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Leaf24 second hand advice?
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The eGolf is an excellent car. And an excellent EV. The first generation one like in the link has a fairly limited range though, probably a bit less than a Leaf 30 that's a year newer and goes for similar money. That said, I'd pick the eGolf any time if I didn't have 3 kids
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I'm not a racer or a car enthusiast. I need to get from A to B, reasonably quick, safe, cheap but not dirty. Don't care how it looks and if it doesn't drive like a Formula 1.The eGolf is an excellent car. And an excellent EV. The first generation one like in the link has a fairly limited range though, probably a bit less than a Leaf 30 that's a year newer and goes for similar money. That said, I'd pick the eGolf any time if I didn't have 3 kids0 -
Is it a good car? 90,000 kms seems a lot...
60,000km on it. I have 54,000 on mine. Same year
The car is brillant. Really lovely to drive and so comfortable.
Other things to note
- It will hold value better than Leaf, this might not be 100% correct now with the lack of cars on the road and Leaf hard to find. But once the market balances the eGolf should hold value based on previous experience
- The battery is a lot better, degradation is minimal from the comparisons done so far. One person in US took analysis of battery on leaving plant, after 80,000km the battery still gave the same health
- No major faults, each Leaf has had a major issue. The only one at the moment is they might recall all eGolf for a free replacement of charge port. This is due to a material in the port which VW didn't know about
- Range: On a bad day in winter I get 120km. On a good day in summer you will get 170km(close to 30kWh Leaf). A guy in eGolf gets 170km daily, he is in Limerick but not on boards. I drive my car hard to say the Least
- Carnet app is good....you can track every km and every kW you use. So at you can tell exactly how much electricity you are using and your long term kWh/100km....Please note the Carnet app after 4 years is a cost so get them to throw in a year free
- Regen: You have multiple modes. 1-3 is selected by pushing the gear stick to the left 1-3 times and then right 1-3 to deselect. This changes the force of the regen....these dont turn on brake light....
Then you have B mode, pull back on gear stick. This is really aggressive and more or less can give you single peddle driving....this puts on brake lights....very good for Ireland lovely twisty back road....
- Charge port: CCS,.....the future....
- Service costs are low as well.....
- Stereo system in mine anyway is way better to anythign in Leaf, so is the satnav
- Lights: It looks a thing of beauty at night with those lights:D
As you can tell I like the eGolf:P0 -
Shefwedfan wrote: »60,000km on it. I have 54,000 on mine. Same year
The car is brillant. Really lovely to drive and so comfortable.
Other things to note
- It will hold value better than Leaf, this might not be 100% correct now with the lack of cars on the road and Leaf hard to find. But once the market balances the eGolf should hold value based on previous experience
- The battery is a lot better, degradation is minimal from the comparisons done so far. One person in US took analysis of battery on leaving plant, after 80,000km the battery still gave the same health
- No major faults, each Leaf has had a major issue. The only one at the moment is they might recall all eGolf for a free replacement of charge port. This is due to a material in the port which VW didn't know about
- Range: On a bad day in winter I get 120km. On a good day in summer you will get 170km(close to 30kWh Leaf). A guy in eGolf gets 170km daily, he is in Limerick but not on boards. I drive my car hard to say the Least
- Carnet app is good....you can track every km and every kW you use. So at you can tell exactly how much electricity you are using and your long term kWh/100km....Please note the Carnet app after 4 years is a cost so get them to throw in a year free
- Regen: You have multiple modes. 1-3 is selected by pushing the gear stick to the left 1-3 times and then right 1-3 to deselect. This changes the force of the regen....these dont turn on brake light....
Then you have B mode, pull back on gear stick. This is really aggressive and more or less can give you single peddle driving....this puts on brake lights....very good for Ireland lovely twisty back road....
- Charge port: CCS,.....the future....
- Service costs are low as well.....
- Stereo system in mine anyway is way better to anythign in Leaf, so is the satnav
- Lights: It looks a thing of beauty at night with those lights:D
As you can tell I like the eGolf:P
That sounds all grand but:
How to measure SOH easily before buying? There's no app like leafspy for eGolf.
Infrastructure seems sparse? I've read about ionity but until I see it in place where I live, I'd be skeptical.0 -
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