Dacia Spring EV

There is an app for the Spring,

You must be. I think I could have fun in the basic Spring.

Maybe Mark or Derek will do a test drive of it for us.

Cheap and cheerful

The 65 hp would be more than enough but would struggle on the motorway as EV Torque falls off a cliff at higher speeds especially noticeable in lower power cars so this is where a gearbox might be useful ?

In reality most cars now are far too big and powerful with people speeding with just a blip of the throttle especially on back roads and in town, cars are too powerful today in my opinion.

any questions about it, shout. Set the charging schedule to do 2-4am and it briefly says charging delayed on the Zappi (as would be normal) and then about 10 seconds later the car clicks and starts charging at .2kW. Displays that the charge is not due to start until 2am in the car. Remove the schedule from the car screen and it charges at 6.8kW straight away (as it should).

Nothing wrong with the charger, it charges my family car overnight during the lowest price energy no problems.

did it last night and it did the .1/.2kW again and displayed ‘charging delayed’ as would be the norm. Just haven’t seen it do that before when charging other cars.

If 17k is cheap, then it's cheap. Not sure what relevance a car price from some indeterminate point in the past has to with it.

Might be cheap if you have the cash not if you are paying monthly though.

Come on you must know how daft that sounds. There is no such thing as 'the monthlies' that's a human construct. Car is 17k and that's it. And that's the cheapest car I know of in this country.

Cost v cash flow are 2 very different things and it's a trick the motor industry are pulling on the financially illiterate.

You could get a 10 year personal loan and pay it back at 150-180 a month whatever it would be and it doesn't change how cheap or expensive the actual car is. But makes it very easy on cash flow each month.

The car i have ordered is advertised on manufacturers website at 319 per month pcp and you could buy 3 Dacia Springs for it. I don't know exactly what 'my monthlies' will be but I know the exact euro cost of the car and I know how much I'm getting in SEAI grant and VRT relief and I know it's at 0% over 48 months

What is a 21 clio worth? In around 15k or so?

For 350 a month she can have the topic of this thread, a brand new Dacia spring. Trade in the clio, pay 350 a month to a bank or credit union and own the spring outright after about 6 months.

Or she could buy something really nice in the 50k bracket, say a kia ev6 in high specification, trade in the clio, pay 350 a month for 36 months and still owe 20 to 25k at the end and be almost forced into starting again or get another loan to buy it out.

Or she could go anywhere in between, say a low trim vw id3, trade in the clio pay 350 for 36 months and owe a small amount at the end, maybe buy it out then and own it

So there you have it, a 17k car, a 30k +car and a 50k car all available for the same 350 a month

The only thing cheaper than the Spring and in any way resembles a car is the Citroen Ami. But arguably that's more like a quadricycle or an "electric moped on 4 wheels" than a car

The Hyundai Inster, BYD Dolphin, MG4 and the upcoming Citroen C3 are all more expensive cars but some might feel that these cars offer better value as they are bigger, have better range and better tech etc etc.

But the Spring is factually the cheapest electric car on the Irish market

Apologies yes

Depends how you define a car. To some 4 wheels and a roof are enough. It's also taxed and insured as a car in Ireland. I certainly don't think anything without 4 seats and a boot can be classed as a car

Thank you. I think she has her mind set on a Hyundai Kona.

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