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

No assumption was made that they paid full asking price, just like no assumption can be made that they will get full asking price when they go to sell the the car either. So that point is moot.

They are asking for 1k more. If they bought a car at them prices to turn a profit they are reckless. You are talking about ~3% profit on a risky investment. This, along with the work involved, like traveling the country to buy and then sell a car, is silly. They are relying on no issues raising its head with the car after they buy it. They are ignoring that the vehicle is losing value due to the mileage they are putting on it (3600 km in only 3 weeks), that there is an extra owner on the book, that there is a suspicious switch of ownership after only 3 weeks, and that they let the bumper to bumper warranty run out while they owned it. 29k is a lot to ask for a car when there are similar models advertised for a lot less for weeks at a time (albeit more mileage) on DoneDeal.

I suspect @Red Silurian or @kanuseeme suggestion might make more sense. There could be something wrong with the car, or else the car really didn't suit the new owners needs. Maybe because of the large mileage that they do the Rav4 might suit them better.

I wouldn’t call it reckless. I do it all the time. I’ve essentially spent €0 on cars and depreciation over the past 5 years, whereas most people around me have spent thousands upon thousands on finance, loans, depreciation, repairs etc.

Even if the seller only makes €1k and it takes 3 months to sell, they are probably thousands more well off most other people who are paying for depreciation etc.

I’m not completely discounting the other theories either. Maybe it just doesn’t suit them or maybe there’s something wrong with it.

Nah

One or two updates worked OTA for some people but the failure rate was too high so they stopped pushing them and all cars had to be recalled for manual updates. I think mine went in for 3 major updates at this stage. It must be costing VW a fortune.

Having said that, once you get it updated, the software is fine. Generally does what its supposed to do, so the need for OTA is not as big a deal now as it was earlier when it had some serious bugs. It is reliable now.

VW don't really have software development figured out yet. Tesla designed it in from the start.

seen on the hellsite this morning.

Cheapest Ioniq 5 in the UK (big battery model) £25k

Cheapest in Ireland? €40k We are being royally screwed.

It also looks like the UK one is a dealer and the Irish one is private?

However, what's the difference in those 2 cars when they were new in Ireland and UK?

Looking at list prices today, not exact science I know, it's £43k in UK and €51k in ROI. I assume they were a bit cheaper in 2021.

Converting both to euro it's 49k in UK and 51k so not a huge price difference.

So, removing all variables like discounts, asking v actual prices etc, the UK owner has lost £18k v €11k in ROI. Almost twice.thr amount.

In this case, the UK buyer has been screwed as they lost more money. One way of looking at it. They might be cheaper to buy but I don't think owning it is cheaper, motoring in the UK isnt any cheaper than here..

The grant does nothing but line the pockets of the manufacturers. There has been no reduction in sales since the grant was lowered, and there will be no reduction if its removed entirely. A waste of taxpayers money

It's not viewed as a waste of money though. Grants almost always benefit other people on the value chain - politicians just paint it as being for the little guy. Solar panels and heat pumps another example where almost no savings have been seen for consumers. The point is often the introduction in suppliers and installers and availability of product (and their marketing in turn drives awareness). Prime example I would suggest is VW slowing production. There is still, at least until recently, been higher margins in ICE cars. Skin tight Margins explains why Tesla slashing prices is a huge issue for competitors. The grants going to manufacturers drives R&D and supply

Back up for the 3rd time - along with a 2016 Tesla

• correction, car reg does correspond on mot and auto trader.

tbf risk yes, but better deals, at face value, not so sure! i am amazed at dealerships sitting on teslas and not reducing prices. I dont know much about used cars but I didnt expect to see dealers be happy to sit on stock, maybe if stock is low they suck it up, but seems madness for cash flow. Some cars are up for months now. That M3 has the better alloys too, there is none under 30, bar that one.

FWIW, based on enquiry car has had damaged repaired. Rear apparently. I am not sure every dealer would have revealed that - so some credit there, but a pass for me, due to no ability to know extent/impact.