The Wilted Leaf - 3K miles in... how is it doing? 29/11/2024

[dome]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

hubcaps

ya coulda been in the cafe/pub/bed longer ken

 

This is the answer.

@hairnet isn't is stupid as he sounds.

Or looks

Or as best testing would indicate 😘

[hairnet]

even fife M8 ™️ woulda bought yon roundy things 

[Lord Sterling]

2 hours ago, hairnet said:

hubcaps

ya coulda been in the cafe/pub/bed longer ken

Aye, I agree wi' daat. But 320touring nae went hubcaps fae hes car.

[Lord Sterling]

1 hour ago, dome said:

This is the answer.

@hairnet isn't is stupid as he sounds.

Or looks

Or as best testing would indicate 😘

Have you met him?

I have....

🤣

[somewhatfoolish]

Hubcaps add unsprung weight, because racecar.

[hairnet]

15 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said:

Have you met him?

I have....

🤣

🔨

[dome]

13 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

Have you met him?

I have....

🤣

I have, a long time ago. I've nearly recovered now.

[320touring]

Like most places, it has dun a balticness here over the last couple of days! 

On the plus side, the preconditioning (essentially being able to set the heater from the app) means the burd has had a defrosted and toasty car when she has needed it. This means brownie points.

On the negative, it means worse miles/kWh as using the heater more (and the last charge was the burd driving - she's a good 5-10mph faster on motorway than I am in it).  Still, 3.9m/kWh ain't the worst.

The last couple of days have been highs of 1 degree, so it was time to see how it will do with charging when cold l.

My prediction is it takes a bit longer, and is 'full' at a lower state of charge.

Aye that's chilly...

 

A wee look on leafspy shows something interesting*

The main pack is just above ambient - almost too small a margin to matter. Will be interesting too see what it's at when it finished charging.

Also worthy of note is the 12v battery voltage in the bottom left. That's not great considering the car was used yesterday.

These don't charge like a normal (,say up to early 2000s) ICE car - it's not always chucking a full 14.2v or whatever at it.

It's a well known issue on Leafs that the 12v being weak causes most of the glitches/issues the car reports.

I have a spare here charged and may also order one up from Tayna, as they ain't expensive.

[rainagain]

Is it the Nissan app you use and do you have to pay for it? 

[320touring]

22 minutes ago, rainagain said:

Is it the Nissan app you use and do you have to pay for it? 

It is indeed and no I dont

[320touring]

Was -3 when the car finished charging (about 5 mins ago)

As predicted, it's about 1.5kwh down on the highest charge level I've seen.

I've left it plugged in so I can precondition if I need to use it tomorrow 

[320touring]

Bit of a disappointing week here. Both the Burd and I have been encumbered with a horrific cold - I'm about 85% now, and that's been 9 days.

Such illness meant that we were unfortunately unable to go on the first "roadtrip" that was planned for yesterday - a 300ish mile round trip to sunny Alston for a friend's 40th.

This was a blessing in disguise as the m74 and M6 seemed pretty jumped with the weather.

We've hardly been over the threshold this week, but I did get a chance to sort a small cold weather test on Thursday:

This was dootering round town in the dark. Pretty pleased with that and content that the 12v battery obviously got a boost whilst the car was charging - it started fine.

I'll still buy a new one on payday I think.

Today we made it out for coffee and cake before doing some food shopping - saw a bit of an improvement in economy in the warmer weather..

TL:DR

Was ill, couldn't roadtrip, however cold weather economy seems fine.

[320touring]

We're 6 months and 3222 miles into this shindig now... How is it going?

It was bought on the assumption of doing on average 20 miles a day ...

Looks like we got that on the nose!

In energy consumption it's doing 4.79miles/kWh

To put that in context,  at 22p per kWh I'd need 21 kWh to do 100 miles, at a cost of £4.62

In the Octavia at £1.359/L that buys 3.4L (0.75gallons) of diesel, so it'd need to do 133mpg to have the same cost per 100 miles.

So it's damn cheap🤣

But what's it like to live with?

Things I like

Preconditioning - so you can heat the car prior to leaving, no scraping or waiting to defog.

Great sized boot

Very easy and simple to drive - it's really just like the burd says "a train where you have the controls".

Very reliable, and confidence inspiring for normal use. It just WILL start.

It's pretty quick in the traffic light GP - consistent good launches🤣

Looks ok too now that the steelies have been tidied.

No need to queue for fuel, just plug in at home.

Not having to find £60 at the end of the month for fuel - a full charge is £4.60ish.

The silence and decent stereo.

 

Things I don't like

The Speedo significantly overreads - 57 is 51mph.

Those damn a pillars - driving the Corsa made me realise just how bad they are.

Still not a fan of having to plan spontaneity, but we are both getting better at preparing.

The lack of engagement is still telling on a nice back road, but tbh it spends most of its time doing mundane town/motorway work, and it's an ideal tool for it

It's made a lot of cars sound pretty loud, and not at all entertaining . You realise just how LOUD traffic is now, when walking along the street.

 

Would I recommend it?

Yep. Deffo. Ideal an car for not stupid money.

If you're not as tight as me, £149 a month would see you in one on a 3 year lease deal.