tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720983493149160502.post449122376182758702..comments2024-03-27T00:20:50.039-07:00Comments on BIODIVERSIVIST: Leaf or MiEV? Which should I buy?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720983493149160502.post-82632333393222832442011-06-17T05:33:41.428-07:002011-06-17T05:33:41.428-07:00Alain,
This will be my first time as an early ada...Alain,<br /><br />This will be my first time as an early adapter and I agree that there are risks but I'm and old hand at operating an electric vehicle and understand their limitations. 55 miles at highway speeds works for me.Russ Finleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00509704979878559600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720983493149160502.post-83756610820287869552011-06-13T02:13:26.280-07:002011-06-13T02:13:26.280-07:00I 'll wait another 10 years. By then, the hidd...I 'll wait another 10 years. By then, the hidden kinks will be gone, and products much cheaper, computer style price curves . . .<br /><br />But thank you all to do me a favor, by being early adopters, forking over a lot of money to get it off the ground. Hope you do not fare as bad as the EV1 and the RAV4 . . .<br /><br />By the way, saw a test drive of the LEAF on Belgian TV, the advertisedAlainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720983493149160502.post-91385976467896491032011-05-22T09:06:12.377-07:002011-05-22T09:06:12.377-07:00One can only hope. Certainly, the Leaf forced a hu...One can only hope. Certainly, the Leaf forced a huge price drop on the MiEV. It is this competition that will finally drive the price of electric cars down into the reasonable range but it will take time.<br /><br />Maybe you should consider the MiEV? Note that it has almost as much interior space. The engineering compromise to get that interior space is a higher drag coefficient. Not a problem Russ Finleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00509704979878559600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720983493149160502.post-1837902654530734822011-05-21T18:38:09.316-07:002011-05-21T18:38:09.316-07:00Do you think Nissan would lower the MSRP of the Le...Do you think Nissan would lower the MSRP of the Leaf once the MiEV arrives? I liked the Leaf I test drove but it's simply unaffordable on our modest income.Jeff Crunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07848807363549394536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720983493149160502.post-79575256877180229952011-05-18T15:27:54.929-07:002011-05-18T15:27:54.929-07:00We got tired of waiting, ordered a TH!nk and it ca...We got tired of waiting, ordered a TH!nk and it came in three days.<br /><br />www.thinkev-usa.com<br /><br />US made battery, assembled in Indiana, no rust no dent no scratch plastic body panels like the Saturns.<br /><br />I am bloggin about the Th!nk at <br />www.minie458.blogspot.comJim McLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04514394481037410280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720983493149160502.post-5960350700719451492011-05-15T12:25:27.137-07:002011-05-15T12:25:27.137-07:00Not real keen on a car that will only carry two pe...Not real keen on a car that will only carry two people.Russ Finleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00509704979878559600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720983493149160502.post-30931686494449560562011-05-03T22:39:11.732-07:002011-05-03T22:39:11.732-07:00"I also wonder if people will spring for the ..."I also wonder if people will spring for the Leaf just because it has better performance in the same way people spring for a Prius over the Insight?"<br /><br />Since you are in the good ol US of A, I suspect that statement is correct.<br /><br />Even though the MiEV is actually a more suitable vehicle for your needs, I'll bet the leaf holds its value better, just because it has Paul Nnoreply@blogger.com