I'm a recent transplant to Charlotteville from Palo Alto, CA. In the 6 months before we left, I considered it a proper day if I managed to spot a red, then white, then blue Tesla in order. I tolerated seeing 2-3 reds and/or whites before the blue, but any other color restarted the search.
We were fairly early electric car adopters. We took delivery of a 2012 Leaf in mid-December of 2011. At the time we already had a 2004 Prius. I sold my 1982 Isuzu Diesel P'up Longbed to a very happy young man from Marin County. We used the Leaf for 90% of our driving, all easily reached in a round trip at 80% charge. The Prius we used for longer trips to the San Mateo coast and the Sierra. Our son inherited the Prius. We shipped the Leaf east, but there are so many places we want to go that are out of reach. It is still a 'low mileage' car at ~36,000 miles, still on its original 12V battery and OEM tires.
As I've posted elsewhere, we are looking for a fairly recent S, a relatively simple model but perhaps one with dual motors. At 80 we don't have to go that fast anymore, but we'd like to go farther in decent comfort.
At this point, I'm the 'customer' and my 'bookkeeper' is the 'resistor' in the process. She's concerned because we do not have a garage for the car. It would need to survive well in the parking space in front of our duplex at a local CCRC. She's concerned because it snows here and we've only driven in Sierra snow on chains occasionally over the last 50 years. She grew up in Minneapolis and I in north suburban Chicago where snow was part of learning how to drive.
That pretty much sums it up..
thanks
baumgrenze
We were fairly early electric car adopters. We took delivery of a 2012 Leaf in mid-December of 2011. At the time we already had a 2004 Prius. I sold my 1982 Isuzu Diesel P'up Longbed to a very happy young man from Marin County. We used the Leaf for 90% of our driving, all easily reached in a round trip at 80% charge. The Prius we used for longer trips to the San Mateo coast and the Sierra. Our son inherited the Prius. We shipped the Leaf east, but there are so many places we want to go that are out of reach. It is still a 'low mileage' car at ~36,000 miles, still on its original 12V battery and OEM tires.
As I've posted elsewhere, we are looking for a fairly recent S, a relatively simple model but perhaps one with dual motors. At 80 we don't have to go that fast anymore, but we'd like to go farther in decent comfort.
At this point, I'm the 'customer' and my 'bookkeeper' is the 'resistor' in the process. She's concerned because we do not have a garage for the car. It would need to survive well in the parking space in front of our duplex at a local CCRC. She's concerned because it snows here and we've only driven in Sierra snow on chains occasionally over the last 50 years. She grew up in Minneapolis and I in north suburban Chicago where snow was part of learning how to drive.
That pretty much sums it up..
thanks
baumgrenze
