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

I was originally thinking "jaysus I wouldn't buy one without the heater working" and laughed to myself after reading that - we've a 2011 with a working heater as a runaround and I could probably count on one hand the amount of times we've used the heat 😅

Another sub 10k MG ZS with high mileage here

Ya we'd use the heating to clear the windscreen sometimes alright. I've water ingress somewhere I've yet to check out and the passenger side floor in the back gets wet after heavy rain and fogs up the windows. My brother had to move it for me recently a distance not far off off the limit of the battery and he was laughing at all the do's (wear a jacket, crack the window, shite beforehand) and don't (heat, speed, accelerate hard etc) I was giving him to prepare for the journey 😅

This MG5 with mad mileage is gone down again I think to 8.5k - not sure what price would make sense on something like that to make it a bargain. Shows the potential for them in fairness.

It's a lot of car for the money, and arguably the cheapest total cost of ownership car in the country. Cheaper than a petrol or diesel banger even if you got that for free. Possibly the most reliable car ever made too. Apart from that heater and a wee bit of degradation of course 😂

I'll ask around a few people I know

I remember you buying it, was an utter bargain at the time

If somehow you could drive it on the "other cars" extension of your insurance, then it will basically cost you not much more than €250 per year to own: €120 tax, €60 NCT and €70 fuel

Is that even possible these days without straying across the fraud line?

Back to the bargains;

Audi Q4 e-Tron €17250. Note this is the small battery variant (52kWh) despite the ad stating 71kWh. High enough mileage too so very little HV battery warranty left. https://www.donedeal.ie/view/42337397

Yes, good spot. I had 180K Km’s in my head for some reason but it’s definitely 8 years or 160K Km’s.

Nice example with the upgraded wheels but I'd be more inclined to go with the facelifted version with LFP battery

Not to be negative but it looks like the entire front end has been repainted before and is turning yellow. Between that and the visible body damage it needs about 8 or 9 panels painted to make it right. I would budget over €3,000 for that and then you're still left with a car with no NCT.