Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack

Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by rthomas6 on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @03:39PM (#17912142)

True, but 20k is not 11k. And that's the out-the-door price with lower than average mileage bought by someone who didn't want to haggle. You can get a 2015 Leaf with 30k miles for 9k.

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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by jfrankamp on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @04:45PM (#17912633)

Can confirm! I got a 2015 for $9600, with 24k miles. It is fantastic and has more than _twice_ the trunk space of the volt which was a deal killer for the volt. We are a two car family and the other car is gas only for long range & occasional dual usage. We're jamming the miles on to the ~free-to-operate leaf as much as we can though.

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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by da02 on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @06:57PM (#17913592)

Any downsides other than range?

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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by sokoloff on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @08:12PM (#17914007)

Stock tires are uninspired and the car doesn’t handle particularly well, but basically “no; they’re great!”

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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by madengr on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @10:08PM (#17914572)

The torque is what amazes me, for something considered an econo-box.

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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by jfrankamp on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @04:31PM (#17921645)

I don't have any yet downsides yet, but if interested I'd suggest browsing the leaf owner forum https://www.mynissanleaf.com/ which has a lot of leaf hacker information & a wishlist section. Essentially my takeaway was: leaf owners love their cars by and large.

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