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

A diesel SUV will not do 5l/100km

I got the 8.2kw per 100km from some website that listed tgat as the real world efficiency of this model and the 30c is my current unit rate for 24 hour electricity. All just indicitive. I'm sure in the real world the savings would be different

Hyundai Kona Kauai Comfort 5DR Finance Available for sale in Co. Dublin for €15,499 on DoneDeal

Cheapest Kona petrol with circa 100km. This cost maybe 22k new so looking at 7k depreciation. The 64kW Kona cost 38k new so looking at 19k depreciation. Fuel savings significant depending on where it was charged but petrol wouldnt have cost 11k so more like 8k savings. Overall its a win for the petrol. Think the saving here will go to the next owner- buying the EV is much better car/ value than that petrol for small cash extra

Not sure if this has been posted already and I am not sure if you would call it a bargain but this is the first Model 3 I have seen posted at less than 30k

There have been several Model 3’s with an asking price of below 30k for sale and sold, in recent months, even Long Range Model 3’s have begun recently at asking prices of 33k and less.

Mainly 19 reg models, and as they are coming up to ,or just over 4 years old, and new model 3 is supposed to be announced any time now, will likely drop in price further, i saw a high mileage 3, for 25 k on done deal about a week or so ago,

Ah, ok, I'm a little out of touch then.

I’d go as far as to say that if you are looking for a 2019 or 2020 M3 and pay over €30k, you’ve probably paid too much.

any ad I have saved that’s over €30k seem to take ages to shift (or the agreed price was lower than list, of course).

meanwhile the sub €30k ones are shifting pretty quickly.

The silver one is a base model and being sold by a non franchise trader. I’ve never heard of them and hence can’t comment on their reputation but it was likely sourced as an unwanted trade in. The other one is a much better spec executive model and Monaghans would have a good name and are main dealers for Skoda. It was likely traded in for a new Skoda. I’d suggest that both have quite high kms and will be out of battery warranty with VW at 160K kms. Personally I’d pay a bit more for one with smaller kms to have battery warranty until it’s 8 years old.

In my experience auctions are almost always more expensive than buying privately. Dealers pay for the convenience of buying online and having the cars delivered to their door.

Buying privately and having to drive all over the country to view cars is very time consuming but after negotiating hard it will almost always be less expensive.

If your type of person who pays close to asking price then this won’t apply to you

The non tesla dealers are asking for a fortune. I have no idea who is buying cars off them.

For an extra few K more people can go, get a referral code, and buy a brand new one, or stock with 1500e off, full warranty, 0km, and no other owners.

If I do not pick up an M3 deal privately I will have no bones about switching strategy for a new one - but under no circumstances can I see a scenario for me where these dealers are getting nearly 40k for a used tesla.

I will also be surprised given current inventory if we dont see 1000-1500 euros more off on tesla.ie over the next 14 days.