Having used a Leaf twice for 2 full weekends in the North East of England I can say that I think it's a great car. It feels like driving the future of affordabl

Having used a Leaf twice for 2 full weekends in the North East of England I can say that I think it's a great car. It feels like driving the future of affordable family vehicles. In the short term it is only as a run around / second family car for weekday commuting and running to the shops. At UK electric prices the cost per mile is not quite as low as you would like, can't remember exactly what I worked it out to be but is was about 30% of the cost of a petrol mile - don't hold me to that though I can't quite remember. The short range is a pain and the first weekend we used it we had 5 inches of snow and it was -5 so not ideal with the climate control on. I have a close connection to someone who works at the Nissan plant where they are ramping up the production (Sunderland) and my understanding is that Nissan see this as a long term investment to be improved year on year to be a main stream alternative.