We have quite mild winters where I live, it’s rare to go below 0C. With the heater blasting it will happily do 220 km around town, or 150 km at highway speeds. We definitely notice the range reduction in winter. In the warmer months it does 270 km around town, 200+ km on the highway.
I’m with you - I find ICE and EV both enjoyable in their own ways. My Leaf is relaxing and I love how quickly the cabin heats in the winter. My ICE sports cars are light and nimble on twisty roads, and I like the burble of the exhaust. Hell, even my Jimny was fun and charming in its own cheap & unrefined way.
Sorry but I think Circuit de Spa is nothing like the Nordschleife. Spa has 20 turns over 7 km, 2 high speed sections, and 100 m of elevation change. It also has pretty decent run-offs. The Nordschleife has 150+ turns over 20 km, several high speed sections, 300 m of elevation change, and virtually no run-offs.
Spa is certainly a challenging and dangerous circuit, but the Nordschleife has earned its reputation of being the most dangerous track in the world for a reason.
10 laps of the Nordschleife is over 200 km. I can’t think of any cars with big enough fuel tanks to go full send for 200 km. Most production cars will overheat their brakes and tyres after 1-2 laps of the ring anyways.
We have the perfect use case for a Leaf: 90% of our driving is around town under 70 km/h (45 mph) , and we can easily charge overnight at home. So we never had much range anxiety to begin with. Every now and then we will purposefully take it on a longer trip just so we can learn how things like speed and temperature affect the range. But for our daily driving we don’t even think about range.
I think the best thing you could do for yourself if you’re considering a Leaf is test drive one. Take it on the highway for 15 minutes and get a feel for how quickly the range drops. Find a public charger and see how much range it adds in 5-10 minutes. The Leaf may be perfect for me, but I’m just a stranger on the internet who (probably) does very different types of driving to you.