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Old 05-31-2016, 01:39 PM   #8 (permalink)
NeilBlanchard
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I would look for a Leaf with the heat pump, and only get one with the resistance heater if you (almost) never need heat, or if there are none with heat pumps available. Similarly, I would get one with all the seat heaters if you need heat.

I would look for a Leaf with Bridgestone Ecopia tires. These are the lowest rolling resistance tires I have ever driven.

I would look for a Leaf with a 6.6kW charger, and with a CHAdeMO port, too.

And yes, getting Leaf Spy and a OBDII Bluetooth device would be very important.
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