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

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  • #11852
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,033 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123300901#Comment_123300901

    I really like these. They’ve grown on me over the last year or so as I didn't originally like them if you get me.

    What I will say about motorcorp is that they have a really good photographer, So inspect the car properly. Check the condition of the paint and check the tires.

    I’ve seen a few that left there with paint so badly swirled on €60k cars that would leave you questioning why they didn’t put a €200 paint correction job on it.

    Also, lots of replica wheels and cheap tyres.

    That doesn’t mean they are all like that but just keep your eyes open on them.

    They always have what looks like really well spec’d cars and have carved out a market for PHEV’s from the UK and recently they have started to stock quite a few EV’s.

    TLDR

    I’d have no problem buying from them once the car checked out.

    Post edited by Gumbo on


  • #11853
    joe1303l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,958 ✭✭✭joe1303l


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123300901#Comment_123300901

    Seems relatively cheap compared to similar ones listed on DD but not many around so difficult to value. UK registered one’s available from £25K so it might be worth looking at importing one from N.I instead.



  • #11854
    TitianGerm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,319 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123301308#Comment_123301308

    I have a fried who's bought a good few ice AMG mercs up the north from main dealers so he's asked the two he deals with to keep an eye out for a suitable one for the South for me.



  • #11855
    Nigzcurran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,038 ✭✭✭Nigzcurran


    I like that merc a lot, no mention of battery size in the ad ? Looks great for that money though

    Time is contagious, everybody's getting old.



  • #11856
    joe1303l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,958 ✭✭✭joe1303l


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123301356#Comment_123301356

    Should be 80kWh which is decent but they don’t seem to be the most efficient of an EV. Range seems to considerably worse than say an ID.4. €10K more would get you a 2023 EQE which has way more range.



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  • #11857
    PureBred
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭PureBred


    Ya the EQC look like a fine car. You dont see many of them on the road as well. Just dont like that colour in a car, is the only bad thing i see with it. Range coupdnt be much worse than a 55 etron wud it?



  • #11858
    joe1303l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,958 ✭✭✭joe1303l


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123301713#Comment_123301713

    Very similar but the e-Tron is a bigger car, the interior of an EQC is quite cramped by comparison.



  • #11859
    Tango One
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,021 ✭✭✭Tango One


    ID5 with rodent damage

    https://www.donedeal.ie/damagedcars-for-sale/vw-id-5-2022-rodent-damage-driving-perfectly/39315375



  • #11860
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,874 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Never heard of rodent damage in a car advert before.

    What's likely to be wrong with it?



  • #11861
    TitianGerm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,319 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123304008#Comment_123304008

    Probably smells absolutely awful and they probably nested in the back seats and ate the seatbelts seeing as he mentions both?



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  • #11862
    Tango One
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,021 ✭✭✭Tango One


    Something going munching through the car seat in the rear



  • #11863
    Buffman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,399 ✭✭✭Buffman


    I doubt it ended up in a salvage yard probably written off as beyond economic repair by the insurance for only cosmetic damage.

    The big issue with rodents is eating wires, 'driving perfectly' is a big difference from 'working' perfectly in a EV so anyone looking at that would need to test everything.

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  • #11864
    Tango One
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,021 ✭✭✭Tango One


    Interesting if it was a write off , you can pick up a interior pretty reasonable.

    https://rrr.lt/en/used-part/fol16981-11a885175-volkswagen-id-5-interior-set



  • #11865
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,874 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123304030#Comment_123304030

    Sorry, missed that. Perhaps he could have described the damage a bit clearer.



  • #11866
    Tango One
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,021 ✭✭✭Tango One


    Makes you wonder why no picture of the damage



  • #11867
    obi604
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,487 ✭✭✭obi604


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123304008#Comment_123304008

    Rodent damage - now that’s a first. Strange one!!



  • #11868
    CoBo55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,510 ✭✭✭✭CoBo55


    Avoid at all costs, rats or mice can do an incredible amount of damage. I wonder what it's insurance status is? They usually write them off.



  • #11869
    Exiled Rebel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭Exiled Rebel


    My grandmother had a rat eat the back seats of her Toyota Corolla a few years back. Toyota refused to accept responsibility even though my aunt who was dealing with it discovered afterwards the manufacturer was in the wrong.

    I have no idea where she discovered the information but it was probably along the lines of it being a design defect.



  • #11870
    Exiled Rebel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭Exiled Rebel


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123304190#Comment_123304190

    My grandmother had a rat eat the back seats of her brand new Toyota Corolla a few years back. Toyota refused to accept responsibility even though my aunt who was dealing with it discovered afterwards the manufacturer was in the wrong.

    I have no idea where she discovered the information but it was probably along the lines of it being a design defect.



  • #11871
    User1998
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭User1998


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123304208#Comment_123304208

    Or have the car inspected by a professional to asses the damage? Could be a bargain.



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  • #11872
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,033 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123304008#Comment_123304008

    chewing of wires.
    you could fix one and spend the rest of your life chasing down other electrical gremlins.



  • #11873
    BestWestern
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 160 ✭✭BestWestern


    No doubt the owner has already got the car inspected, and thought the best answer was to sell it cheaply.



  • #11874
    Tango One
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,021 ✭✭✭Tango One


    It's about 10k below market value, also if not sold is few weeks this trader tends to drop the price.

    I know I posted it but I would be on the fence about it. Potentially alot of electrics that could be damaged or glass half it's only cosmetics and the horrible thought a rat has been living in there.

    The history would be interesting if it was a lease car did they just get rid rather than fixing. You would think a private owner would be more likely to fix it though maybe they got the yuk factor and ditch it.



  • #11875
    User1998
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭User1998


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123304265#Comment_123304265

    Not at all. By that logic every single car in the damage repairable section is not worth fixing. The guy selling it is a trader so probably deals in damaged cars. Those guys have no interest in repairing. They buy cheap from insurance companies and sell as is, regardless of the potential profit in fixing them.



  • #11876
    obi604
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,487 ✭✭✭obi604


    I presume this rodent issue happened over a period of time, so person was away for a few weeks or didn't use car for a few weeks and returned and found the issue with the rats. Im guessing that anyway.

    Post edited by obi604 on


  • #11877
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,579 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    So what's next in here? Burnt out cars?

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #11878
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,579 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Pretty sure this is the same car that was last for sale asking €1750, then marked as sold a couple of days ago. Anyway even if it isn't, Leaf asking €1450. Not much info in the ad, under 100k miles, and the NCT has expired. Very little these can usually fail on though. Nothing about range, but if it has the typical 7-9 bars left, I'd consider it a bargain, particularly if you can negotiate a good few hundred off

    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2011-nissan-leaf/39318039

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #11879
    Buffman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,399 ✭✭✭Buffman


    The lowish spec ID3 is down to €12k asking:

    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-id-3-2021-new-nct-05-27/38468382

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  • #11880
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,033 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123304356#Comment_123304356

    DIY job..

    IMG_0992.jpeg


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  • #11881
    148multi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,463 ✭✭✭148multi


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123304190#Comment_123304190

    Toyota's of a certain vintage had a big problem with rodents, think it was a particular insulation on the wiring that was attracting them. It was particularly bad with the avensis model, nearly sure there was a few court case's about it.



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