The all things EV chat thread

[clubchamp98]

My sons got an ID5.
Fantastic car but £60K

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Yeah they are spacey .. nice looking cars tho

I was referring to the position of the drive selector, ?

 

[bobmac]

My sons got an ID5.
Fantastic car but £60K

Or £43,995

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-de...tising-location=at_cars&year-from=2018&page=2

 

[clubchamp98]

Or £43,995

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202212312861853?model=ID.5&radius=1500&postcode=ng348xf&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=Used&newCarHasDeal=on&include-delivery-option=on&make=Volkswagen&sort=price-desc&advertising-location=at_cars&year-from=2018&page=2

That’s the basic model they just about give you a steering wheel with that one.
But it’s £44K

 

[Deleted member 29109]

That’s the basic model they just about give you a steering wheel with that one.
But it’s £44K

Which nobody will ever pay. 99.99999999% of people don’t buy new cars outright, so the only thing that really matters is the monthly cost and value at the end of the lease/PCP/whatever.

 

[Aztecs27]

My sons got an ID5.
Fantastic car but £60K

Look at the Skoda Enyaq instead. Same car, different badge.

I've got one coming in July.

 

[Fade and Die]

Which nobody will ever pay. 99.99999999% of people don’t buy new cars outright, so the only thing that really matters is the monthly cost and value at the end of the lease/PCP/whatever.

And since a leased car never offsets the CO emissions created during manufacturing it makes leasing an EV “environmentally irresponsible”

 

[bobmac]

That’s the basic model they just about give you a steering wheel with that one.
But it’s £44K

I was merely pointing out to those who may not know that you don't have to spend £60k to get an ID5.
Just like you don't have to pay £50k to get a petrol Golf.

 

[PNWokingham]

will the government backtrack on 2030 ban? Lots of issues to make this work properly

https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/209...-electric-vehicle-deadline-economic-disaster/

 

[Mandofred]

Which nobody will ever pay. 99.99999999% of people don’t buy new cars outright, so the only thing that really matters is the monthly cost and value at the end of the lease/PCP/whatever.

Nice to know I'm a really special person since I buy outright.

 

[PNWokingham]

Nice to know I'm a really special person since I buy outright.

me too!

 

[clubchamp98]

Nice to know I'm a really special person since I buy outright.

Me to.
I have never used credit to buy a car.

 

[clubchamp98]

I was merely pointing out to those who may not know that you don't have to spend £60k to get an ID5.
Just like you don't have to pay £50k to get a petrol Golf.

Yes I realise that Bob .
But the basic spec is £44k
The price of EVs is just ridiculous and seems to be getting higher not coming down like we expected.

 

[PJ87]

Yes I realise that Bob .
But the basic spec is £44k
The price of EVs is just ridiculous and seems to be getting higher not coming down like we expected.

If it wasn't for supply issues and inflation they would be

 

[clubchamp98]

If it wasn't for supply issues and inflation they would be

I dought that. But we will see.
Prices that have rocketed due to outside influences be it supermarkets ,pubs or cars won’t go back to pre war prices.
There has been a lot of profiteering imo.

 

[PJ87]

I dought that. But we will see.
Prices that have rocketed due to outside influences be it supermarkets ,pubs or cars won’t go back to pre war prices.
There has been a lot of profiteering imo.

Supply and demand tho

They will drop

Car wow for example you can get great deals on your cars dealers compete for your business we saved 5k off one of our cars

But ATM because supply is so sparse the deals are RRP and that's it

 

[larmen]

Does the MG pull other prices down, long term? It seems good enough and cheaper than the rest. Why buy an ID4or similar if you can get a decent car for less.

 

[Fade and Die]

Does the MG pull other prices down, long term? It seems good enough and cheaper than the rest. Why buy an ID4or similar if you can get a decent car for less.

Does the price of a Ssang Yong Tivoli bring down the price of a BMW 1 Series? No, because most people don’t want “good enough” they want cars with style and decent engineering.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Does the price of a Ssang Yong Tivoli bring down the price of a BMW 1 Series? No, because most people don’t want “good enough” they want cars with style and decent engineering.

I have to say, that my wife had a Tivoli, 4x4 diesels auto and it was a fantastic car, fully loaded with a superb Diesel engine. The reason we got rid is that spares costs (mainly brake pads) were overly expensive and difficult to get. However I haven’t yet seen an ev MG that has green window glass. That to me is just so cheap and nasty I wouldn’t even look inside at them. The Tivoli was miles better in comparison.

 

[PJ87]

Does the price of a Ssang Yong Tivoli bring down the price of a BMW 1 Series? No, because most people don’t want “good enough” they want cars with style and decent engineering.

Massive illusion tho, brand snobbery

Remember when the Skoda superb estate was launched at a car show without a badge and everyone picked it as the car to have .. then found out was Skoda and bias set in

Think your underestimating the mg .. very popular now. People want affordable aswell as the above

The mg5 is everywhere as the private hire car of choice