This week's EV bargain that I'm not buying V2

Smells like someone bought a car for their little princess and she wrote it off 😂 after a month

Not going to post a new thread but quick question, will likely be buying a used (22 or 23) EV as my next car, would it be worth waiting until the new year as in would prices drop much?

Cheap 2023 Ioniq 5 18K

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/hyundai-ioniq-5-58kw-quick-sell/40648743

I can't think of any other plug in hybrids available for that price. Maybe a Prius PHEV but they are extremely rare here.

Thats repaired now, I will update pic. It was a sensor

I enquired about it but he's not willing to budge on the price at all. I don't think it's worth €21k with 120,000km on the clock and evidently nor does anyone else considering it hasn't sold after 4 months on DoneDeal. Unfortunately that seller can't see that.

Very cool car and had no idea they existed. Is it based on an established model or a ground up job? Just wondering for repairability and sourcing parts etc.

Its a Chevy volt but with better styling cues. They are quite rare over here. I wanted one for years and when I seen it come up for sale, I drove straight to the dealers and put a deposit down. That was a few years ago. Parts are sourced from Germany or easily through rock auto in the states. Servicing parts are easily got from autodoc. The trim however is unique to them. Things like suspension, hubs etc are shared with other opel cars. I replaced the two front wheel hubs earlier this year and got them from Germany without problems. I really would like to keep it however I have 5 cars and a few motorbikes. I am running out of room. Honestly its one of the best cars I have owned and I have had 7 series bmws, s class and cl class mercs in the past. This car is just unusual and mostly reliable. Its quite a competent motor.

if the new m3 standard is €4-5k cheaper than the current M3 SR, then this car is worth a lot less than €20k in 3 months time when it’s 5 years old.

That’s interesting albeit not surprising I suppose.

The ad is worded like the seller expected to sell this car in a day but you could only have it in late June, presumably for them to take delivery of a new car.

maybe they just don’t want to crystallise the loss and that new car hasn’t happened. “If I can’t get the price I want, I’ll just keep it”.

if the new M3 Standard does indeed end up being a €32/34k car, then the secondary market will have huge downward pressure.

Hmm I don't know about that. Low spec models don't really devalue higher spec cars. S-Lines, M-Sports, and AMG's etc always demand a big premium over their lower spec counterparts

Well even an AMG Premium Plus is more expensive than an AMG Line for example and they look identical. M Sport Pro is more than an M Sport etc.

Even a Highline Polo is worth more than a Trendline Polo and they look practically identical

Higher spec = higher price

Optional extras depreciate over time, but even on a 10 year old car spec is still important