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

Lol, because they've a terrible interior, f all luxury and just a big screen in the middle. Sometimes you have to wonder how duplicitous people are. Tesla are creating the everybody cars cheap to construct low cost but they're also the same as top of the range BMWs and Mercedes. .. I mean.

100%. I've viewed cars posted here before and reported on my findings to either save someone the trouble of travelling if the problems are deal breakers, or to give the heads-up where a bargain can be got.

I was on my way to view the car for a second time when I wrote back earlier. I wanted to check the charge ports were working and check the battery health, which is at 88%. I haggled down to €9,400 for it. Not too bad from an asking of 12k only 2 weeks ago.

2 rear tyres are good, Hankooks. I was sure it had all Dunlops when I viewed a couple of weeks ago, which were all perished. I must have been mistaken. I only need to replace the front tyres now. Oponeo for another order. I'll be having the paint corrected next week while I await the logbook to let me tax it (nearly 2 years with no tax!!!). I took the logbook to make that process faster. I'll need to get a second key and a public charge cable too, as well as have some puncture tyre goop just incase, as it's missing from the boot. Will get brake fluid flushed too and I'm going to swap the dashcam from my 24 Leaf to this one because I won't see a cent extra in the sale keeping it installed.

Her new home.

Cheapest ID.4 1st Edition in the Country ?

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/36581882

Still there from the 24th of March-

They drive a lot 😅

A commute to work that was 100km away (200km return), which wouldn't be unheard of, would be 1000km a week or 50k a year

My young lad is doing a 1000 a week in the 19 Kona we bought in October. He was spending 120 a week on petrol in the old car, a 2005 2l avensis

personally I think EV’s suit high mileage drivers far more than lower.

high mileage commuting is really an opportunity-cost situation: that high depreciation allows you keep that great job 100km away, and your family live in a nice house in the countryside on a plot on the family farm, and that’s just life.

It’s far more common that you’d think - e.g in Kilkenny city, there are literally hundreds of people who work in Dublin City/south county Dublin every day - motorway door to door, it used to be the train was the only option.

My sister has a 2.5yo M3LR with over 100,000 on it, long commuting. She’ll be murdered on depreciation when it comes to selling it, but if it wasn’t for that commute she wouldn’t have the fantastic job she has, closer to home.

Bought 2nd hand for 20k. All charging at home at energia rate, maybe 20eur a week

No, the range from VW was 300km.

THis is a better view

https://ev-database.org/car/1087/Volkswagen-e-Golf

FYI, this just passed NCT today with 2 years til April 2026. I missed the NCT appointment yesterday, but they were kind enough to let me do it this morning once I accepted the penalty.

I'll be letting it go for 5k and not a cent less. That's a boardsie straight up price.

Otherwise it's to be kept for our kids, one has a full license now and the other is starting lessons in a few weeks having just got their learner permit.

Yeah that Fluence is crazy low now. I was a bit surprised my own car didn't sell within a day at 6k asking, 5.5k ready to deal. It's a genuinely great condition car and with a colour that helps to hide the face only a mother could love of the Leaf 24 🤣. I've seen a few of the examples currently advertised and my own car is in far superior shape, but it's not easy to get that across in an advert when everyone claims their car is immaculate despite most panels being riddled with deep scratches and dents.

My thinking is I would like to sell now and put money toward more home solar/batteries and then later in the year, or early next year, pick up another EV…most likely a Leaf 24 or 40 for the kids to use, keeping a car available for the OH when I am at work.

The car market as a whole seems to be completely stagnant. A few lads I know in the trade say nothing is shifting. I think these mortgage increases are really starting to impact on people's finances. Electricity bills while having eased a bit are still very high.

This exactly. If people don't have money to spend, they can't afford a bargain either.

🤣 Well my child level economics are borne out by the market so I'll continue with them. Even the lack of actual bargains in this thread is telling us the same thing.

It's a great time to buy an used EV bargain for sure especially if you're a cash buyer and are good in haggling.