Random EV thoughts.....

Second hand EQE 300's start from 58k on DD. What kind of 2nd hand value would boardsies expect a 2022 or 2023 to retail for this time next year?

Looking at Brady's mercedes in Dublin they refer to VAG financing. Any idea what APR one would be looking at here. Details are sparse on the website. If they dropped to 50k then I could in theory only need to finance 30k (HP) but going through with the deal would very much depend on the cost of finance.

Tesla, vw and Hyundai are very transparent when it comes to financing but jesus mercedes are a disaster.

€50K in 2025 for a used base model EQE sounds realistic. It will depend on availability more than anything. They didn’t sell well hence expect that there won’t be a lot of them for sale at 3 years old. Owners that bought the heavily discounted stock recently are unlikely to be moving them on anytime soon. Some demo 2023 and pre registered 2024 cars are still sitting on Merc forecourts if you you’re a cash buyer and fancy a haggle now.

Johnstown House (Tesla) is a good option, but be aware that you will end up paying the toll charge twice if you are stopping for food. Kinnegad Plaza is a good option for charging as there are multiple units. Avoid Applegreen Enfield (both directions) - single charger at both locations and you may not want to queue.

Two weeks ago I did this. Pressed the assistance button on the unmanned toll and said I went through the main westbound toll earlier, he asked did I have a receipt, I said yes (expecting to have to call our a number of something) and he said ok grand and opened the barrier. I don't know if he could see me holding the receipt through a camera

Wouldn't have known about it if it wasn't for someone mentioning on here a while back

if you pass through the same toll both in the same direction within 3 hours of initially passing through that you don’t have to pay again apparently.

(This only applies to tolls that you can pass twice like Enfield if you come off the ramp for the hotel and then rejoin the motorway and has the slip road booth)

At the risk of going off topic talking about tolls, I'm in the UK at the moment and when I mentioned that 1) I had to pay four tolls on my route West / East (Ballinasloe, Enfield, M50, Port tunnel) 2) There are no longer any EV toll price reductions, I was greeted with amazement that I would travel a route that would cost so much....any form of tolls on the roads are not acceptable in the UK it seems.

After driving on Italian motorways I said I'll never complain about Irish tolls. On two stretches I paid once 36 and once 25 plus some meager 2-3 quids at some bypasses. In fairness crossing mountains and such but still. The tolls costed more than renting the car for the day

When you say the car cools down do you mean the cabin of the car or drive mechanism i.e. "the engine".