This week's EV bargain that I'm not buying

There have been several Model 3’s with an asking price of below 30k for sale and sold, in recent months, even Long Range Model 3’s have begun recently at asking prices of 33k and less.

Mainly 19 reg models, and as they are coming up to ,or just over 4 years old, and new model 3 is supposed to be announced any time now, will likely drop in price further, i saw a high mileage 3, for 25 k on done deal about a week or so ago,

Ah, ok, I'm a little out of touch then.

I’d go as far as to say that if you are looking for a 2019 or 2020 M3 and pay over €30k, you’ve probably paid too much.

any ad I have saved that’s over €30k seem to take ages to shift (or the agreed price was lower than list, of course).

meanwhile the sub €30k ones are shifting pretty quickly.

The silver one is a base model and being sold by a non franchise trader. I’ve never heard of them and hence can’t comment on their reputation but it was likely sourced as an unwanted trade in. The other one is a much better spec executive model and Monaghans would have a good name and are main dealers for Skoda. It was likely traded in for a new Skoda. I’d suggest that both have quite high kms and will be out of battery warranty with VW at 160K kms. Personally I’d pay a bit more for one with smaller kms to have battery warranty until it’s 8 years old.

In my experience auctions are almost always more expensive than buying privately. Dealers pay for the convenience of buying online and having the cars delivered to their door.

Buying privately and having to drive all over the country to view cars is very time consuming but after negotiating hard it will almost always be less expensive.

If your type of person who pays close to asking price then this won’t apply to you

The non tesla dealers are asking for a fortune. I have no idea who is buying cars off them.

For an extra few K more people can go, get a referral code, and buy a brand new one, or stock with 1500e off, full warranty, 0km, and no other owners.

If I do not pick up an M3 deal privately I will have no bones about switching strategy for a new one - but under no circumstances can I see a scenario for me where these dealers are getting nearly 40k for a used tesla.

I will also be surprised given current inventory if we dont see 1000-1500 euros more off on tesla.ie over the next 14 days.

I see both the 17 Ioniq, and 18 Leaf are back up on wilson auctions for Tuesday

Wonder why they didn't sell last week; would there have been a reserve?

Ioniq looks good but no idea what battery it has, Leaf looks rough inside, and going by pics has about 200km range.

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Tesla are selling cars

The forum regular confirms!

Got a high mileage 2020 M3 LR AWD for 27k (25.5k + auction fees) at an auction back in June. Had a bit of suspension work done thereafter which was expected in case of a high mileage car.

I wouldn't pay for the same car more than 25k now. Also, one needs to factor in the risk that comes with buying at an auction. Unless you can check the motor, the charging (AC and DC) and especially battery health on site beforehand.

There were few medium-high mileage 192/201 M3 SR on DoneDeal asking 30k that were not shifting. I had a few prospects where I could push it to 28-29k but the auction was a better deal in the end. It was between almost expired warranty on SR vs almost expired warranty on LR for pretty much the same price (of course the auction was a risk).

A fair price for a medium mileage 192/201 SR with some warranty left is like 27k now, higher mileage 23-25k. Anyone selling for 30k is up for a long wait to sell.