Well I am on another list. This time it is for the new Nissan Leaf. What I did was reserve my spot in line for when they go on limited sale in December. That is the perfect time to buy one because of the rebates still being around. There is a $7500 tax credit for electric vehicles. In my county there is a $3000 rebate for electric vehicles. Then there is another $1000 rebate for installing a home charging system. Top it off with saving $2000 a year in gas money and you have a really really good deal, around $13,500 in savings the first year. It turns the $33,000 vehicle into a $20,000 vehicle in one swoop. Then for every year after that I would continue to save $2,000 a year in gas. So if I owned the vehicle for 10 years it would have been like I got it for free. However, I am not excited about taking on a new car payment. It has been nice not having to make my altima payment anymore, but it has not been nice driving around a clunky caravan. So there are pros and cons to everything. I can still back out before December so we shall see.

I am excited about what the Leaf has to offer. It is not just an noiseless four seater normal looking electric car. It has tons of technology in it, like a nav system that directs you to local charging stations, rear cameras, a home link system that is like lowjack, bluetooth speaker phone and an emergency charger that can plug into a regular outlet. It goes 100 miles on a full battery at 70mph. My distance every day is 33 miles so I would have to charge it every three days instead of my once a week fillup. However, given current electric rates a full charge would cost roughly $2.75. Compare that to $45 a week for gas. Oh yes, I will secure that car very well. I have even thought about making my own little security system and embedding it into the car. You never think about securing your car till one gets stolen.

Some people are like, why get the first version? What if is not that good or what if it breaks? Of course, if you know me you know I like to take risks. I use logic to mitigate most of the risk. For instance only those who get the first versions will probably get all of these incentives. Then if it does have some kind of failure whatever part would probably be recalled across the board. There are consumer groups that watch out for newbies. If does break down then I probably would have to take it to the dealer to get fixed. I see a warranty in the future for the car so that should be like any other car. What if I just don't like the car? Well, it's already better than a van. I have learned in life to have low expectations and high hopes. I have also learned that risk taking can lead to high rewards. Without the risk there is no reward. We shall see.