Some Zoe questions

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Tut tut tut tut.......
Have you not been told by the experts on hear that only a fool goes for battery rental.......

I guess i'm a fool then

anyway, nothing is set in stone at the moment and if its the only way to get into being an EV user and experiencing all its other benefits thats the only way it looks like we are going to afford it.

if money was no object and they werent a hell of a lot more expensive of course we would go down the avenue of one with no rental.

You try to get an EV of 2015 vintage without battery rental for 7grand - good luck with that.

maybe could get Leaf 2011 for same price - but of course thats getting older than 2015 car , want to try and get as new car as possible but give electric a go .

so if anyone got any other ideas , that would be good .. and no we have no money to put against the 7grand nor want to save up any more years and get an EV in the future when we have any more money because that may never happen. - its now or never (well I feel) although the wife would most probably go for a small ICE car with 3cylinders (although she did not like the chugginess vibrations in the last 3cyl ICE cars before when she test drove them) and when I showed her all the electronic gadgets and features the Zoe had that got her even more in it. - I bet if it didnt have the pre heating, traction control , cruise control , sat nav, and all other goodies it would have been a different story.

Deleted User wrote: »

how much will a Zoe cost you ? how much PM will your battery rental be ?

still TBC on the cost of one - was going to get from NI as they seem to be cheaper up there and no VRT on them down here and some people say the NI / UK cars are driven better .. on better roads (any truth in that?) - so would be better buying rather than a used on used in ireland (ROI) thats what some people believe anyway.

Battery rental - I think the wife said she would go for 15,000km at 1,032 per year (ouch, I know :eek:) - its frightening when you say it like that - over 3 years 3,096.00 for 3 years (painful in the end!) if i calculated it OK , and you would look back on it in 3 years time and think look how much I have paid for the car in total.. but ah sure what can you do, you cannot avoid it if thats the avenue you have to go down to get an affordable used EV car . - it will just negate most of the saving on buying petrol , that along with charging (if you pay for charging) - but at the end of the day a cleaner running car , and a car of the future with lots of nice features for the price.

unkel wrote: »

Listen to good advice?

yeah its a toughie - but i just know i will be like a kid in a sweet shop of she does go for an EV as her next car rather than another plain ol ICE car.

of course if I kept on and said "I think the next car we should get should be an electric one " and it goes belly up and she ends up hating it or not getting on with it i most probably rightly so will get the blame.

€19.11 weekly on battery rental (€86 PM - 15,000km per year) - but she would be spending more on petrol per week , and you get breakdown assistant included , have I got that right or am I making a mistake because 19.11per week for the battery rental - when its presented like that it dont look too bad. But as I say maybe I am calculating it wrong?

https://www.renaultbelgard.ie/web/renault-electric-car-battery-cost/

Stheno wrote: »

1032/52 is 19.84 per week

Do you think you can actually afford an ev?

hopefully when saving on fuel and car tax .

kceire wrote: »

Which you will be paying for twice now as it comes as part of your insurance policy. I think you've been told that once or twice...…..

not according to my wife , I said "have we got breakdown cover with our insurance?" and she said no

it might be my age or early dementia kicking in but all this digging at me about "you have been told this before" is not helping - what is it some kind of point scoring thing like "I can remember things better than you" or what?

some things my brain takes in when I am reading stuff on boards and some other things maybe either it didnt sink in or I just missed the post or just forgotten or what I dont know - but Jeez give me a break though its bloody annoying!

ethernet wrote: »

Didn't come with a "fully comprehensive" policy from Axa for me either so I added it.

she got an AA breakdown (got it really because of old 2003 Clio we got got just in case it breaks down)

Actually come to think of it , I shall have to look up on AA and see what the stance is on an Electric Vehicle .. I am wondering now if it extends to Electric Vehicles , maybe it just covers breakdown in ICE cars???

Anyway maybe she will cancel the AA policy if we get a Zoe because of the breakdown cover on the battery rental , be silly to have 2 breakdown policy if they both cover the same

yes just so everyone is straight I am so greatful of the helpful advice that people have given ,,, you know and its so better getting advice on this group because when you search for reviews on the internet a lot of the time they are not even done in ireland, or they are biased reviews or incorrect information , but like when you are making decisions you normally take on board what others have said (well I do) and the helpful advice people have given and then add that and weigh it up with what I know (or think i know, from as much research I have done) and then weigh up the pro's and cons and then kind of make a decision .

But even then sometimes I make a decision and then change my mind sometimes .. yeah, but its still good to try and get as many peoples views as possible