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I bought my three year old leaf at the bottom of the EV depreciation curve (when it was believed they would die at 5 yrs old). Nissan offered cheap finance and warranty/breakdown cover to get rid of gen 1 lease cars. It's now 8 years old on 71k miles with 10 of the original 12 battery bars. It was serviced on the yearly intervals to keep warranty and breakdown cover in my first three years of ownership. I used to grudge the money because there is no actual servicing to be done. Now I don't bother. The only real service item is a diff oil change at 130k miles.
I'll invest in a brake fluid change and it might need some suspension work for its MOT this year. Otherwise the only costs are tyres and electricity.
As a previous bangernomics car owner, it's the cheapest car I've ever owned so far in terms of costs of ownership. Glacial depreciation and saving £200 a month in petrol. Nothing has broken yet.
Range is shit in the winter but it's only used for commuting and town shit trips. Perfect size for this, and I can fit two MTBs in the boot.
I'm going to keep it till it dies; a battery refurb might be an option in the future. I also like the leaf's essential classlessness... A car that says little about you.