Nissan Leaf
Jan 26th 2016, 11:31 pm
#196
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Mar 2015
Location: NC, USA (ex Yorkshire)
Posts: 4,189
Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by Pulaski
It's easy to talk about that sort of project! 
Also, bloody auto correct!
Jan 27th 2016, 5:26 am
#197
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Oct 2002
Location: Atlanta via Dubai, Belgium, Greece, Saudi Arabia
Posts: 949
Re: Nissan Leaf
In Georgia we had a tax rebate for EV when the state Tax break of up to $5,000 was added to the credit of up to $7,500 the federal government already gives electric car buyers, drivers in Georgia could end up with a lease one of the lower-priced electric cars such as the Nissan Leaf for about $100 a month and end up spending very little money out of their own pocket. While the $5,000 tax credit was eliminated, the state imposed a $200 yearly registration fee on zero-emission vehicles as part of a larger transportation bill. In order to help maintain roads, the fee was instituted to make up for the money electric car drivers don’t pay in gasoline taxes.Since the tax incentive has been withdrawn sales of electric cars in Georgia dropped like a brick, from over 1000 a month to just a 150.A colleague at work who took advantage of this is now complaining that after only 15,000 miles he has had to replace both the front tires and because they are some odd ball size he is out an additional $300+I have never heard of new tires wearing out after only 15,000 miles wonder if its due to the battery being in front?
Jan 27th 2016, 6:20 pm
#198
BE Site Lead
Joined: Aug 2004
Location: MA, USA
Posts: 91,842
Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by Vimto
...I have never heard of new tires wearing out after only 15,000 miles wonder if its due to the battery being in front?
Jan 27th 2016, 6:39 pm
#199
L/R
Joined: Dec 2001
Location: Dixie, ex UK
Posts: 49,521
Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by Bob
Our last car, had a set of tyres that didn't even make 10K and it was just a regular saloon car.
Jan 27th 2016, 6:41 pm
#200
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Apr 2012
Location: Apex, NC
Posts: 404
Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by Pulaski
The rears on a MkII MR2 only had a life expectancy of 10,000 miles. They were a specially made soft compound to hold the rear, and its engine, on the road.
Jan 27th 2016, 11:15 pm
#201
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Jul 2008
Location: Portlandia Metro
Posts: 7,358
Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by rbackhouse
On my last car I could only get about 8k miles on the rears and about 15k miles on the fronts. Such is life for cars with different sized front and rear wheels
Jan 28th 2016, 8:08 pm
#202
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Nov 2007
Location: Bay Area, CA / Scottsdale, AZ
Posts: 9,977
Re: Nissan Leaf
Wow. I put new tires on my CR-V at 60k and that was only because I got a puncture that couldn't be repaired - there was still viable/legal tread left.
Jan 28th 2016, 8:14 pm
#203
L/R
Joined: Dec 2001
Location: Dixie, ex UK
Posts: 49,521
Re: Nissan Leaf
Originally Posted by Steerpike
Wow. I put new tires on my CR-V at 60k and that was only because I got a puncture that couldn't be repaired - there was still viable/legal tread left.
The two previous sets did 80k and 60k, so three sets did 240,000 miles. The current set have 61,000 on them and still have a lot of life left in them. 
Jan 29th 2016, 12:02 am
#204
Hit 16's
Joined: Mar 2010
Location: Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine
Posts: 13,112
Re: Nissan Leaf
Illegal to have tyres more than 2(?) years old in UAE.
Jan 29th 2016, 2:43 am
#205
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Mar 2004
Location: Colorado
Posts: 34,050
Re: Nissan Leaf
I am looking at a Nissan, can you out a Leaf in the back of a Tundra?
