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VIDEO MEANT TO BE PAUSED REGULARLY LOL. 1st time trying this. Just wanted to do something to help guys or gals struggling with the track. The video is meant to be paused so you can read everything. I am unable to have videos edited in any other way right now. Hopefully later :).

Brake HARD just after the Red and White curbing on your way to "Yokahama".

LOOK ahead and to the right.

Gear down to 2nd, while trail braking, turn in..

On an ideal run you want to be where my previous lap ghost is positioned.

1st gear to help get the car around and power out of the corner

LOOK, second flag from right. Drive at it

LOOK for the curbing to your left, as soon as we see it turn for it still FULL on throttle..

If you won't make it, lift as much as you need to until it turns in and then go back on the throttle, this part is deceiving, you will make it..TRUST ME :)

Avoid curbing.

Remember to keep looking ahead, it slows down everything

Just a Dab of salt just as the green goes into grey lol.. BRAKE!! Becareful with braking here..We don't want to slow down too much only turn the car. I lost time here when I locked slightly :(

Stay left, tuck it in and look for the right turn to follow

When you get on the throttle, just steer where you're looking, if you are sure the car wont make it around do not abandon completely, sometimes a slight lift will give you enough turn.

As soon as your angle is correct, commit to full throttle and steer, have fun with it :)

Keep looking far ahead

Gradually bring the car over to the right, sudden cross overs cost you time.

Approaching "Valvoline"

Dab the brakes at the 50 meter board..take care not to look at it. You should be looking for the left hander. It's faster than you think.

You shouldn't even know what brake is at this point, lift throttle and STEER.

Back on the throttle, resist trying to get back over to the left for the right hander. KEEP LOOKING AHEAD.

Manage your entry, sometimes i brake slightly sometimes I am able to just lift early...the faster you can get in and manage to stay tucked into that right curb the better. All depends on how you get out of the previous corner.

On exit allow the car to go over to the exit curb...Early on the Throttle...LOOK Ahead

Stay left

You should be looking way ahead for the "Dunlop hair pin"

Brake hard initially where the white line starts to straighten, start to ease immediately after. I use the white line so I am sure I'm braking in a straight line.

Still on the brakes, start to turn in where the Grey paved area goes from solid to perforated. Happy trailing :)

Tuck it in better than I did, I messed up.

If you're looking ahead you will be looking for the exit and that will help you gauge how early you can get on the power. You should know early on if you're covered. Once straightened out, we should be focused way past the billboards and onto our next obstacle. SCHUMACHER :)

Gradually cross over for the left hander into Schumacher.

This is a full throttle, uphill chicane..in other words..FUN:)

We'll turn in when we get inline with the beginning of the grey patch of pavement up ahead on the left.

This curb is a bit high, we'll avoid this one and use the second one.

Keep looking ahead, pleeeeeeease :)

We don't want to fight the momentum of the car, so let it go left we have time to get back to the right.

Brake just ahead of the green. We're doing that trail braking thing again :). Turn in at the 50 meter board. Full commitment, it doesn't look it but you will make it..maybe lol..no you will...

Early off brake completely and gradually on the throttle earlier the better :)

Important!!!! Get the car over to the left, the next right hander can be taken full throttle or with a slight lift. I play it safe with a slight lift here and lose a bit of time. Whatever you decide, resist touching brake..We don't even know what brake is at this point :) Have loads of fun with this part :D

Turn in is just after the little white hut goes out of your peripheral. I hope you were observant enough to notice the darn hut to begin with lol ;) Becareful with the exit..

We can relax for a bit and prepare for Advan Bogen and NGK Chicane. Check your guages, advanced drivers would adjust brake bias, I just radio the pit to ask for a reminder as to what the second pedal in the car is for :)

Advan Bogen - Easy Peasy - Flat out

Avoid going over to the left..center of track is fine. Gradually get as right as you can.

Look way ahead..get ready :)

Brake heavy at just before the 100 meter board where the pavement widens a bit.

Start small with your turn input just after the 50 meter board, keep it smooth. You should be aiming for the part of the curb below the sausage, the flat bit.

Both entry and exit. Don't get too greedy, hitting the sausage could cost. I lost time locking up..You can do better.

Almost got the job done, you're hot, you're thirsty, it's time for "Coca Cola"

For "Coca Cola" literally brush the brakes and turn in just as the painted barriers off to the left go out of peripheral view. Resist turning in early and resist lifting. If you have to lift, make it very slight and immediately back on.

Use all of the track here, the run off is welcoming here :) there's the start / Finish and that's a lap of Nurburgring GP. Hope you had as much fun as I did and I hope it helped :)

Who are these strange people up here right now?

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Is the 2018 Nissan Leaf the Best EV Out There? | Model Review - Duration: 8:41.

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CALVIN KIM: Behind me is the 2018 Nissan LEAF.

And alongside its fresh new face,

it gets a new battery for much more range, and a host

of new technology features such as ProPILOT Assist,

which is Nissan's advanced driver-assist functionality.

But with competitors like Chevrolet's Bolt

and to a certain extent Tesla Model 3,

could the Nissan LEAF be the best all-around EV out there?

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First-time electric car buyers don't realize this,

but electric cars have a lot of torque.

And as we're rolling on this on-ramp,

we are rapidly catching up to the car in front of us.

The Nissan LEAF has what sounds like a low number--

146 horsepower.

But it's the torque that really gives it the beans.

It's got about 236 pound-feet of torque.

Don't quote me on that, but 236 is a lot

for a small car like this.

The car weighs about 3,500 pounds, so it's well in line.

I mean, basically, it'd be equivalent to a bigger

engine in a compact car.

Needless to say, acceleration is easy and brisk.

One area where you might find some weakness with the Nissan

LEAF is on the highway.

Right now, we're on a smooth asphalt surface.

But if you're on a concrete highway,

or on a natural surface that's broken up,

like you'll find in just about every major city in the world

today, the low-rolling resistance tires,

which are very hard, transmit a lot

of the edges of the bumps right into the cabin.

It kind of can get annoying.

One of the best advantages of electric vehicles--

number one, regen break, which is regenerative braking.

One thing that they did very cleverly,

though, is give you a switch right on the center

console here called e-Pedal.

And just by clicking the switch, you immediately

engage that regen braking.

Nissan says you can break as much as 2/10

of a "g," which doesn't sound like a lot,

but from our testing it's plenty.

The second advantage of electric vehicles

is their instantaneous torque off the line.

Unlike a gasoline engine or even a hybrid, it's very instant.

With this facelift of LEAF, you get 150 miles of claimed range.

Now, wonderfully for us, if you put it in ECO mode

and enable e-Pedal, you can get a lot more than that.

With our long-term LEAF, we've been

able to drive it a little bit already.

And we've routinely gotten over 150 miles

with those features enabled.

That's great news for commuters, especially

those that drive a little bit longer distances.

So they can go a week without charging.

Now, for EV owners, the best way to do it

is to charge every night.

But, hey, if you're going to go visit a friend's house,

or maybe go across town to hang out somewhere,

it's nice to have that option.

The Nissan puts the charger port right

at the front, which is super convenient for nose-in parking.

It comes with a cable.

And this is a level 2 cable.

So if you have a 240-volt outlet at home,

you can go ahead and plug it in and get the max capable

that the charger will give you.

Now, there is an on-board charger

that modulates that power.

And that's a 6.6 kilowatt charger.

Now, what that means is this is a 40-kilowatt battery.

You can kind of do the math to see how long that'll

take you to charge.

This car also has the optional CHAdeMO charger.

CHAdeMO is a Japanese word that basically translates to, hey,

let's grab some tea, which is the idea behind the charging

system.

Now, it's a DC charger which is direct current--

which basically feeds a massive amount of voltage--

4 or 500 volts at high amounts directly to the battery.

It's not something you want to do every day.

With that much current and that much voltage,

you're going to cause a lot of heat

to the battery which, as you know,

heat and batteries don't mix.

So use it sparingly.

Compared to its competitors, the LEAF prices pretty well.

Now, in this SL trim with the ProPILOT Assist

and everything like that, that'll

set you back a little over $37,000.

That's a little bit less than the Bolt.

Obviously, a lot less than the Model 3.

And the federal tax credit is still available for this car,

so you can get out the door for a lot less than that.

You do get a lot of car for your money.

The biggest attractor, though, will be the range.

Both the Bolt and the Tesla Model 3

have a lot more range than the LEAF does.

That's a fair point.

But the reality is most electric car owners--

they're not using all those miles all at once.

In a commuting environment, you're

maybe using 40 to 60 miles at a chop, which

means this car is totally fine, even for emergency side trips.

Now, for those that are truly range conscious that really do

want to go on longer trips, rumor

has it that Nissan LEAF-- bringing out

a higher range LEAF next year, one with a 60-kilowatt battery

that cracks the 200 barrier.

Even if you're on the fence about that,

this standard range LEAF with 150 miles

is nothing to sneeze at.

Definitely one of the coolest features of the LEAF

is ProPILOT Assist.

Now, it's not an autonomous driving system.

What it is, though, is a very, very connected

driver-assist system.

Now, just one button push on the steering wheel

enables the system.

And then to turn it on, you just activate your cruise control.

Now, what that gives you is adaptive cruise control,

which keeps the distance from ourselves and the car in front.

It does lane centering, so it keeps the car

in the center of the road.

And it'll even bring you to a complete stop.

It's not a self-driving car.

All it's doing is just keeping it in the center

and at a safe distance from the car in front.

In an interesting twist of fate, this system actually

works pretty darn good, even alongside the Tesla's Autopilot

system.

Now, the Tesla has the advantage of GPS and a connected system,

where it knows road conditions to a certain extent.

The Nissan does not have that feature set.

But considering the price premium that Autopilot has

and that Tesla has, we believe ProPILOT is a fantastic

addition to the Nissan LEAF.

Inside the Nissan LEAF, you'll find

a pretty much traditional car.

Materials are good.

There's not a lot of busyness with the colors and design

choices.

We're in the top SL model, so the seats

are this nice leather with microsuede inserts.

The controls-- again, easy to use, well laid out.

Again, it's more like a regular car, instead of maybe a science

project, or a sci-fi set you'll find in some of the other EVs.

On our SL model, we have the top-level Bose

7-speaker surround sound system.

It includes a head unit that is Apple CarPlay and Android Auto

compatible.

Now, the system itself has its own navigation built into it.

And you can use that to find charging stations

and addresses, like you normally would any other navigation

system.

But you may find using your smartphone

to be a little bit easier.

Another technology item that interfaces your head unit

is the surround-view camera.

When you put it in reverse, or you hit the camera button right

on the dash, there's a bunch of cameras

around the car that turn on.

And that gives you not only a rear or front view,

but in a third person kind of above the car

view, so you can see if there's any obstacles

alongside the car.

One of the best benefits for the Nissan LEAF is the back seat.

Not only is it sized for full-size adults,

the seat itself is very comfortable.

An interesting aspect of having the battery under the floor

means that the floor itself is a little bit higher.

So even though from the outside the Nissan looks pretty tall,

on the inside it's a little bit more like a traditional car.

That's not such a bad thing.

I'm 6 foot tall, and I still fit in the back of the LEAF.

No problem.

But the seat's elevated to make room

for that battery, which means even in the back seat,

I can still see down the road.

The Nissan LEAF is a hatchback, which means, obviously,

it's got a big hatch.

A lot of the interior cargo room with the seats folded up.

The rear seats do fold 60/40.

You'll find that once you do fold them up,

there is a bit of a shelf from the seatback to the cargo

floor.

But I'd say that between its comp competitors,

this general cargo area is very useful--

the low-loading height, and a nice, deep floor,

and a tall ceiling height.

So you can fit taller cargo, bulkier cargo in a little bit

easier.

Is the LEAF the bestseller EV on the market today?

Well, it's not the fastest.

It doesn't have the most range.

And it's not the sexiest.

But it's got a lot of utility.

It's very comfortable, and it's a great value.

But probably the most important thing--

it's available now.

For more information on the Nissan LEAF

and other electric vehicles, go to edmunds.com

and be sure to click Subscribe.

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