John Williamson wrote:

Doesn't beat 5 minutes to put 500 miles worth of fuel in a normal car,
though, which does, admittedly, cost a bit more.

However, given that the Leaf is another car costing around £31,000 and
providing the same comfort and space as diesel engined cars costing
£11,000 and achieving 88 mpg you're not going to see a return on the
Leaf until your driving exceeds 250,000 miles, assuming that you can
charge it for free, which you can't.

Comparing it to my LPG powered Jeep, which is hardly economical on fuel,
you are still going to need to exceed 100,000 miles in the Leaf to see a
return on the price differential between what I paid for it and the
price of the Leaf.

And I can use air con, heated seats, headlights and windscreen wipers
without worrying that I'll never get to my destination. I can also cross
Europe in just over a day - that will happen with the Leaf.