I am selling my Leaf

[jennie]

I am regretfully selling my Leaf. $16,000 negotiable.

I bought my Leaf new in 2014, and although I have loved driving it for the last 4 years, it is no longer practical as I live in country Victoria, and my circumstances are that I now have need of a car that can make it to Melbourne or Wangaratta for regular medical appointments.   Up to now, I had only needed a car to drive to Benalla (the next town).


Plus, I have posted on this board previously about how difficult it has been to get it serviced - I bought it from Seymour Nissan which was part of the Werribee Nissan franchises, and they promised that they would transport the Leaf to Werribee if I drove it to Seymour, as they always had trucks going back and forth between the 2 dealerships, as Seymour Nissan did not have the service equipment.


Unfortunately, Werribee Nissan sold the Seymour dealership, and the current Seymour owners will not honour the agreement (not that I blame them). After fighting with Nissan Head Office and Werribee for months, they have now agreed to honour the agreement, and the Leaf is about to be trucked to Werribee for its next service.



Still, it's a big hassle getting it serviced in Werribee (I'm without a car for a week), so all in all, I think it's time to sell it.



The Leaf is Glacier White, there is 47,000kms on the clock, and it has 10 bars. It has always lived under a carport, and has never been fast-charged (as there are no chargers anywhere near here!) Hopefully, the next service will improve the battery a bit and it might creep up to 11 bars again.



I think I am asking for $16,000, but am willing to negotiate. If you are interested, or know anyone who may be interested, please email me at [e-mail], or message me through this board.

PS: It's registered until November 2019

Thanks.

[pharmadave]

Interest registered.

[leaf18]

Pm sent. Thanks

[empowerrepower]

Hi Jennie,

Sorry to hear about this, it must have been a hard decision. You were pioneering to get a Leaf with the extra challenges of living in the country. Your price sounds like a bargain, so hope that you don't need to bargain down any further. I'm always a bit disappointed with the sharp depreciation of our cars, given the lack of any other affordable EV options, even with the new cars arriving at $50K +.

[EVangelist]

I wonder if the situation with so few dealers servicing the LEAF will change when the Gen 2 arrives here next year with allegedly 89 dealers going to sell them. Presumably those dealers will also service Gen 1 LEAF?

[empowerrepower]

I'd expect so, as they'd have qualified technicians on staff. I'm looking forward to not needing to drive to Brisbane, and having to stop and charge on the way.

[brunohill]

Dec 21, 2018 20:13:17 GMT 11 empowerrepower said:

Hi Jennie,

Sorry to hear about this, it must have been a hard decision. You were pioneering to get a Leaf with the extra challenges of living in the country. Your price sounds like a bargain, so hope that you don't need to bargain down any further. I'm always a bit disappointed with the sharp depreciation of our cars, given the lack of any other affordable EV options, even with the new cars arriving at $50K +.

 I think the availability of grey imports has just caused the sharp depreciation of our cars. 

[brunohill]

Hello Jennie,
It would be good if you could sell the car locally. I could mention it to a few possibles around here (Wangaratta). Were you able to charge somewhere in Benalla?

[jennie]

Thanks everyone, for all the comments. Yes, it was a hard decision to sell the Leaf. If it weren't for the recent developments in my life where I have to go longer distances for medical appointments, I would have kept the Leaf.

It's the lack of public charging stations here in the country that makes it difficult, added to the fact that the none of regional Nissan dealers can service the Leaf. Other than that, the routine of charging the car at home when the sun was shining (I have solar) or overnight at off-peak was no problem at all.

I might add that last month, the Shell station on the highway in Euroa installed 4 charging stations which was big news locally. However, Euroa is only 20 kms from Violet Town, so it wasn't of much use to me.

In answer to brunohill's comment, I have a friend in Benalla who has a 15 amp powerpoint in her garage, and always said I could charge there if required, but I have never had to as one charge is plenty to get to Benalla, run a few errands and get back to Violet Town with 3 bars left. And that's driving at 110kph all the way on the Hume Freeway.

Fingers crossed I sell it soon. I have had a great response from people PM'ing and emailing me by members of this board or their friends. They are all waiting to hear when the Leaf is going to be transported to Werribee Nissan for its service so that they can go and have a look at it there (I hope Werribee Nissan don't mind!)

Jennie

[jennie]

My Leaf has been sold.

[pharmadave]

The Leaf is now back in Melbourne and just had it’s first DC Fast Charge.

[lesmando24]

It is funny how small the new charger is, compared to the old charger.

[pharmadave]

Yep, and it’s double the speed at 50kw as well as having a CCS Combo connector also.