ryadan
EV Tyre Kicker
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Post by ryadan on Jan 5, 2020 15:55:53 GMT 11
Looking at purchasing an imported 2014 Leaf for a price I am happy with. Unregistered at the moment but will be registered on sale. Has been changed to English. Only 18K on the clock.
The guy lives at Camp Hill and has several Leafs (Leaves?!) For sale. Says his brother arranges the purchases in Japan and they ship them out here.
Just trying to do due diligence before the purchase...
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seb
Half Charge
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Post by seb on Jan 9, 2020 12:54:01 GMT 11
Quick diagnostic: Buy yourself one of these: LELink Bluetooth Low Energy BLE OBD-II device www.amazon.com.au/LELink-Bluetooth-Energy-OBD-II-Diagnostic/dp/B00QJRYMFCPlug it into the Leaf connection in the panel below the steering wheel. Install LeafSpy on your phone, to talk to it from your phone. Look at the health of each individual battery cell. If the battery cells look irregular, or one is off (red, or visibly below all others), don't buy it. Slower diagnosis: Alternatively (and probably more valuable), drive car to full discharge, take it to a westfield car park and fully charge it for free with the service whose app that tells you how much charge went into the battery. It will take ~6 hours. Total charge capacity should be 24kWhr from new; and there is warranty up to 80% (but it takes 6 months to get a replacement battery). How much charge it can take in will tell you how healthy the car battery is. That's the most important thing. |
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Post by tomkauf on Jan 9, 2020 13:35:01 GMT 11
I've dealt with a Chris from Japan Imports in Virginia, who was very good. But he didn't import it (just did the compliancing), that was J-Spec.
Probably not the same person though.
Yes, as seb said, use LeafSpy to check Battery Health. Let me know if you want any help, I could use my OBD Device.
Check for undercarriage rust, since some of Japan salts their roads. And make sure the head-unit has the SD Card installed (if it has a screen). Turning it on will show an error if it doesn't.
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