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

The 192 Model S didn't sell with top bid of €18,200 I think it was. The 191 Model S 100D went for €20,200

€10K was too much for that eGolf it was rough looking in the photos.

i have one and I have a 130km round trip to work, 80-90% motorway and it comfortably does it even in the winter.

Thanks.
Do you have much more range after your travel?
I’m new to all this, electric car would suit my wife, but she refuses.
I might be able to make it work for me depending on range/charging.
bug that example is a lot cheaper than any other on the market, I wonder how bad the damage was.

During the summer that round trip would use roughly 50% of the battery, so I could nearly do it twice.

During the winter it would be closer 60% and and maybe as high as 65% on a really bad day

So in both scenarios there would be plenty left over for local journeys.

She might have her mind changed when she sees your fuel bill 😅. Conservatively I worked out it's about 1/5 of the price to drive if you charge at even a night rate (and that was back when diesel was 1.70). If your day usage isn't high you might even be able to go for an EV rate.

If your doing that journey every day for work you could easily be saving €2-3k a year on fuel.

My wife was never against it, quite the opposite, but we didn't plan to use the EV as much as we do. We now basically use the EV wherever possible and just use the other car if we need two cars or need the space.

But your wife is not alone, my Aunt has a 77kWh id4 for years and she hates it, she terrified of running out of battery. She has a trip coming up that the car could do twice and she is considering borrowing our 14 year old diesel to avoid it 😅

Re the damage, there is definitely some marks on the front, I'm not sure if this is the issue referenced in the ad. The first thing that came to my mind is double check the adaptive cruise control works as it uses a sensor inside the Hyundai logo

Edit: the negatives of a 38 in my opinion are

It's very slow to rapid charge, 44kW is the fastest I've seen I think, and that's usually after a few minutes of charging. So I wouldn't recommend it as a car you often have to go outside of your home range.

It's quite expensive to service if your doing big mileage. If your doing 30k km a year you will need to get it serviced twice a year. The services are €100, €250, €100, €500 (that's from the cheapest Hyundai dealer I found, Limerick), so you need to budget for €500 a year for servicing.

Tyres are relatively expensive, so factor that in if they are not good on the one you are looking at. I put 4 michellan cross climates on it 30k km ago and the rears are coming close to need to be replaced. I think they were €175 each

It could have been a complete inside-job bidding up the price like that - someone online really fell for it.

I was wondering why all auctions are not online in this day and age - now I think I know why (online auctions leave a fully auditable trail and less room for err.. "creative" solutions like this).

You'll always find a student somewhere willing to splash €1.5-2k on a car regardless of mileage or age. If you consider that to be your "absolute floor" level you're never going to struggle to sell a car

Preparing for first jump to an EV, coming from a 12 year old Diesel i40 that's costing more to service yearly. Test drove a few EV's - Kona, ID3&4, Megane E-tech and Polestar. Liked them all, ID3&4 were both baseline and felt a bit basic inside, slight preference towards Polestar. To get something with decent range and low'ish mileage need to come up to 2022-2023 and budget is approx 20k with whatever they give me for i40. any recommendations or things to look out for, South Leinster/Munster region

I know the regulations for property auctions are very strict. Estate agents etc are supposed to record each bid keep a record of who submitted the bids. Might not be the case for in person auctions

Think the ID3 was the entry level one 21/22 model, was a lovely drive at the same time. Mon-Fri driving is only approx 70-100km per day (35km round trip to work) plus evening activities with kids. will certainly have a look at the Tesla Model 3. any of the ones i had looked at seemed to have high mileage to fall into the budget

EV sages, any words of warning around the purchase of a polestar - this is where I'm heavily leaning now. Seems to be some anecdotal pieces online about avoiding those from 2021 and 2023 but anyone got any firsthand or well informed knowledge on the make? Thanks

Thanks a lot, I'll check that out

Looks relatively easily fixed though, i.e. nothing structural.