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Post by jacky on Dec 15, 2014 19:21:14 GMT 11
Am located in Geelong - any other members in the Geelong region? Hey tj, I'm in Point Cook, sort of just 'down the road'. Also jacky on this forum too. There are a couple of other LEAFs in Point Cook that are unfortunately not forum members. That's as close as the Geelong region any none members are so far. Although I often see a white LEAF wiz past me on the Princess Freeway passing my exit, so he could be anywhere from Werribee to Geelong, but alas I'm sure he is also not a member here. Enjoy the LEAF, and if you use the ChargePoint at Geelong Nissan, remember to check in on the PlugShare app and maybe add some photos of it. No one I know has used it yet. Yeah! There are a few in Point Cook/Werribee area. leafboi has a blue and Mine is silver. leafboi met a Red in Point Cook and I saw a white in Werribee. I guess that's the white leafboi met in the freeway.
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Post by tjgeel on Dec 16, 2014 0:25:48 GMT 11
Thanks Phoebe, leafboi & jacky. Ours will be blue. I'm also a member of the Geelong Alternative Technology Association (ATA) EV branch member, but will be the only one in the group with a LEAF. I think someone from the Melb EV branch was also lucky enough to get one of the LEAFs. Our car will mainly be used around Geelong region with occasional trips to Melb. Am looking forward to trialling the Chademo charger at Swinburne when doing brief Melb visits. FYI, Nissan Aust had 14 EV trial cars available for sale in Melb via the ballot system. They classed the vehicles in 3 groups, $13k, $14k & $15k + ORC, according to slight variations in the status of the interior, body work and kms. Mine is from the mid group and has 17k kms with full bar battery health, so I'm pretty rapped! Only one car in the group had lost a bar of battery health. As mentioned earlier, the vehicles are EU spec so the sat Nav doesn't work and indicator stalks are not as per AU - I have been quoted $6k by Nissan for a replacement AU sat nav! I think I will be scouring the wreckers for a head unit, but won't be holding my breath. Incidentally, has anyone sourced some decent car seat covers in Aust, something like the Wet Okole that are often discussed in US LEAF forums? www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=120432#p120432 ? Cheers
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Post by Feng on Dec 16, 2014 4:58:04 GMT 11
Hi tj, congrats on your purchase. $6k is insane for a replacement head unit! Maybe you can try to track down casking's written off LEAF and see if it's going to the wreckers? See ozleaf.proboards.com/post/6241/thread - I'm not sure if you can just buy the head unit straight out of his car and expect it to work, there might be DRM or other associated bits involved. There were some NZ owners on the My Nissan LEAF forum who wanted to convert their Japanese spec LEAFs to English. Maybe you can ask them how successful they were with replacing the software. See: www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=15534
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2014 7:34:37 GMT 11
Speaking of insane prices. Check out the price of a replacement evse. Last quote was $3500 This maybe because nissan has a deal with chargepoint aus whose wall boxes cost about the same.
Feng Anthony and I have gone with the Holden 10 amp evse. $350 This has the bonus of having a 10amp plug already attached.
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Post by tjgeel on Dec 16, 2014 14:20:09 GMT 11
Hi tj, congrats on your purchase. $6k is insane for a replacement head unit! Maybe you can try to track down casking's written off LEAF and see if it's going to the wreckers? See ozleaf.proboards.com/post/6241/thread - I'm not sure if you can just buy the head unit straight out of his car and expect it to work, there might be DRM or other associated bits involved. There were some NZ owners on the My Nissan LEAF forum who wanted to convert their Japanese spec LEAFs to English. Maybe you can ask them how successful they were with replacing the software. See: www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=15534Thanks for your suggestions Feng, I'll look into it. I just found out that 2 LEAFS from the EV trial are being delivered to Geelong, mine (blue) and another bloke (white) with the same surname as mine! Cheers
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