The vehicle: a 2014 Blue Ocean Leaf SL. The car was near the end of a 4 year lease, and the previous owner switched to a PHEV due to changing commuting needs requiring greater range. The car was leased from Nissan Repentigny, where we did the initial visit a week prior and decided to go for it. The car was in pristine shape in and out, and the rear seats were never sat in - the previous owner was from a two-car household with two adults (this will shortly change for us!). The only thing that changed between Dec 7 and 14 was a lot more snow on the road, and the exterior was a bit more dirty compared to the first visit. The previous owner, like most people who are driving an EV at this point in time, was very enthusiastic to show us all the ins and outs of the vehicle.
It has about 47000km on the ODO, and the battery capacity was 12 bars. Using LeafSpy, we found the State of Health to be 94%, Hx a similar value. These are quite good for a 4 year vehicle.
The reason that a lease transfer this late was attractive to us was twofold: First, this gave us an opportunity to try out the car with little commitment to keep it. Second, since it was close to the end of the lease, the remaining lease payments + residual made the total price relatively competitive with used offerings, especially consider the first point.
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