I'm Richard Porter. I'm Johnny Smith. And this is on the other side of things, the Smith and Sniff

spin-off in which we answer your questions. Hello again. Here we are answering your questions,

as we do in our sort of spin-off show. Yeah. If I may, I'm going to dive in with a question from a listener called Mike,

who describes himself in brackets as a grateful Patreon member.

Grateful.

Wow, we should be the grateful ones.

Come on.

I know, that feels the wrong way around.

But thank you, Mike.

We are also grateful back at you. Mike says, good morning. That feels the wrong way around. But thank you, Mike. We are also grateful

back at you. Mike says, good morning, you finely tuned spowets, gentlemen. A couple of my friends

have first generation Nissan Leafs for their short commutes. Leaves. I have become very tempted

to get my own as they are raving mad about them. Yeah. Commute to work is only seven miles, approximately three and a half thousand miles a year.

And I currently run a sweet 2015 VW high up with 75 of the finest three-cylinder horsepower.

I'm not sure whether this would be a sensible move in terms of vehicle longevity.

There are plenty of leafs around for circa £3,700 with very good battery health, which would essentially be a

straight swap with some equity when parting with my up. Charging at home wouldn't be an issue,

but I would need to swap the tariff, etc, etc. But what would you do if you were in my specific situation?

Also given the fact EVs will be taxed per mile in a couple of years,

any thoughts, recommendations or things to look out for very much appreciated?

Well, the first-gen leaf is not a looker.

It's not.

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