Buying 2016 SL - Battery SOH

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I'm in Vancouver Canada and looking at a 2016 SL that lived approximately 1.5 years in Washington state and then 1.3 years in/near Fremont, California. It has 48,000km (~29,900m), 12 bars on dash and costs $23,500 before tax.

The dealer sent a snapshot of what he said was from Leaf Spy. It says:
SOC 86.4
SOH 85.3
388.9
Gids 279
Ah 58.60

I don't know what 388.9 refers to, it's just sitting there by itself.

From this resource (https://flipthefleet.org/resources/benchmark-your-leaf-before-buying/) it seems this SOH tends toward the lower end of battery health and so I'm not sure whether I should just wait for a better option. Our plan is to own whichever EV till it dies, knowing that we'd most likely replace the battery at some point in the future. i.e. I don't care about resale value but I do care about length of life.

I'm at analysis paralysis stage right now. In general this car meets our needs but I don't want to rip myself off out of ignorance. Any insight that could help me decide would be greatly appreciated!
 
Well I've talked myself out of it... :)

We decided that battery health was more important to us so getting a 2017 S rather than this 2016 SL makes more sense. They have the 2017 S's listed for $20,500 so we can just buy leather seat covers for what we'll save.
 
jcrothers said:
Well I've talked myself out of it... :)

We decided that battery health was more important to us so getting a 2017 S rather than this 2016 SL makes more sense. They have the 2017 S's listed for $20,500 so we can just buy leather seat covers for what we'll save.
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At one time the S only came with the Level 2 charging port. Before buying, I'd check if it has the fast charging port. You really don't want to be limited to Level 2 charging only.
 
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