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

I don’t think anyone mentioned value. I understand that a 1 owner car is going to be more desirable than a 4 owner car. But to say a 1 owner will be in better condition and better looked after is just way too broad of a statement. There are one owner cars out there with not even a service stamp in the book and there are 4 owner cars with full service history for example

And I think the fact the car in question is an EV makes the ownership even less significant because even if the car was treated like **** and driven hard from cold and never been serviced it’s not going to make any difference to the internals of the car. The only thing that would damage the car is a lot of super charging. And guess what, theres plenty of 1 owner EV’s out there being fast charged on the daily.

Yeah, especially when it's a bargain. Low price and lots of owners can be a red flag for many

I know ya. I can see you sitting in a 6 owner car gumbo. Some will make up stuff just because a certain poster says something . Enjoy the sun and the spoofs about what number of owners you'd find acceptable. Bar the consummate bargain hunters like unkel most of you replying wouldn't touch a car with over 3 owners on it. Have fun 👍

Dodging back tax is what I think, that's very much the norm since declaring it off the road afterwards was done away with, doesn't mean it was driven without tax, people can have one sitting a few years and decide to put it back on the road etc.

You bet me to it on that one, saw yours after I posted.

On the number of owners, I'll agree completely on not ruling a car out on owners or indeed mileage, bought a cheap car at auction a month ago, 20 years old, 194,000 Miles, 9 owners on the book I think, practically unmarked, paint is all original, spotless underneath, beige interior seats needed a clean, but the beige carpets are like new, it is cleaner than the 2 owner 120k km car my Mrs was driving, looks like it'll be written off now, hence me looking at EV's because as a second car range is a non issue, it would only need to do 20 to 40km a day.

was more a FYI, I know in our company people didn’t realise this and got hit with a repair bill

the lease companies want to take them back and stick them on sale the next day

No - to be clear VAT is payable here at 23% on everything bar cars imported from Northern Ireland, but it is almost offset for dealers who can claim the vat back off the purchase price buying any car in the UK for export. Also anybody can buy a vat qualifying car (typically ex lease or ex company cars) and claim the UK vat back.

Simple maths - say car is €15,000 in UK and is vat qualifying, you will pay €12,500 ex vat. Duty if applicable of 10% adds €1,250. Vat of 23% is calculated on €13,750 so an extra €3,162 bringing the total to €16,912.

So what would the bottom line for a Tesla from the uk be?

You’s can forget about importing from mainland UK. Hasn’t been worth it since Brexit. Recent changes make importing from NI slightly more viable.

Can you even buy them for that price tho? The cheapest currently on Autotrader is a high mileage 2014 for £8,995. It doesn’t drive and needs a new battery. Its €15k landed here, plus repair costs. Totally not worth it. Second cheapest is a Cat N write off for £2,500 more. Again, not worth it.

Sorry yeah, just saw the above post now. Mad that its still under warranty😂

Cheapest face-lift Leaf I have seen. Looks to be in excellent shape. Top spec. Won't last long. Minor front lip damage, DIY or don't. 8.7k. Could be got for 8k.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-leaf-2018-ev/36952248