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

I recently bought an EV for the first time. Literally every non EV owner I meet is asking me what it's like in the cold, is expecting me to respond with a horror story. When I don't they follow up with the Tesla charger nees in Chicago and/or the Adrian Weckler id3 news in the independent. These stories are wide reaching and surly must be effecting transition a bit?

Fools and sheep will always be fools and sheep. I was asked regularly asked what the Leaf was like in cold weather. Some were genuinely asking out of curiosity, but others were expecting a different answer to what I gave, which was along the line of...The range gets knocked from 130-100, but it's otherwise great to drive and is always warm before I step into it (explaining pre-heating and the APP).

I commute 70km round trip to work daily in a Model 3 now. Some of my colleagues though I had to charge at home and then at work to get home 🤣

When I tell them I don't have access to the work chargers and I only charge twice a week they find it hard to believe. Telling them it only costs me 15-20 quid a week at most for fuel has them in a state of disbelief. The vast majority of non EV owners haven't a clue about EV capability, running costs and reliability.

There are some real bargains out there for used EVs in the lower price range...mostly Leafs that have a very low cost of ownership relative to a similar ICE which cost less to buy.

Any EV bargains for sale?🤔

15-20% off todays new price, with the bottom of that range being poor value, and upper and exceeding that being good value imo.

Thanks, no the car is like for like. Same version, no new version coming, identical spec etc.

i know it's personal choice but why but 241 and after just one year have about €5-10k down the drain?

Yeh, I think people were used to cheaper new cars, or 0% interest rates, and recent drops in prices, coupled with improvements in range and availability, means EV buyers probably overspent a bit, so for sure the smarter choice now would be to just keep the car if it’s going well, and has so few consumables.

I’ve told this tale a few times, but my sister has a 212 m3 LR, (it stands her about €70k incl the 4.9% apr) and isn’t even entertaining a change this July, indeed she laughed at the thought - but she’s firmly in the camp of feeling very much musked, and only went EV as she does higher mileage and at the time the m3 LR was literally the only car that would suffice. She’s probably a worst case scenario in fairness.

Prices are coming down and some models are 0% finance right now. There's always going to be something newer and better after you buy the newest car, pretty soon it's not the latest version/tech. People belly aching over their cars losing thousands over night is stupid. Your sister is a good example of this. The car doesn't stand her anything. She willing agreed to finance a car for about €70k. It's now 2.5 years old, so traditionally that's circa 40% depreciation (half in 3 years). That should leave her car at €36k under normal mileage and condition.

Here's a 2021 M3 LR for a shade under €37k at a dealer, but with higher than average mileage.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/tesla-model-3-long-range-awd/35743237

A brand new M3 LR Highland would set her back €51k, or a difference of €14k which doesn't seem too bad at all. What matters is the cost to change, not the price paid 2.5 years ago. Similar drops have been seen across the board since Tesla dropped their prices. I got my M3 RWD in 222. Would I have like to get it for 10k less? Absolutely. I'd also liked to have purchased Amazon shares back when they were a couple of dollars each.

Agree on the above. I have a 222 rwd M3 with radar parking sensors but no TACC radar. The 3 is frankly too small a car for our needs and was only meant as a stopgap. However there's no reason to upgrade to a highland as the car itself is the same underneath, minus the stalks!

I'm sure there is a cultish following from some, but this applies to other car brands too. BMW fanbois for example who insist it's a premium brand, whereas the only premium thing is the price and you get no lube for the shafting of extras and rent-a-heated-seat options.

The lack of used Teslas for sale tells a different story to that of the iPhone comparison and the need to have the latest tech etc. Owners for the most part seem happy enough to keep their cars for more than 3 years rather than upgrade to the latest model.

Tesla traditionally don't advertise and sales are via referral or word of mouth. Maybe that's changed in recent times, but I haven't seen any Tesla ads in the media, or online. If that means they are better marketers, then OK.

KIA Soul 6.7K Kia soul Ev Electric for sale in Co. Cork for €6,700 on DoneDeal

Not sure if a bargain or not but at least it's a post about an actual car for sale 😁

A friend of mine is selling a 2019 Tesla Model 3 SR+ for €25k if anyone here is interested. PM for info