For sale/wanted (cars/parts/etc)

irishgrover wrote: »

I'm *thinking* about getting a Nero or Kona as am doing a lot more cross country same day trips.
If anyone is selling one please let me know.
For the right price, I'd sell it privately in the morning and just steal my wife car in the short term.

Also if anyone is looking for an exceptionally well kept marine blue (with black nose wrap) 181 Ioniq Premium SE (I imported from UK to get the higher specs).
It's got ~85k km on the clock. Has full main dealer service history and has all the normal goodies of the standard ioniq plus

• Leather seats
• Front seats ventilated/cooling
• Front seats heated (3 levels)
• Powered driver seat (with 2 presets)
• Heated steering wheel
• Heated seats in back (2 outside seats only)
• Front and back parking sensors
• Blind spot detection system

Just to give you an idea what you're looking at. My July 2019, 64kWh, e-Niro, that I traded in was a first edition with the small screen and no app. The dealer put it up for €33,995 and it was snapped up at full asking price. The car was showroom perfect though.

I'm actually sorry now I traded it.

unkel wrote:

No point putting up something for sale if you don't state a price

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burdburd wrote: »

Looking for a 15 metre Type 2 to Type 2 ( 16A ) Single Phase Charging cable

I'm not sure if Phil in https://www.electricautos.ie/index.php still does cables. I know he was very competitive on longer ones - some members on here bought cables from him & he's local.
Might be worth giving him a call.

Little bit OT here, but wondering what people's thoughts are on buying an EV from private seller versus a SIMI dealer

If I were buying an ICE/Hybrid car I'd definitely go with a SIMI dealer as they're required to give a warranty and check the car over to see if anything is broken. I wouldn't be confident enough to know what to look out for when test driving the car

For EVs, I feel like there's less risk if the car has a full service history and is driving fine. Battery warranty is typcially 8 years on EVs sold in the last 4 years, so should be plenty of warranty left there. Services like cartell can tell if the car has been written off or been in an accident, beyond that I'm not sure what else there is to check other than battery health if possible via an OBD dongle

Unless it's a Kia the vehicle warranty will likely be expired, so there's a potential disadvantage, but the selling price is typically lower to reflect that

unkel wrote: »

Agreed. The battery / drivetrain still under warranty is a major benefit and apart from that, there simply isn't anything expensive that can go wrong like in a petrol / diesel car: DPF / DMF / EGR / turbo / engine / injectors / clutch / catalytic converter / emissions, etc.

Bit tricky on the drivetrain warranty, I noticed the Leaf has a 5 year warranty on the EV components and 8 year on the battery. It'd be nice if it was 8 years on the whole drivetrain, give more peace of mind

However, as you said, there's a lot less to go wrong, so if the car is driving okay, has decent battery health and full service history then I'd be fairly confident it'll be fine

slave1 wrote: »

160,000kms limit of Leaf battery warranty too

True, personally I'd struggle to get to that mileage, but it is worth looking at if you're buying one with a lot of miles on the clock

They still sold them in late 2017, probably even early 2018 though, so the last won't be out of warranty yet!

Nope they sold them all the way til the end, when the L40 was already available (to order). I remember the ads well, you could get a top of the range SVE with metallic paint and 6.6kW charging on the road for €19,995. Some eejits paid €30k for that configuration only a few months previously!

Renault fluence, new nct 3k. Main issue is these have no fast charging so practically impossible to travel beyond battery range. Ideal for 2 car household.

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unkel wrote: »

Gone already. That was quick. Wonder was it anyone on here who got it?

Was it you? I know you were looking for one

unkel wrote: »

I always keep an eye out for a cheap EV, as a local runabout and for my daughters to learn to drive in. Wasn't really looking seriously to buy one, in no hurry. But when you see a car that might be a bargain, you just have to jump on it. My eldest daughter (just turned 17) thinks its her car now, she's delighted with it. Obviously

It's a bit of a strange thought that my kids are likely to learn to drive in an EV, given we're now an all electric household and my eldest is at least 13 years away from getting a learner permit

It's quite likely they'll never know how to drive a manual car and will never need to. They'll never understand why I cringe at the thought of a hill start

Certainly for cheap motoring and something easy to learn you can't go wrong with a budget EV

I highly doubt he traded in for another electric car, that garage has 2 pages on done deal, none of them above 10000, and only 1 hybrid.

It does not look good for battery cars if they are be sold as is and have to be towed and less than 10 years old at that.

the_amazing_raisin wrote: »

Yeah I reckon the dealer messed up big time, probably took it as a trade in without checking it

There was a Leaf a while back which was having issues AC charging, perhaps it's the same car and someone bought it and traded it in against something else

I sympathise with the dealer, but he should have checked the car properly before taking it as a trade in

Not the same car. That leaf was blue this one is white.

Thisone is also a japanese import

I reckon the fact its a JDM leaf and having problems would worry me more than if it were not JDM

ewj1978 wrote: »

Will be putting my 162 BMW i3 Rex up for sale soon. Changing to a Id3.
€18000ono
Its a 94ah Rex, 82000km. 2nd owner. English import. All servicing done by BMW.
Nct till Oct 22. Tax till next Feb.(€170)
Park assist.
Rear camera.
Sat nav.
19" alloys.
Granny charger. 7kw charging cable. Tool bag in the frunk for keeping the gear dry.

Are VW giving i3 owners a discount or something? That's 3 of ye which are changing or thinking of changing to an ID.3

encorton wrote: »

Selling it because I don't like it.

At least you're honest

Good luck with the sale

I would love if BMW would do a 5 seat version of that i3.

So what do people do if they're selling privately and have a new car on order? Can't imagine buyers would want to hold on waiting for a dealership to deliver.

DrPhilG wrote: »

So what do people do if they're selling privately and have a new car on order? Can't imagine buyers would want to hold on waiting for a dealership to deliver.

I was wondering this myself, if you have a second car in your household then you can go down to a single car for a while

If you absolutely have to have a car available then you might need to wait until you have the new car before selling your current one. Makes insurance a bit difficult though as you'll have 2 cars in your name

Perhaps VW would be interested in leasing you a car until the new one arrives?