Funny, degredation was my main concern as well. If you don’t QC a lot, the battery degredation is not bad. Our soh has dropped less than 0.5% in 6 months.

Even if it depreciates to 0 dollar (unlikely) in 4 years time we’re still almost break even. And it drives so much nicer than an ICE.

There are also options to convert it to home storage and/or replace the battery with a much bigger and better battery. Eg 16 blade which should release this year.

There are also better 2nd gen Leafs for around the 20k mark. They would still degrade, but range is higher. Also, some are still under warranty.

A 30kwh leaf with 70% soh has about 135km range and I’ve seen them for around 11-12k. On average they degrade about 1-4% per year.

Also good to keep it below 80% charge

Any questions, just ask!

Awesome, thank you for letting me know. It really made me smile that you took the time to do that.

Great to hear you’re thinking about it! Some tips, it may be cheaper for you to buy online and get it shipped. We’re in Wellington and it was cheaper to get one from Christchurch than to buy locally.

Also ensure you get one with a proper nz charging cable and the dash converted to English.

Any questions just let me know. Cheers.

Skinny Broadband 900mbps. Absolutely awesome. Support via live chat, so far always someone available immediately. Such a difference with 2degrees where I would be on hold for 45+ minutes. They even at some point lowered their prices. Highly recommended.

After all the trouble last summer we’ve decided never to sail Interislander again. Bluebridge isnt perfect, but so much better than Interislander.

I cycle to the train station on my way to work. It’s awesome and relaxing (most parts). I drive by long lines of traffic. I really don’t understand why not more people are cycling.

I live on a steep hill, so have to use an ebike.

Yeah same question. I used to wash cars often but stopped doing it. Perhaps once a year. I do wash off bird poo straightaway as I’ve been told that will eat into your varnish.

Why not free for everyone? Higher earners already pay higher and more tax. And it avoids that people wait too long before going to a GP, saving costs as well.

I’m from Europe where a GP is free for everyone and it’s amazing.

you don’t want to do that without a VPN.

It depends on the country. Here in NZ it’s not a problem to torrent, they’re not actively going after pirates. This may change of course.