2016 Nissan Leaf: Regular Car Reviews

[@roddydykes7053]

RCR: “When I wipe it looks like Wilson” Also RCR: “why are we only now getting press cars?”

[@1drumshark]

What's your point? 😂

[@LouisSubearth]

@@1drumshark that RCR embracing the BROWN gets them the press cars, where normally the opposite is true

[@CommanderPiglet]

Before I even watch the video, I would like to state a couple things. The back seat in the Nissan Leaf is amazing. We did a 8 hour road trip in one and its nice to drive, and very comfortable. Also, it managed to turn an 8 hour trip into a 13 hour trip due to all the times we had to stop and charge.

[@tinystar3010]

That's exactly why I'm still against electric vehicles. If they can reduce a full charge time to 10 minutes at maximum, and find a way to make batteries that resist wearing down after multiple charges, I'm in.

[@geethsan1567]

@@tinystar3010 until EV car manufacturers develop their batteries to give a range equivalent to present day ICE cars, EV vehicles will definitely not be ideal for longer trips. However right now, a hybrid car is the best if you want the best range possible.

[@gedavids84]

Mine turned a 3.5 hour road trip into a 7 hour one when we missed a fast charger on I-95 and had to spend an hour at a Level 2 charger in Delaware for just barely enough charge to limp to the next fast charger. Mine is now trapped forever in Pittsburgh because there are no fast chargers within its range once you leave the metro area. Still, it's a fantastic city car and we love it. Would happily buy it again.

[@Wasssup3232]

@@tinystar3010 i have a model 3 long range and i can go from central Idaho to sand point (over 450 miles) stopping to charge once for 30 minutes (where we always end up stopping to eat anyway), its the longer 1000 plus mile trips where i can definitely see adding over 3-5 hours to an already long trip

[@DmitriiGlandarius]

@@tinystar3010 Standard for batteries and make them easily swapable. Need to go fast? Pay premium and just swap it, else wait while your own charges. Just a hot take.

[@titansquadd]

Put an LS in it and then call it the Nissan Beaf

[@12ealDealOfficial]

Should be top comment.

[@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062]

And paint it BROWN

[@joshua.harazin]

On a long enough timeline...

[@kbbl102.5]

Best comment

[@kbbl102.5]

@@joshua.harazin A+ reference. OnLy OlD rCr HeAdS wIlL gEt It

[@Stjaernljus]

That drive selector thing with the blue plastic looks like one of those airfreshners in the "general car accessories" section of a car parts shop or larger gasstation in the 90s.

[@thetrainshop]

I deadass got a febreeze ad right after it was shown in video.

[@wrifraff]

Honestly thought that was what it was until I saw the top of it.

[@Bartonovich52]

That’s exactly what I thought.

[@Toonces311]

wait thats part of the car?

[@chriswalzer]

The best part of waking up is RCR doing stuff.

[@ridcom]

Ya know, I read that with that accursed Folger's jingle in my head.

[@eatingsteakisfun]

📠

[@wanderingman8921]

@@ridcom same

[@p8ntballnxj]

It's the only reason why I enjoy Monday morning.

[@Muserschmitt]

Butt stuff

[@aaronseverydayprojects5040]

“Modern Weezer” Perfect explanation, absolutely perfect.

[@Bartonovich52]

Is this twenty one pilots? Nope, it’s Weezer.

[@e-stah]

And just like modern cars, my guilty favorite weezer songs are the modern ones. Sure I want a 5 speed civic from the 90s,but I also wanna survive a crash

[@522viper]

They still exist?

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

🐌

[@LazerLord10]

EVs are PERFECT for a second or third car in a family. In my experience, there's always at least one family member whose use of the car is only 20 miles round trip daily. It's the BEST way to do that, hands down.

[@moconnell663]

It's like a Nash Metropolitan was in the 1950s. You wouldn't want it as your only car, but it makes an excellent compliment to a regular sedan.

[@bluefoxtv1566]

I agree. Used one to go to work. Drove from home to the office and home and to the store some times. just plug in when at home and good to go.

[@krissteel4074]

For 10k 2nd hand it'll probably cost the dude a set of tyres once every 5 years tops and by then he's probably shifted it off for something else. They're great city beaters because it doesn't take time for your oil to warm up, no ones going to steal it and if someone touch parks it full of pin-dents you won't care either

[@inspectorchicken]

Especially if you can charge at home with a solar roof, it becomes basically free of all runnin cost. If you buy a used cheap one you'll likely end up spending $100/mo for a four year old car with A/C including maintenance, depreciation and energy.

[@MalikCarr]

This. It's your boring errandmobile, an appliance that always works for the most mundane of tasks. If you don't live in California (lol $0.65/kWh) the cost to drive it is negligible, and for making short-ish trips in and around town it doesn't need to be fast or have all that much range. You could totally have one of these in your driveway next to a proper brodozer and there's nothing inherently incongruent about that - a different tool for a different purpose.

[@ileutur6863]

It tries so hard not to look regular, that it loops right back around and ends up looking like a damn yaris

[@cwheels01]

Is it trying? Is it trying at all?

[@noneyabizz8337]

Yaris looks better

[@toyotaprius79]

It is strongly based off the 2007 Nissan Tiida, so ...

[@gedavids84]

"It's just an car" is an apt description. It's a normal hatchback that just happens to run on electricity. We love ours, it's a great 2nd car in our 2 car household. Perfect city car for driving in traffic.

[@emil.soderholm]

Could you explain to me what's the meaning in this context of saying "an car" instead of "a car"? I doubt it's a mistake knowing RCR. English isn't my native language.

[@gedavids84]

@@emil.soderholm That's a language artist flare question that only @RegularCars can really answer. Technically you're right, it should be "a car", not "an car". I think they're trying to highly emphasize that it's a regular car by using the wrong article for the noun. It seems to have the effect of really drawing our attention to it, but I don't know, I'm not English major like I think they are. Anyway, I think you'd call that "artist license," I'm not sure what the equivalent would be in your native language. Hope that helps.

[@emil.soderholm]

@@gedavids84 Thank you, I understand now. So it's not a colloquial or regional thing, but a little bit of flair added for style and emphasizing a point.

[@Rouxibeau]

We have one as our second car and another as our first car.

[@gedavids84]

@@Rouxibeau 2 Leafs? Is one a newer longer range model? The newer 40 or 60 kwhr batteries go a lot further than the old 24 or 30 models. My coworker got a newer Leaf with the 40 battery and new interior/exterior. It's a really nice car. The interior is a big step up in my opinion, but I'm cheap so my used 2016 is plenty good enough. :)

[@dietrichhoefer]

The official EV for those who don’t need to advertise about “driving electric”

[@HidingAllTheWay]

Hyundai/Kia's EV offerings (aside from the new Ioniq 5/EV6) do that as well, and eGolf is the king when it comes to stealth-EVs. Heck even Bolt is pretty damn generic and most people couldn't tell it's an EV if they didn't know.

[@markmiller3279]

No, because the styling is decidedly weird. With that front end it looks exactly like an EV.

[@Skullbrothers]

@@markmiller3279 nope, looks like an european car

[@SenatorNyxen]

@@markmiller3279 the current generation stands out a lot less

[@samusaran7317]

@@HidingAllTheWay The bolt is an over glorified city car. Lol

[@48Boxer]

Flew into an airport that had several of these as courtesy cars. Perfect car for that since they don't want you driving cross-country in their vehicles. Point A to B back to A and that is it. Drove like a completely normal car, no flashy "hey look at me I'm electric" stuff going on, very comfortable, very quiet. Range anxiety was really strong even though I probably only drove it 20 miles into town and back.

[@Micg51]

Lucky, every crew car I see is a Nissan Altima. It makes me want to just eat the FBO snacks instead.

[@junkdriver42]

My favorite type of courtesy car is the worn out police crown vic. Driving into town and waving at the real cops as they go by you get a, “who the hell is that?” look.

[@Micg51]

@@junkdriver42 I've always wanted to drive those. Closest I got was an old police charger

[@48Boxer]

@@junkdriver42 Those always have some interesting quirks and features. "Now make sure you turn the wipers on before you start. And don't apply brakes when you are turning left or it'll stall and you have to let it sit for 30 minutes"

[@junkdriver42]

@@48Boxer I see someone else also watches Doug Demuro. I give the old cop car a Doug score of 40. Above a Nissan Altima, but below someone's mom's old minivan (also a courtesy car experience I've had).

[@air-headedaviator1805]

Nissan Leaf, the official car of “Nissan did it first (?)” Nissan Leaf, the official car of “sensibility sells” Its literally an electric Versa note.

[@FurryWrecker911]

Honest question, Nissan did _what_ first?

[@air-headedaviator1805]

@@FurryWrecker911 well maybe not first, but Nissan regularly innovated ahead of many automakers in the past, but also not capitalize on any of them due to their…business priorities

[@Neojhun]

@@FurryWrecker911 First to reach 100,000 Units. Soo basically the first modern mass produced BEV.

[@Skullbrothers]

@@Neojhun And considering this and the ZOE are basically the same car, they have produced way more tha 100k in that time frame.

[@jackeby9901]

Versa Note is the same general size and shape but is a based on the short wheelbase version of the B/V platform. The Leaf is based on the long wheelbase version, and is more closely related to the Renault Clio and Dacia Sandero sold overseas.

[@whippingstar]

"drive selector boob": I'm sold. Also: some of Roman's best work. Overall: chopsuey midi/10.

[@Solkre82]

I'm considering one of these for my kid's first car. With the limited range it has, it's been called the Nissan Leash. I also like how he replaced the head unit and has leafspy installed on it. This guy Leafs!

[@starfox6335]

I like mine. The slower you go the more range you'll have. It loves 45-55mph for best results. Tops out at 93mph. Look for a SL or SV trim level (more features and better heater...has both PTC heat for instant blast of hot and a Heat Pump to maintain the cabin temp). Look for the battery health on dash. Theres 12 bars on the right of the "fuel" guage. More bars = more range still left. Mine had 9 last year. Is a 13 SL 24kW. At 8 bars now. Can do a solid 50 miles at highway speeds or about 70 miles if I drive slower on back roads with a light foot.

[@starfox6335]

Also I might add... Look for a 2013 or newer and join LEAF groups on facebook and ask lots of questions before you buy. We are happy to help. Its a hot market now. You still may find a sweetheart deal like I did but prices are rising. Carvana is offering top dollar to buy used LEAFs but they don't go by battery health just milage to assess the value. Buyer beware! The motor can go a million miles so dont worry about that part, just traction battery and suspension bits are known wear items. I have 101k miles on mine and it's not even needed brakes yet! Regen mode helps with slowing you down where the pads barely get any wear.

[@vegetoe01]

@@starfox6335 My front discs started to corrode and made a 'whirring' noise at 35mph due to the lack of use at 44K. xD Also installed an AGM battery & the plastic top mount covers.

[@osimmac]

It'll teach them some responsibility for sure

[@CharredSteak]

Thats proper child abuse and I love it

[@michaelc.682]

Nissan Leaf, the offical car of an environmentally aware senior citizen who was too old to attend Woodstock but did so anyway.

[@jochenstacker7448]

They'd be at least 80 now.

[@markmiller3279]

@@jochenstacker7448 Yeah, my thought, too. Besides, there were older rock fans, even then. Someone who was really too old would be over 95 now.

[@Trendyflute]

Woodstock '99 perhaps. Sir, you are 50, why are you here, and why are you setting that on fire?

[@MrDylancarlson]

"Do you like it? No you can't keep it" oof that hit me in the remembers

[@jamessabins887]

I didn't get it

[@Bartonovich52]

Every cool thing your older relations showed you as if they were presenting it to you only to say they weren’t giving it to you.

[@ieight8234]

RCR: Nissan Leaf is all right. Nissan: We'll take it.

[@LazerLord10]

One thing that almost always gets overlooked with EVs is the pure wonder that is charging at home. Like, you're always full, all the time. But then you don't have an excuse to go to sheetz and get the fried cheese curds.

[@erothenberger13]

That makes no difference to me.

[@RustyHondas]

This dude 😂

[@foxman105]

Assuming you own a property where you can install a charger. Which most city people don't. And low range disqualifies it for living in the country and commuting to work.

[@deepgoldjellyfish]

Sheetz has a bunch of Tesla Superchargers! 😂

[@Neojhun]

@@foxman105 "Which most city people don't" that is simply false. Large fraction sure can't. Slight Majority can have a charger. Especially in Cities where it's already full of infrastructure. Problem is stupid permit to install one which really needs to change.

[@ahindrance]

RCR, part of a balanced breakfast.

[@NeurodivergentSuperiority]

RCR + Delicious Breakfast = Maximum Relaxation

[@NeurodivergentSuperiority]

@@misorodzinak8829 mmmmmmmmmmm Heurgleburgle

[@theothertonydutch]

Lunch for me.

[@joshua.harazin]

RCR and HOT BROWN

[@Defy_Convention]

The flavorless pancakes

[@rdouglass7787]

"i really wanted to make fun of this but i cant" that might be the highest praise ever on rcr

[@TimmyJoePCTech]

Fkn defffffff had that chopsuey key gen, maybe not for XP but for like, Photoshop or something lol, I love you...

[@mcshaggyswildadventures3952]

Big fan Timmy Joe

[@VS666]

check out key gen music on youtube it's a fun little nostalgia trip

[@Phenom98]

I remember one circa 2004 that had LimpBizkit

[@stuffthatsgood]

@@Phenom98 Instead of Break Stuff it was Crack Stuff

[@TheNiteNinja19]

One of the Microsoft all in one keygen I used had it.

[@aarons3008]

"Nissan Leaf....the car for cyclists who want to take up more of the road" - most accurate statement made!

[@winterwinter7505]

What an amazing statement indeed

[@gregorymahnken9682]

The only person who I know that owns a Leaf is this exact person

[@skylerwaite]

I’ve never felt so *seen*.

[@bushidobrown9857]

"I wanna buy a Tesla, but I'm trying not to have roommates anymore" 😂😂😂👌👌👌

[@letsgoOs1002]

got a 2021 leaf. man has Nissan come a long way since this one from 2016. we can do 250 miles now and got a heat pump. and we leased it for cheap. I hated Nissan but the leaf changed my mind that maybe Nissan can do good.

[@filthyfrankblack4067]

It's all about the GTR.

[@yep-that-happened]

I love my 2018 SV. I get 175 miles of range. Also, ProPilot is awesome!

[@winterwinter7505]

The Z line isn't too bad...just leaky drama queens as all sports cars tend to be.

[@aspieotaku3580]

What about the cube?

[@aspieotaku3580]

@@winterwinter7505 300 zx twin turbo ftw

[@_Zekken]

"Elon could put out a tweet tomorrow that tanks the entire company so who knows" Absolute gold.

[@domenik8339]

It's like he tries to honestly.

[@girthquake1413]

So uh, with TSLA down to 30% of it's peak, have any more predictions for the future?

[@rileycoyote4924]

This aged like fine wine

[@charlesputt8588]

So I gotta know, were you talking about tanking Tesla or tanking Twitter? Because have I got news for you...

[@natsuko_mikan]

twitter’s getting a lot worse nowadays thanks to elon

[@robertshelton3796]

LMFAO "The one that plays a MIDI version of Chop Suey by System of a Down when you load it" That is both very very specific and very very accurate, Regular.

[@nopers2223322]

2004 was the fucking best

[@deabreu.tattoo]

It's not always that Mr Regular wants to make fun of a car but can't. That says a lot.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

I bought my 2013 “an car” with a degraded battery. I drove the wheels off of it, qualified it for the recall and got a new battery for free. 10k out the door in 2018. Great commuter.

[@1MrBryn]

I've driven a Leaf twice, and honestly they are extremely fit for purpose. Plus the little shifter knob is the most satisfying to use in the auto industry.

[@osimmac]

Being able to bounce between forward and reverse is fun

[@gutserker]

I use that shifter knob a lot during work. So simple and fast. Unlike some other EVs that forgot they don't have transmissions

[@Mikey-xz4vn]

In defense of the Leaf, 'Corporate Woke' applies more to the Tesla

[@Alexzw92]

Not really

[@Mikey-xz4vn]

@@Alexzw92 *Yes* really 😎

[@jondylon7370]

Elon stans are the epitome of corporate woke

[@toyotaprius79]

@@jondylon7370 and then comes Aptera with a baseball bat!

[@sc149]

tesla/elon stans are too single minded to be corporate woke. they are like when you find computer operating system war veterans whose company os of choice to stan is whatever the *newest and currently unpatched version of windows* is. The one so badly built and unfixed you can see their gaming pc slow down whenever they open a new browser window. the kind of person who will buy the cheapest replacement electronics parts off alibaba and argue that working conditions dont matter, who complain that people complaiing about modern slavery are virtue signaling and they themselves are so much more better, before falling into a fit of rage when it bricks in months or weeks rather than years, then buy another cheapest common denominator off an internet store with a keymash name and less than 60% positive buyer feedback because negative reviews are fake news.

[@Sapizanza]

This is legit the first Electric car I said is going in a right direction (price,distance,quality wtc.)

[@lgoderdzishvili]

Nissan Leaf, the official car of beige pants, weak joints and a dwindling marriage with a wife you haven't slept with for over six years

[@Jack-hg1hq]

if you drive a car that can go less than a normal on on a quarter tank then thats what you deserve

[@Phenom98]

@@Jack-hg1hq they have a second car. You are the guy at the barber shop mr regular talked about

[@JL-sm6cg]

Literally or figuratively on the wife?

[@AbbreviatedReviews]

Sitting alone in a room recording voiceover. "No one is correcting me."

[@christopherhamilton5557]

I have a 2012, basically the same car, and I love it. Had a battery replacement by Nissan in 2017 under warranty. Car is approaching 80k miles. Other than tires, wipers, and the battery replacement, haven’t done anything to it. Got it used in 2016, and yep it was CHEAP.

[@dopey473]

The official car of the person who makes the pride month logos for companies Edit: why the actual *f u c k* am I the top comment

[@paulcarmi8130]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAJ

[@ask3xd903]

Lol, all 3,000 of them 🤣

[@Xenonnofficial]

😭 this ain’t right

[@SiLvErUnIt911]

LMAOOO💀💀💀💀😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@adrianwelgemoed9562]

You wont be now after editing your comment

[@Barabyk]

The best rendition of “Last Kiss” I heard this week.

[@Zerinsakech]

The best honest review I’ve seen about this car. I’ve had the 2011 version for 5 years

[@jambo308]

Still a better interior than a Tesla, fanboys come for me.

[@ekgcanadianenthusiast9961]

I support you. We are one in this case

[@jacobrzeszewski6527]

The Leaf's interior looks like the inside of a dirty pair of spandex shorts.

[@ekgcanadianenthusiast9961]

Then Tesla interior is like computer screen. Build with cheapness

[@ekgcanadianenthusiast9961]

Then Tesla interior is like computer screen. Build with cheapness UK

[@nevids2086]

dilmin gooneratne And horribly treated and paid workers probably

[@FrietjeOorlog]

*Me:* So, it's AN car. *RCR, 5 seconds later:* It's AN car. Nice...

[@JowoHD]

the official car of your rich friend's dad who doesn't care about the environment but hates paying for petrol before teslas were a thing

[@NeurodivergentSuperiority]

Epic profile picture

[@JowoHD]

@@NeurodivergentSuperiority cheers

[@toyotaprius79]

That was and still is an old school cohort of EV early adopters. 1990s-2000s conservatives against war and oil exploitation. Just pity that they have to strongly articulate their belief/denial that they "don't believe in that crap" that is climate change or environmental awareness. It's political constipation

[@Harv72b]

"Every time I wipe it looks like Wilson from Castaway" Damn you, RCR.

[@stevedoe1630]

I guess Wilson had a lot of polyps… on its face.

[@stevethepocket]

I never realized until now just how forward-thinking it was of them to put the charge socket on the front end. Because the future of on-the-go charging isn't going to be at dedicated stations like it was for gas, it's going to be in parking lots of establishments you'd normally be stopping at anyway when you're traveling, like restaurants and hotels, where the best place to put the chargers is along the short edge like that.

[@tristessismen]

Except for weirdos like me who always backs into parking spaces. But I do think it makes much more sense to have the charge socket in the middle rather than to the side. When parking is tight you bump into the cable when squeezing by.

[@toyotaprius79]

Preferably, I despise parking nose first. The turn in angle in reverse is much sharper.

[@cherrypepsi2815]

Get it Get it _forward_ thinking Get it Get it

[@rickoshay8317]

38 years after Wayne Cochran recorded “Last Kiss”, Pearl Jam covered it. It’s been 22 years since PJ’s version. Time…. yeah.

[@jeremywatson9129]

Nothing replaces Goldie, she's a cast member at this point.

[@armanblitz6908]

Ah yes, the intro's descent to B R O W N S A N I T Y

[@keith9876]

That snowglobe thing actually happened to me when I was 12 or 13. It was almost word for word like you said there. One of my relatives handed me a snowglobe like I've never seen one before and instructed me how to shake it. They even said "look, it's snowing in there".

[@racermigs1]

RCR makes my monday evenings worth looking forward to.

[@plymoutheeturbowe9952]

It really does give off that "just as a second car" vibe. Like, it's just there. It exists. Of all the cars, it is one of them.

[@markomarkov6081]

I’ve got my girlfriends mom the exact same leaf. I’m the biggest internal combustion engine fan, but when you have to go 30 km and the battery is at 100% you can have a lot of fun around town with this! Turbo lag is cool but instant torque is fun

[@vonhellsing6406]

I remember the marketing for this thing, it was meant to pull the heartstrings of environmental conservation junkies with a polar bear hugging the driver of a Nissan leaf.

[@randerson4124]

did the polar bear then maul the driver to death and eat him? because I would pay to see that.

[@Neojhun]

That's because Electric Car Corporate Marketing of the time was Psycho. I hope all that stuff is dead. That will be what kills BEVs again.

[@armorycycles]

Official car of wearing a mask inside it while youre driving alone

[@user59371]

Holy shit that’s accurate 🤣

[@mr.OldNews]

Nissan leaf. The official car of "I couldn't find a Prius at the dealership"

[@LasVegar]

A leaf is better then prius

[@randerson4124]

According to that vaunted source , Quora, "The plural of “leaf” is “leaves”, but the plural of “Leaf” is “Leafs”.", so there you go Mr Regular.

[@Toastmaster_5000]

I would agree with that. It's a proper noun. That's also why you don't change proper nouns that end in -y to -ies.

[@seaking2290]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are in full agreement.

[@wraithcadmus]

Langauge can involve, originally the plural of [computer] mouse was 'mouses' but we all just started saying 'mice'. The plural of octopus is properly 'octopodes' but you know what 'octopi' is fine. Should the plural of 'Mega Man' be 'Mega Mans' or 'Mega Men'?

[@Toastmaster_5000]

​@@wraithcadmus Actually, the plural of octopus is and always should have been octopuses - all other ones are technically wrong. The etymology is entirely Greek. If it was Roman, the plural would be octopi (Roman words ending in -us are singular, all words ending in -i are plural), and if it was Latin, it would be octopedes (think centipede). I never understood where octopodes came from haha. You are right about Mega Man though. And yes, I am a blast at parties.

[@1leggeddog]

I'm happy im in the exact, needed age range to understand like 90% of the jokes/references on RCR

[@zaxlorax7605]

That must feel nice. I'm 18 and a lot of the jokes go over my head😔

[@skyandcambray3127]

Same man. I just turned 27, and some stuff I still have to google

[@mrgw98]

I love how the website advert is always so random and seems to get progressively more so.

[@veovis523]

7:27 I used to pass that diner when I went to see my therapist.

[@motohddk]

The keygen playing system of a down midi had me in TEARS lmfaooo

[@Strike86]

I love that the intro for the website keeps getting more and more mashed and deep fried. It's my favourite part of any new video.

[@romulas-cushmanproject3273]

0:14 “I want to be woke, but only corporate woke” OMG that can’t be so true, when I was a porter at Nissan dealership there was some collage councilor came to buy a Leaf (except it was a 2019) and this was the first time I’ve ever heard someone introduce themselves by saying his pronouns

[@glurak888]

Disgusting self centered assholes. That's all I'm saying

[@kickerpunter]

Hi. My pronouns are Sir, My lord, your highness, and God.

[@G-Mastah-Fash]

There is really no other woke but corporate woke. All of them are useful idiots.

[@12ealDealOfficial]

That was the wakeup call I got returning to liberal arts college in 2016. Felt like a stranger in a strange land after flunking out eight years prior. That feeling persisted until I graduated.

[@danh655]

@@kickerpunter lol

[@firefightergoggie]

Nissan Leaf - the official car of "that's okay, I'll sleep in the wet spot".

[@toast-w1d]

We put one of these on a dyno, surprisingly a lot of torque. Dyno was louder tho lol

[@stevemcrichards8768]

Nissan Leaf: the bidet of the automotive world. You don't think you'll like it then you realize you have the cleanest rectum in the world.

[@Avexxis]

You had it right, it’s “Leafs” not “Leaves” the model is the LEAF so because that’s a proper noun, its plural form is “Leafs”

[@gavin5861]

"an car" I watched this on my lunch and thought it sounded wrong, but I didn't think about it much until about 4 hours later on my drive home when I realized. That was a fantastic play on words that I'd like to commemorate you on. Kudos.

[@shrikelet]

Damn, that was some nice harmonizing there, Roman.

[@dasstig5274]

A Leaf is a perfect 'going to the supermarket then heading straight back home again' car.

[@Insertname1584]

When are they adding a V8 to it?

[@NeurodivergentSuperiority]

"On a long enough time, Everything gets a LS" -MR.Regular

[@CardboardSliver]

Talk to RichRebuilds

[@williefleete]

The electric motor would probably have better torque to weight than a V8

[@EmyrDerfel]

@@williefleete Engineering Explained had a Leaf that was faster to 50mph than a Honda S2000.

[@noneyabizz8337]

@@EmyrDerfel the s2000 isn't exactly a rocketship.

[@snaffu1]

I love how he chops up the intro video differently every time. A tiny taste of vintage RCR every time. Love it.

[@WilliamEggington]

My 2015 leaf is still going strong. I have only ever had to replace the tires. No regrets.

[@danh655]

That front left tire always burning out.. I miss the days

[@yep-that-happened]

Love my 2018 SV.

[@21jimmyo]

My son-in-law's parents have two of them. They live in Iceland where electricity is 100 renewable and cheap and gas is over 8 bucks a gallon. They don't need to go far and they are reliable. It's as exciting as a toaster, but they suit their lifestyles. EVs are perfect commuter cars. Reliable and cheap to own.

[@bluthian]

The official car of "how much money do you want to pay Top Gear to destroy the electric car reputation"

[@grabarcnr]

"Drive selector boob" has to be one of the best lines I've ever heard.

[@42crazyguy]

Nissan Leaf: the car for the guy wearing a mask alone in his own car.

[@dragonfire1554]

Ive seen plenty in Denver.

[@tylerandrew8081]

I was looking for this post because I was about to say the same thing. I see many such cases. Sad.

[@erod017]

*nissan rouge and Toyota Highlander owners have entered the chat

[@gutserker]

Overall my leaf has been doing me mostly fine. I drive about 20k a year doing food delivery. it's sort of like driving a VW bug in a rally race. Completely unassuming, but gets me where I need to go faster than many cars while going the speed limit. Handling around corners is great, just wish it had a limited slip differential... 100 miles in a single day is about the limit of practicality for this car, which for me is about two full batteries where I live. At that point battery overheating sets in. The interior is Built To Last

[@CharredSteak]

When your motorcycle with a 2 gallon gas tank has a longer range than a car

[@bid84]

I have a 2014 leaf and I love the thing, important to mention it does 0-40mph in around 4 seconds! Its a traffic light sleeper. I also have a 50 year old vintage car and they are the perfect opposites of each other.

[@ricky7973]

The weekly hurblegurlble is the only thing I look forward to in life now.

[@kevinruston1558]

crosswalk buttons are so the light actually switches, because normally it doesnt. if you wanna see the little man, you gotta hit the button

[@Bartonovich52]

And? Nothing else changes. You could walk across with the hand and the other lights for the cars won’t do anything different. The only thing it’s useful for is on-demand lights.

[@eliasnicolasmiranda4940]

everytime the website intro gets more. . .interesting

[@Absoti]

That key-gen reference gave me college flashbacks I didnt know I had... Thanks RCR!

[@TheGameGetterKuzuri]

The short range is great for a city dweller. I live a couple miles from my job, so a charge could last me a week. So I see the benefits of cheap EV cars. Now if we can just get companies to have new EVs for under $20k

[@sc149]

Honestly, if you can get one, i reccomend a used Citroen Zoe. Works out around 9k used with the battery on finance lease, and the battery lease gives you COMPLETE warrenty, recovery, part replacement and roadside recovery, including replacing the whole battery. 24k car for 9k. AND it has a 100 mile actual range compared to the leafs 60, and you can charge that in 30 minutes from a quick charger.

[@TheGameGetterKuzuri]

@@sc149 I live in the US. So we don't have good selection when it comes to...... anything honestly

[@sc149]

@@TheGameGetterKuzuri *oof* im sorry

[@jamesbarros950]

I love you RCR. You always surprise me. You stay sincere, and you let yourself come to all these cars on their own terms, and that's hard to do. (also, GS500 love for life!!!)

[@Krazie-Ivan]

"the quietness..." of a Nissan ?!? Mr. Regular must have taken ototoxic meds or suffered head trauma. Nissan makes tin cans. "...owner put Dynamat in" checks out.

[@AnArmoredMarch]

The leaf actually has a reputation for being suuuuuuuper quiet. Someone must have heard it was a major bonus toward electric cars and so they designed it around that. The headlights are actually designed to reduce the amount of air hitting the mirrors in an effort to reduce wind noise, and that's why they're shaped to fuckin weird

[@nitehawk86]

I enjoy that they have a product called Dynamat Xtreme. *XTREME SOUND DEADENING*

[@roddydykes7053]

Putting some form of sound deadening in is something every owner should do with every cheaper car

[@Krazie-Ivan]

@@AnArmoredMarch ...really? interesting, cheers man

[@Krazie-Ivan]

@@roddydykes7053 ...ya, road noise was the 1 universal reviewer complaint of our '16 Mazda6. lookin so solve it when we have time

[@victorfloresjr.9429]

This is one of the best RCR videos I've ever watched.

[@jamesarmstrong-jones5082]

these are now cooler than teslas

[@secktur8279]

Yo when you said "Look, Eddie" that jolted me back to alertness. First time Ive heard my name casually dropped in a vid like that.

[@ask3xd903]

The official channel of tourrettes, (and super drunk drunks drunking their drunks)

[@michaelramsey82]

OOH HE'S DRUNK DRUNK OOH HE'S DRUNK DRUNK

[@bluecollarben9836]

Nissan Leaf...."I wanna golf cart with doors."

[@mooninite442]

The car for those who shop exclusively at Whole Foods and talk with their eyes closed

[@db1481]

"Elon could put out a tweet tomorrow that tanks the entire company" is still relevant a year later.

[@unscripted7553]

Those mirrors look really familiar.. Oh wait, my Renault Logan has the same ones lol Dacia Logan for Eu peeps.

[@LMacNeill]

"...a safety pencil and a circle of paper." LOL! Excellent Simpsons reference. :-)

[@visekual6248]

What annoys me the most in this world of EVs is the owners, many think they're better for "saving the world", but guess what, they're not, the best an EV can do is reduce urban pollution, since it's to produce an EV releases twice as much CO2 as an ICE, maybe in the future this number will decrease, but still invariably it will always be greener not to have a car, a diesel bus is greener than a tesla.

[@Odddit]

yeah cept you're wrong, dumbass

[@nicksilvestri3645]

The whisper about wiping with toilet paper was perfectly timed after the lady whispering “he won’t know a world before electric” commercial. Priceless

[@christians2022]

So cool to wear a mask when you are alone in the car. Is that a Leaf owner thing?

[@maninredhelm]

Or because a bunch of strangers you met on the internet had just been in and out of your car, and had been in and out of a bunch of other strangers' cars because they usually film multiple cars at the same time.

[@drake6143]

Friend got a 2018 Leaf, it is totally worth it to buy the later models they are so much better looking and the range is great. Also the storage in the hatch is way better than comparable electrics like the Soul or the Bolt.

[@toast-w1d]

Personally, these are easy to work for an ev/hybrid. And with NZ restricting petrol, hopefully we'll get more like this so I don't have to bend over for parts in the future, Telsa is bad enough rn

[@jonhopwood8128]

What a breath of fresh air this video is. Bravo.

[@robertshelton3796]

Wifes car is an EV My car is an F150 Works pretty well

[@Stahlwerk88]

C A R B O N N E U T R A L

[@AsekiBekovy]

F150 is NOT A CAR

[@robertshelton3796]

@@AsekiBekovy It's a fucking awesome way to get around though

[@AsekiBekovy]

@@robertshelton3796 Not where I live though. 15 mpg is a bit low when gas sits at $7.

[@robertshelton3796]

@@AsekiBekovy 18.5 MPG and you should move out of California :)

[@oliver.taylor]

my dad bought a top trim, all the options, 2012 Leaf in 2014 for $7000, got a free battery replacement 1 year into ownership. He owned the car and enjoyed it, I liked it too it was a nice very comfortable around town car. he then replaced it with a BMW i3 which feels just like a more refined leaf.