Where would you go next...

Unless something dramatic happens, I don’t see prices coming down.

Even if the uk changes course and imports become more viable, their used prices have significantly increased too.

I have never seen so few cars for sale on Carzone or DoneDeal and I can’t see supplies improving in the medium term.

presumably dealers are trying to make even more profit on each unit they sell as the volume isn’t there.

I change cars regularly and the longest I’ve kept a car is just over a year but this year is different.

I got rid of my M140i in the summer as I got stupid money for it and needed to free up funds for a while. I bought a Fiesta ST which is honestly the best fun I have ever had in a road car, but it’s a terrible car when you’re not driving hard. It’s the most uncomfortable car I’ve ever sat in and the build quality is laughable. As a result it needs to go but there is absolutely nothing around for reasonable money that I want.

That’s the big problem now. If you have something nice that you like I’d hold on to it as you may get a great price for it but there are absolutely no replacements.

My ears must have been burning, haven't looked in here in a while and then see this.

No going to hold on to it. I had it up for strong money to see what would happen, and very little did so took it down.

As madness mentions, it's great when you're in the mood but it can be lacking a bit in build quality (it's an entry level ford at the end of the day).

In fairness I've been enjoying it more lately and it still runs the kids about as and when is needed.

Nice example of a M140i:

https://www.carsireland.ie/2983655

I saw this the other day. I was surprised the BMW did so well considering the weight disadvantage. I think on another day the results could be different though. I checked the current prices and there is only 6k difference in Ireland between the two in the Tesla's favour. I would have the i4 regardless of the results of this test. A few fractions of a second is irrelevant in acceleration.

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Saucy enough money for that 330e from an indy dealer but it's hard to find a nice spec 2021 3 Series now as BMW have been stripping the spec on them since the chip shortage.

Few tumbleweeds seem to be floating around here lads so said i'd give an update!

Didn't think we'd be changing car this year but I drove the new Hyundai Ioniq 5 on Saturday and was really impressed. Our family wagon is a 202 reg SEAT Ateca FR 1.5 TSi and we both agreed its a good time to start looking at EV's. Mileage was reasonably low due to WFH the last while but slowly returning to normality in that regard and she has a 100km round trip daily commute. Already looked at the ID4 and Enyaq, firstly both can't be got for around 8-10 months and are more expensive than we can afford really.

Have our Ateca sold to a trader for a very decent cash price and managed to secure an Ioniq 5 today, a 58kw Executive which is the entry level spec but they are very well kitted out to be fair. The car is in the country so I am hoping we can get it by end of the month. I'm keeping my Golf R too and it'll be used a lot more sparingly when the EV arrives.

I guess I'll be jumping ship to EV forum now. Hopefully I won't be coming back with my tail between my legs in 6 months time.

I've only seen two 221 reg cars, both ioniq 5s. I think they look excellent! That'll be a nice garage

I took a quick test drive in an ioniq 5 one day just passing the garage, spotted it and pulled in. sales guy threw the keys at me and said take it out. I was very impressed. Super car. You can’t go wrong with that Hooch.

Well wear. I wouldn’t be surprised if you end up taking that car over the R for much daily driving to be honest. It’s a very nice package and pennies to run.

Hooch,

why didn’t you trade in the seat for the Hyundai?

bad offer?

Anybody else think this is OTT and even tacky. I particularly do not like the exhaust. give me a standard car any day over this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHQKPlW93vc

I saw that the other day and my first thought was that it was a prop from the set of another Fast and Furious movie.

For someone with more money than good taste imo.

Exactly. Like a corvette or something.

money doesn’t buy taste. I assume that’s easily over 150k

I know diesel is supposedly dead but nothing wrong with this.

5 seconds to 60, 50 mpg, tax affordable. Creamy six cylinder engine.

This car is as quick in the real world as anything short of a golf R perhaps.

Great spec and 55k is not expensive theses days.

Show me the downside. What ev has the same all round ability at this money?

That calculation and my view that we're probably at a tipping point with electric cars was what led me to buy a new car for the first time in my life, an electric (ID.3). That plus 0% financing. Couldn't see paying the prices for used cars even assuming I could haggle them a bit. And I also think that the combination of low production of new cars due to the chip shortage and increasing demand for electric cars will mean that, in the 3 years time when the PCP runs out, the new car will have retained more value than one would typically expect. If the gov't gets rid of the subsidies for EVs, that will also increase the value of used ones. Time will tell.