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

tbf, its important that people comment (respectfully) if a non-bargain is posted in this bargain thread. People reading the thread need to hear opinions on whether it is really a bargain or not as they may not be aware of the finer detail. I think that's all that is being done here.... people are giving their opinion on it and saying its not actually a bargain so that might help someone to make a more informed decision and that's to be encouraged.

The optics of Unkel putting the other bargain down, considering its competing with his, does look bad.

Anyway Unkel is able to defend himself, he is one of the first people on the thread to call out non-bargains when they happen, so the shoe is on the other foot, I'm sure he can take that fine and if he finds a mug to buy it at top dollar then fair play... its a free market.

There's more posts complaining about the complaining than anything else

People can pay and charge what they want, but maybe we should have a rip off thread aswel to post ads to warn boardsies, as a bit of balance to this thread.

How risky is it buying one of these with only the battery warranty - i.e. Ive heard loads of issues from cheap stuff like door handles to v dear stuff like the whole roof cracking and weird electrical stuff but I wonder is that hyped up or would you want to keep a reserve for big ticket items that might fail?

Is there any table of the EVs and their wh/km? I understand it depends on driving, type etc. but I'm guessing this figure depending on the variance could cost or save you €€€

I’m guessing I’d drive every car the same way so the number would be relative.

This highlight an issue with used EVs which didn't really apply to ICEs. Granted it is expected that used EVs will have lower maintenance costs but the reducing range of EVs as they age, coupled with the current rapid developments in battery technology, is an undesirable factor associated with used EVs ownership at present, especially for people doing higher mileage (what's the equivalent term for kms?). Will be interesting to see how it impacts on depn levels once the current supply & and demand differential narrows

What I learned from what nearly every one else does here is buy, praise and then sell preferable before the warranty is up, repeat, when buying, all the time praising, any faults can be ignored or its a bonus if you have warranty, for example a new battery is a bonus.

The fluence was cheap, even if it was a 1000 a year to lease, I would have only started to pay when it was bricked, you could have at least got 2 years of leasing before paying the same as the next highest fluence or 5 years before the next highest.