Next "Possible" Car Discussion for the Mad_Lad

I suppose I'm not driving that much to care about using some petrol, however, I see your points about the PHEV, in reality I would probably still be fine in a petrol.

Lets try some sums, not my strongest point by the way so forgive any errors.

If previously I was driving 800+ kms a week to now maybe 350

45 mpg petrol = 15.93 Km/Litre = 21.97 litres needed @ 1.77 a litre = 38.88 Euro

EV average 18 Kwh/100 kms, = 5.55 Kwh per Km = 63 Kwh needed @ 22 c/Kwh night rate currently = 13.86 a week or 25 Euro in the difference compared to EV, if you get leccy for 11 C/100 km it would be 31.95 in the difference for petrol.

Get a cheap petrol or just consider the Outlander diesel as the car to keep using when we can't be arsed bring the car to an area with crap infrastructure. The Outlander gives us the best of both worlds already.

So I suppose in reality financially paying the 18K to own the id3 is financially the soundest option because what kind if ICE would I get at that price ? I have the id3 from new and know it's history.

I think eagerev has good sound advice with the Model Y if buying new or 2nd hand EV from a financial perspective , the Model Y has come down a lot in price and if it had been that way at the time I bought the Id3 I probably would have given it serious thought, I see some 2nd had for around 38K on carzone for a 2023 which is not much more expensive than the EV 6 which is a 2023 with 87,000 kms vs the Model Y 2023 with 9500 Kms.

I think the model y should be worth consideration for Fits who hinted she's like something larger.

Still not sure about the screen/ergonomics in the Model y !

BMW M3 goes for mad money even those several years old, guaranteed to be abused. + the tax would be pretty high.

I agree, the Model Y isn't the nicest thing, probably due to aerodynamics but one couldn't ignore the value compared to other electric cars at the price it's going for now and while some of them have more battery capacity the Model Y is quite efficient and Tesla have a good charging network that most of us still have no access to despite Musk saying he's open up his charging network, he only has I think one or two sites in Ireland that are open, at least that was the case in December. I'd have to check the app.

Volkswagen's infotainment is not very good, it's a bit of a mess, the EV 6 is decent but very expensive compared to the Model Y, Ioniq 5 the same.

Not sure I fancy dealing with private dealer and handing over 35K, too risky on such a car in my opinion. But thanks for the link.

it could be but the issue is the id3 and selling that privately first and people win't buy a car with outstanding finance.

I've heard that about trade ins alright.

The last link isn't working but the one in Carlow certainly looked nowhere as good as these.