I worked for a Nissan dealer for a bit, in an EV friendly area that had strong rebates available.
We had decent traction in selling clean pre-owned Leafs, and new units as well if rebates were available.
We had waiting lists in 18/19 for Leaf+ models with the 62 KW/H battery. Nissan was very poor in fulfilling units to dealers while the Leaf was a commodity.
The day the standard range Model 3 hit ground and qualified for rebates, it was over for the Leaf. Nissans unwillingness to do subvented rates or any promo wasn’t helping either. Making them effective as much as a Model 3 on a payment level.
While down on range vs a 62 KW/h Leaf, for most the difference in wow factor & offering a thermally-managed battery was more than enough to cancel their Leaf order anyways.
It’s as typical Nissan as it gets, a good innovative product muddied by lack of updates & refinement.
MY 2025 will be 15-years of production for the Leaf, there is still not even an option for thermal-management.
Check for evidence of modifications, then probably save up for a few of the bigger maintenance jobs down the line.
Say near 100k miles I would be preparing for: water-pump, ignition parts replacement interval, oil leaks, DI carbon build up cleaning/walnut blasting, and possibly cooling system maintenance
You might run into other unexpected issues along the way, but the aforementioned would be bigger maintenance jobs I’d expect on the car after some miles
Other than that, do fluids maintenances diligently and enjoy a damn good engine especially backed behind the 6MT
I like the idea of replacing my G37s with something like a 340i