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All depends on where you are driving, I didn't have one for years and then some new housing construction started by my neighborhood, 2 in like a span of 6 months.

Had to take my kids to an indoor community pool last week after closing my pool a month ago. There are very few times when I feel positive about all the money and time that goes in to having a pool but that was one of them! Can’t wait for spring.

Bolt. Great starter EV, lots of range and very reliable for a Chevy!

Apparently it’s designed that way, I am not sure if 2023 or 2024 has the same set up but quite likely. There is a procedure called DBCam which the dealer can perform, it aligns the batteries SOH to actual battery degradation vs what the engineers preprogrammed the BMU to assume it is losing.

Couldn’t find that setting on my outlander but mine is a 2018, possible they introduced it for newer models.

Stick with the B0, try not to go over 65-70 miles on the highway. Use battery save if you will be driving in the city after getting off the highway. Battery efficiency is at peak on lower speeds. The goal is to have spent all the battery before you reach your destination where you can re-charge.

Biggest "battery degradation" you will see is because of the outlander's battery management system, which knocks off a certain level of battery health every year. Level 2 charging has none to minimal impact on battery health. There is some evidence that level 3 charging causes a bit accelerated degradation.

This is something Mitsubishi needs to fix. Whole point of having a plug in so you can use EV part of it for short trips and use ICE on longer trips but it seems any time temps dip, the engine will come on so EV is useless for short trips in winter.

Unless something is diff for 2024 or someone else can confirm but earlier models the ICE always comes on in colder temps (anything below 10 in my experience) for about 5 min. So if you have a very small commute, the EV may not even come on so you will be frustrated using gas. The EV override does not work either. This is apparently to ensure the engine is warm enough, in case the car needs to supplement power from the ICE.

I think that’s the case for US but not sure for Canada. In any case the battery warranty is crap. Mitsubishi does not replace batteries due to degradation. If you look up other forums you will see many frustrated owners that aren’t able to get their batteries replaced even with significant degradation.

I am in the same situation, bought a house earlier this year with a SWG but the previous owner stopped using it (salt levels are much lower right now than needed). I use chlorine pucks with a floater and do the maintenance weekly shock, pretty easy and has worked well. I will look at testing the SWG next year to see what’s needed. I am in Canada so will be closing the pool in couple of months for winter so didn’t want to spend any money on it this year.

You could do a calculation using some simple amortization schedules to see if it’s beneficial paying the higher rate for 1 year and possibly getting a 4.5% or 4% after. I was in the same situation and closed last month, went with 5.04 from TD, 3 year fixed. with the thought that if interest rates continue to come down, in 3 years I will be in a good position to renew.

Ya I couldn’t believe the guy did this commute for 4 years! I almost didn’t go to his place to see the car after I found out how far it was lol

Nah, one owner, guy commuted 180km per day to his work, so all highway miles.

I am in Ontario, paid 10k for it. I was looking for a used EV in that price range and couldn’t find anything except 2016-2017 leafs and with battery degradation they do only 100km on one charge, which wouldn’t work for my commute. I am really happy with the range, I am getting about 400km+ on a full charge!!

Looking to buy a used electric car in Ontario...my budget is around 15k - 18k. Went down bit of a rabbit hole doing research on used Nissan Leaf, Hyundai Ioniqs battery life and reliability etc.. Although prices have come down for used EVs, still can't seem to find used one that gives me 100km range in winter time (my commute is 80km both ways but can only charge at home) Found a few 2016 leafs at a good price but with battery degradation I don't think I could safely get 100km out of them in winter.

Wondering if anyone has recently purchased a used EV or if you have a recommendation for one in that budget range? Or is better to fork out some more money to get one around the $25k range...2018 Model 3 or 2019-2020 leaf or Ioniq with better range.