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

Ya. Dollars to donuts, not a single shred of preventative maintenance has ever been done on this Model S.

Do you think someone is going to say otherwise?

At 120k kms there is a list of inspection items that - had they been checked - a conscientious owner would surely publish?

Looking for a second car - budget 5-15k. Currently considering everything between eGolf to Model S to Audi e-trons… and fast reaching dreaded analysis paralysis stage.. :D

Audi e-trons under 20k these days. Good idea, or is it pure trouble like iPace?

PS: Main car is a Model 3, don't fancy another, even Model S is a hard sell to herself.

I see a couple of 2022 for more. This is a year newer I think this works out a little over €27k euro its a pretty good deal. Higher milage will hurt the price though.

Mad to think we consider 80k mile high mileage now.

The general public. There are no high mileage diesels being imported from the UK anymore as they have been replaced with very low mileage Japanese imports which generally have well under 100k km even at 10 years old. The demand for high mileage cars has really fallen and thus are practically worthless as trade ins.

I’d argue that things like the Hyundai ICCU issue is far more worrying and will put people off buying than a lifespan of a battery “issue”- it would for me anyway - I don’t like Hyundais but this latest issue would have me running a mile from that brand -but both are still barriers in people’s minds - it means the secondhand market will continue to be uncertain for another while in my view - I recently purchased new and willing to keep long term as a second car if secondhand market is not giving me what I need but I think we’re still very early days in how EVs perform in terms of long term values - but governments need to stick to the plan in terms of phasing out petrol ICE etc - otherwise the tipping point on buying EVS will never be reached

The EUs u-turn on banning petrol cars isn't going to help.

Public charging costs are scandalous - anyone dependent on these on a weekly basis must be gritting their teeth every time they plug in. I can get to all main cities in Ireland with my EV- I’d need a booster though to get back home again and more if touring around when at those cities- but I only do that say 8 times a year in the main so not really an issue - if I were doing it every week or a few times a week , I’d be losing a lot of savings that the EV gives me from having a home charger - there just isn’t the interest in supporting a quicker changeover to EVs in Ireland is my view

My older bike is from the time before the cats and it smells bad even when riding it. Part of the charm of proper old school I guess but it's very noticeable. Also my BIL's Multistrada absolutely stinks when at full chat.

See this has been reduced to €18000.