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

There was a good condition C-Zero for sale a while ago, asking €3k. It remained unsold at that price for about 4-5 months. I'd say someone picked it up for around €2k.

They really should be a lot cheaper to buy than a Leaf as they are a step under them in every way, except for ugliness, they have the same exceptionally high score there 😂

I like the scraped off L plate on that one though, a smart young man or woman learnt to drive in it. Pointless spending all that extra money learning to drive a manual ICE car when they will be extinct soon.

Can't say I agree with that point in general. Even at the (certainly nothing like a bargain) €4k, the C-Zero will likely have a lower total cost of ownership than a similar size, age and condition ICE car costing half of that. And of course be better for the environment.

The uptake of EVs (I presume you mean people buying a cheap second hand EV as their first EV) is slow because people are ignorant of the above point about cost of ownership. And scared. It's human nature. People want things to stay exactly like they were yesteryear. And most people don't care about the environment until they feel the cost heavily in their pocket

You better bring a gun and a German shepherd with you to defend yourself 😂

Not bad, but a regular on here got one recently for €25k (plus auction fees). I suppose that was sight unseen and the one you linked to is from a garage, presumably with a 1 year warranty. If you need the range, but not the risk, it's a good buy.

Edit: BTW didn't spot it before, but not sure why you call 118k km (73k miles) high mileage, the car will be covered by Tesla bumper to bumper warranty until the second half of 2024, so not really any added value from buying from a garage. So I change my mind: not such a good buy.

Yeah it's just a silly offer really. I'm all for negotiating hard and getting a bargain, but an offer like that will get you nowhere.