BANGERNOMICS (sub3k) of the week/day Part 7

I can't see anyone spending near €3,000 on a car that will only do 40 miles and then be stranded.

Good to see the sellers honesty all the same.

I'd be more comfortable buying a €1,000 petrol banger for doing school runs or the likes. But some hippy will probably buy this

Leaf and then "leaf" it to rot in their garden when they realise it's a bag of sh1 TE.

I had one very similar to that years ago. 100% reliable until some goon rear-ended me and wrote it off.

It will leave you stranded if you let the tank go empty ;-)

Getting all my kids to learn to drive in an electric car is saving me money and time, I can tell you that much alright 😁

That was me - I'm not mad, nor a hippy 😅 We do about 100km per day in ours and it's perfect for our use as a school run car. I did a longer trip with a charge needed to get to the destination (and same on the way back) 2 weeks ago for the craic and it was grand - was there overnight with possibility to charge there too, so started each day completely full. Another trip last weekend that took almost the whole range, charged while we we there all day and came home again. Bought primarily for 3 school runs a day, but just playing around to see what other trips we could replace with it.

These Civics always seem like good value. 2008 1.8 petrol hatchback (which is the engine to have a believe) with a years NCT for 2.5k

Nothing wrong with it, to be fair to the seller he's describing it perfectly. I know a fella lives about 8kms from his job, he has an old leaf that brings him in and out to work not a bother on it, he recently switched to the energia 8c tariff he's getting to and from work for feck all😉

Ah yes, it was yourself!

God, I'm not calling you mad or a hippy at all. I think its great that you can pick up an EV for that kind of money to be honest.

My dad drives 8kms a day to work, parks there for a few hours, back home for lunch, then repeat again in the afternoon and he's actually on about trying an EV just to tick a box and I had showed him some of the ones we are currently chatting about here as it would be perfect for the tiny amount of driving he does, plus he could charge it while at work also. I have even contemplated it myself, but my simplest drive is a 35km round trip to go to my nearest town and back and with a 40km range I would DIE with range anxiety 😂

Perfect for someone like that. I would rather rely on an ITC engine in case I needed transport in case of emergencies.

Great to see the seller being so honest in all fairness.

Nonsense unfortunately.

1. You'd pay 1500-3000 for a bog standard to a decent premium electric moped. And still get wet. And often be dealing with unknown brands or outfits that are stretched financially on warranty backup. And your range would be approximately this. On a 1500-2000w L1e moped. If technology has improved that much. When I imported them, 25 miles was about it.

2. If someone is keen to get into an electric car, then this is very nice. And affordable.

Its not either /or here. As a product that works, I'd buy that all day long. An entry level EV with some wear, as with any vehicle, to the non engine mechanicals but feck all to the motor, generally. The only downside then being the limited juice being supplied. And the fact that even with an engine it would be boring. Bit no more boring than an old Primera, which I have. Reliable is reliable. Cheap is cheap. Its actually a no-brainer, a steal, for the right person.

You don't get the point. People in the market for a very low range bangernomics Leaf, already have another car that can do much longer distance when needed.

Nha I do get it. Its discussed all the time in the EV bargains thread. I just think they are a hard sell for most people when you can get the likes of a petrol Nissan Micra instead. Purchase price is less than half, tax is only €6 extra per month, fuel cost maybe €20 extra per month? Minimal servicing costs per year etc.

I’m not arguing that a lot of people in this country would have a great use case for something like the Leaf, but most people will just go with the petrol alternative.

Charming 😡. Arrogant or what?? Even by Boards standards that's a bit much. Basic arithmetic will give you what you need, as you say the Leaf certainly makes more sense than a petrol or diesel car.

12 months NCT, 1.9TDi, and 3 months tax as an early Christmas present. All for €1,850.

If the timing belt checks out and if the newish tyres are a decent quality then this is worth a look IMO.

Not at all arrogant. See the other thread, people are even confusing loan repayments with costs. And getting thanks for their posts, so they're not the only one! And that's the very basics (definitions), there is a lot more to it than some basic arithmetic. To guess total cost of onwership you need to make several assumptions and to do that reasonably well, you need to have a good view of the market and history.

Some people are good with maths / sums, some people can change a timing belt, some people can cook a nice meal, some people have the patience to teach others, etc. Everybody has a different set of skills / talents!