EVs need at least 200 realistic miles and a better charging infrastructure. Zap MAP gives a good idea on charge points, but be mindful that more and more EVs are registered every day and you will encounter non EVs parking in bays or queues to charge which can cause issues. Also 'working' charge points don't always work!

So we are buying a petrol Audi A3 instead and we'll see what the EV world looks like in 2019.

Did 260 miles in my 24kWh Leaf today. Used 4 different motorway services and charged 4 times. Did not see another EV all day. Since ecotricity started to charge to charge, I've never had to wait/queue.

Looking forward to picking up my 30kWh Leaf in a few weeks.

​4 x charges @ £6 = £24 for 260 miles. That's not far off the cost of an efficient diesel and you could have saved 2 hours on your journey not waiting for it to charge (and the $$$ for coffee at Starbucks).

I love the Leaf, but it really isn't a car for long journeys. It's just not practical.

I got to Ikea at Milton Keynes once with about 5% charge left and their charger was out of action. I managed to limp to a nearby BMW dealer and recharge there. Then at Bicester I had to wait whilst engineers serviced their charger, then when I got back to MK I had to wait half an hour an hour behind another car before I could even begin to charge mine. That was a day where pretty much everything that could go wrong did go wrong, but I'd have been home 3 or 4 hrs earlier had I taken the car with a fuel tank. That was enough for me.

A round trip further than 80 miles is something I might entertain once a year, but if it's something you're going to do much more frequently than that I really think you're looking at the wrong car.

Yes that is one way to look at it. ​Cost was £18 as one charger was on free vend.
I manually stopped each charge at various points before the 30 minutes.

This was a one off journey, if your doing it everyday then a leaf is not for you. I do 72 miles a day in the Leaf then the occasional long journey as detailed above.

I'd pay more than £6 a charge if i had too, how much do I save every day doing 72 miles? My point is that the charger infastructure is there when you need it for motorway travel. We are a single car family, if I had a petrol car I would have taken that.

Petrol and Diesel was around 136p on the services I think. I did not buy any coffee, everyone is ripped of at the services.

That looks like rapeseed in the background. Another option to fuel your oil burning car for longer distances? :wink:

How do the charge points I see around work? I assume you pay to use. Do you pay with debit card when unplugging. Is it more expensive than a home charge?

That must be polar..when u become a member u get a key fob to start n stop charging... u pay 9p per kWh used plus vat.. but it's free for the first 6 mnths!

Direct debit.. unless u want to go Payasugo..

Wish I could find this deal now, I need the 15k and all the other deals around seem to be 6-8k which with an excess rate of 8p really bumps up the total cost of ownership.

Wheres the best leaf deal to be had right now?

As my (ICE) car was confirmed written off today I'm need a 30kWh (Tekna preferred but not essential) and 12-15k miles per year.

If you've not already, try asking on the Speakev forum... If there's a deal to be had you'll more likely find it there.

https://speakev.com/threads/brand-new-leaf-acenta-30kwh-199-deposit-199-per-month.22721/

Ready sooner than thought - my dealer has been in touch to arrange delivery from 13th Feb - happy days!

Thanks, had an overnight test drive and I'm impressed with the car.

Just need to find the right deal now. :-)

we currently have the acenta on a 4 day test drive, blown away by it. never had a leaf prior to this.

the acceleration is crazy, its 0-20 and 0-40 is statistically brilliant and it shows when driving it.

can not recommend this car enough

We collected our new '17 plate 30kwh LEAF Acenta today.

Our deal was a £200 deposit + £238 x 24 for 12,000 miles per year. Got mats and flowers on top, but I think they're a standard sweetener.

The cherry on the cake was that our previous PCP LEAF was 15,000 miles over its mileage limit @ 10p/mile. The Nissan dealer took the car back at no charge to us. A year's mileage for free!

My wife wasn't keen on the cheap flat red colour so she managed to get magnetic red metallic for an extra £175 to seal the deal (so £375 + £238 x 24)

PM me if you're interested in a referral for this offer. I rang a handful of other Nissan dealers and none of them came close. YMMV.

Could you send details of which dealership this was though, looking for a similar deal :smiley: Thanks

But as energy demand goes up energy capacity will be increased. And ofc everyone isn' going to suddenly buy electric vehicles at once. Lastly eventually we will migrate to almost zero carbon energy supplies so even that point of yours is flawed. What silly logic