Today’s stuff
Got some things done today, figured I’d talk about them.
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Got some things done today, figured I’d talk about them.
So Carvana arrived today, and delivered my new car and took my old car away. The whole process was really straightforward and simple, and of course they gave me time to do a test drive before committing to the exchange. It was kind of sad to see my Mazda3 go away but I’m sure whoever ends up with it next will make much better use of it than I did.
Anyway! So now I have a shiny black vehicle from the future. It is really fun to drive, but also very different. It’s so weird to turn it on and to not hear an engine rev. It’s weird not having an engine to rev. It moves smoothly. One-pedal mode feels like how driving should have always been, and supposedly it’s better at power consumption so I will probably be using it a lot, at least for my city driving.
I’ve had my current car, a Mazda3, for nearly 6 years. It’s a great car. I like it a lot.
But, there’s a few things I’ve gotten somewhat fed up with on it:
For a while I’ve been thinking about getting an electric vehicle, and recently I got the idea planted in my head that it would be worth switching to a Nissan Leaf.
Anyway, on Carvana, I found a 2018 Leaf SL with all of the safety features I want, and also it still has around 135 miles of range (supposedly) and its battery is still well under warranty, and the cost was only a little bit more than what Carvana said the trade-in value on my Mazda3 was.
So maybe a bit impulsively, I bought it. It will arrive on Friday.
My cost after trade-in is around $1000, and it only raises my insurance premiums by around $8/month. So, yay.