by TimLee (Posted Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:09:10 GMT)
My wife and I were both headed to the Cracker Barrel, got the to the stop light for the left turn onto the interstate 75 entrance ramp at the same time, and did a non-planned real life comparison of the 2011 LEAF and the 2009 4 cylinder Altima.
I clearly thought the LEAF would beat the Altima.
She wanted to see if the Altima could beat the LEAF.
She had her foot to the floor early on to see what the Altima could do.
The LEAF was ahead to 30 mph by nearly one car length, but it would have been a very tight merge in front of the Altima. Even though I don't think my wife would have hit the LEAF, I decided not to take a chance. (LEAF had a slightly greater travel path, as it was on the right lane making a left turn onto the uphill ramp.)
After that, the Altima began to pull ahead, although they were fairly even to 70 mph.
Of course, she probably burned at least a $1.00 of gasoline doing that.
Thought everyone would like some real life "performance" data on the 2011 LEAF versus 2009 4 cylinder Altima.
TimLee wrote:
My other ICE vehicle is a 2009 Altima with 4 cylinder engine and automatic CVT transmission. Although it might be able to match the 2011 LEAF acceleration to 30 mph, to do it you would have to be sitting with your foot firmly on the brake and raise the engine rpm to around 3000 rpm before take off, and slam the accelerator to the floor the moment you released the brake. This would cost you about 1/3 gallon of gasoline wasted, $1.50, and a lot of noise.
My wife and I were both headed to the Cracker Barrel, got the to the stop light for the left turn onto the interstate 75 entrance ramp at the same time, and did a non-planned real life comparison of the 2011 LEAF and the 2009 4 cylinder Altima.
I clearly thought the LEAF would beat the Altima.
She wanted to see if the Altima could beat the LEAF.
She had her foot to the floor early on to see what the Altima could do.
The LEAF was ahead to 30 mph by nearly one car length, but it would have been a very tight merge in front of the Altima. Even though I don't think my wife would have hit the LEAF, I decided not to take a chance. (LEAF had a slightly greater travel path, as it was on the right lane making a left turn onto the uphill ramp.)
After that, the Altima began to pull ahead, although they were fairly even to 70 mph.
Of course, she probably burned at least a $1.00 of gasoline doing that.
Thought everyone would like some real life "performance" data on the 2011 LEAF versus 2009 4 cylinder Altima.