Posted on 02/14/2011 8:28:45 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
But this review is hilarious. If this had happened to me, I would have called my wife to come get me (in a real car) and called Nissan to come pick up that dead POS off the side of the road.
What a POS. If you want a small cart that gets great mileage that is about the same as the stupid “smart” car - Get a Ford Fiesta. It has exceptional safety ratings too.
Buy a golf cart. It’s cheaper. And it will plug into a standard 110v outlet.
Well yes, driving around in an electric go-kart can be fun, but most people prefer their vehicle to be both useful and fun.
If I was going to get an economical Nissan, I’d get a Cube. Yeah, they look weird, but I rented one last November for a road trip to South Carolina and I was amazed. I thought I’d hate it. I fell in love with it. It’s a box on wheels, but that gives it immense amounts of room inside. The seats are comfortable, if you don’t have rear passengers you’ve got lots of cargo room, it drives great, and it’s amazingly maneuverable.
The best part? It’s a Versa underneath, which is a good platform, and despite being a fairly heavy and boxy car, it did 33 mpg on the highway and well over 25 around town. That continuously variable automatic that Nissan uses takes some getting used to, but it’s actually *more* economical than the manual. Amazing.
Forget the Leaf. It’s nothing but a gimmick.
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Shoot, you could buy TWO Ford Fiestas for less than the price of one Nissan Leaf.
I’m not knocking EV technology. I believe one day they will be able to mass produce an electric car that can meet the demands of normal driving. But they ain’t doing that now.
And to make matters worse, our marxist government is subsidizing with taxpayer dollars the sale of these glorified golf carts. And that is what pisses me off the most.
And are you really saving energy? You’re just moving the fossil to energy conversion from under your hood to a plant somewhere miles away. Sorry, this will not work for me.
I wonder how his employer feels about him using their electricity to charge his car?
Reading this article reminded me of internet speed claims. It is never as good as they claim it is supposed to be. Well, ALMOST never.
I wss thinking I might pay ten grand for one of these things. After reading what happened in real world driving. I would not buy one at any price, unless I thought I could resell it for more than I paid.
If these become really popular, expect to see a LOT of them dead on the side of the road as people overestimate how much juice they have.
Epic failure.
My commute is 45 miles... One way. Sometimes, that 45 miles will be done in sub-zero temps. Unless it’s run via an on-board nuclear reactor, ANY electric vehicle will lack the performance I require.
Wonder how much this "quick charge" shortens the battery life?
I prefer my pickup.
I can get hundreds of miles out of a tank of gas (More if I fill both tanks) and carry a thousand lbs at the same time. Then there’s the added advantage of being able to stop a any typical gas station, fill up and go again within minutes.
Sure. No tailpipe.
If you need a small car that gets good gas mileage, a we all may thing summer with gas prices, the Fiesta is a good choice. I would love good electric cars aka coal cars but anyone who uses rechargeable batteries knows they do not last. In adddition, china has locked up many o fthe rare earth elements needed to build this stuff.
Meanwhile, my Corolla has a real-world range of 350 miles per charge of its "energy cell", and I can recharge it in about 5 minutes.
And using the heater/defroster or air conditioner doesn't significantly reduce its range.
Oh, yes: it cost about half what Nissan wants for a "Leaf".
Can’t get you to work and back? Well what the hell do you expect for just 30 grand??!!! Besides, good dedicated leftists aren’t supposed to worry about those icky, mundane things like making a living, are they?? And being stuck in a snow storm 5 miles from home should actually be a BLESSING for the environmental whackos in the crowd. It’s communing with nature, isn’t it??!!
It IS hilarious, and will be even more so when the greenies get stranded (OK, I hope it’s not in a bad area).
My electric scooter is like the above story as well — way less real range than advertised. But I basically never ride it more than walking or local transit distance, and in good weather. No complaints given that scenario!
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