We go Used EV buying. Very busy EV Traders!
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- We go to two USED Car lots with buying an EV for a growing family. First time buying an EV for a family member. Seems to be a very busy time for used EV’s now that prices are VERY COMPARABLE to most ICE Cars and some are even BETTER in price. This has to be good for buyers.
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Got our used E-Golf from Carsa. In the end it was a good buy, but the process ended up taking way too long in the actual showroom. Interestingly the car we bought could have been sold to two other sets of punters while we were there - or in fact before we got there too as we were seeing it by appointment and we received a call while we were on the way to look at it to ask if we still wanted to come ( an internet customer was at that point trying to put a deposit on it!).
Great job done, I am sure they will enjoy the car and many miles of cheap motoring. Good prices on 3 year old ones.
The prices are brilliant and now cannot be used as an excuse not to own one. Most are still in Warranty PLUS Battery Warranty. I actually enjoyed looking👍🏻👍🏻😁
@@KKandEV I believe the EV's that have had large drops fro mtheir original RRP are those that were well over priced in the first place. It means 3 year old EV's are now good value from those brands.
Appreciate the time and help pops! Loving it so far
Nice review of your buying experience. I’ll be embarking on a similar untaking in the not-too-distant future as my daughter wants a first car and it’s likely to be an EV. I was quite surprised by the first dealer’s reluctance to bargin at all - sales must be good.
That window price is VERY hard to shift down. Thanks for the input.
Nice Rowie ix5. Shocking software on them compared to facelift 72kWh. Timers and app etc.
I have a 68 plate leaf Tekna and it’s a great car to live with and so easy to use .
We were so close to taking the Leaf, I would have gone for it but the wife was set on the MG!
Love this, definately get me involved for used EV
We are on number two MG5, what is good you get the remaining warranty. The service is all so cheap and fuel is cheap.😅😅
Good to hear👍🏻👍🏻
Has any given thought as to who is going to repair the EV's and exactly where these techs can be found? And, the prices will be outrageous.
What repairs are you talking about as with 70% less parts and far less servicing there is not a lot to go wrong. Brake pads and Discs are the only real wearable items and even they last 3 times longer over a regular ICE Car because of the built in regenerative braking using the Motors.
Regular garages can repair bearings, brakes, shocks and tyres.
@@KKandEV
Where would one find a battery stranded in the Western desert and what would be the cost of a battery? "Tyres"> You must be English
This will still be under warranty, so they have until 2028 to figure that out. It is just a car at the end of the day. Any HEVRA garage should be able to do most of the work.
@@benellis7427
Keep it.
If a seller wants a buying fee, they wont get my business.
It is a bit disgusting but that’s the silly way that a lot of sellers do it now. Carsa did not want any fees.
We bought a 23 VW ID.4 Pro S AWD with 961 miles on it for $29,395 ( £23,456.03). The car sold for $58,000 (£46,281.68) brand new. It has a branded title bought back by VW as a Lemon. We thoroughly researched the problem with VW and it turned out to be a problem with the door locks which was fixed. After taking it to a VW dealer to go over the entire car both mechanically and the software the car was found to be in perfect running condition. We have since put an additional 2000+ city and highway miles on it with absolutely no problems. Neither Hyundai or Kia will honor the original warranties on their used EVs even if they don't have branded titles. That includes the warranty on the battery which goes from 10 years 100,000 miles to 3 years 36,000 miles to the second owner. I have what remains of the full warranties from VW including the full battery warranty.
Talking wet belts
There are thousands of ford eco boost cars running around on 13 and 14 plates that " need " the timing belt changing at 10 years or 100'000, 125'000 miles.
Cost is atleast £900 or £1200 from a dealer.
The cars are worth less then 4k, so i cant see many having the belt done.
Speaking on this as it was my car spoke about in the video - apparently the Ford version is much easier to do compared to the Citroen. Every mechanic I spoke to was fine doing a wet belt until I Said C4 Cactus and they were much less interested. Seems to be a right pain to do on the Citroen in comparison, cost us just over £1000 to get fixed and apparently was one of the worst the mechanic had seen since the car only had 57k on the clock. Appreciate the comment 👍🏻
Good Evening
Just Subscribed great video on purchasing a EV , shame the electric car show was cancelled due to the bad weather. I traveled from Devon with my Sinclair C5 in the boot of the car .
Hopefully 🤞 Paul can do another show soon !
Yes … it was a sad day … bloody rain !! I’m sure it will happen late this year. I’ve left my tickets open just in case. Thanks for the input. Glad you enjoyed!
I recently bought a car from Carsa and their sales process is way too long. I was at the dealer for over an hour and a half, far more than I've ever experienced anywhere else. They did upsell me a couple of items, which I still have no paperwork for nearly two months later as well, despite speaking to their customer services. I wouldn't buy another car there.
Thanks for the input. I guess it’s down to each Carsa outlet how good they are. I’ve never understood why it takes so long for a bit of paperwork. My son’s experience wasn’t that bad.
We have 2 Ford custom Torneo vans at work that are wet belt . A proper shite design, Ford have recently lowered the servicing requirements to 100,000 .
Wet belts are the worst design I’ve ever come across. If they gave a 100,000 miles Warranty on it it would not be so bad.
In the process of buying a used VW from a local VW franchised site. They will not repair a scratched headlight and charge an admin fee to cover the HPI check on my car and, of course, no negotiation on 'sticker' with a PX. The horse trading days are gone. (Couldn't even find a salesman on a very quiet Thursday).
But then they expect to stay in business!!🤦🏻♂️. Come back good old fashioned person to person when buying a used car. New EV’s will be easy. You won’t need new car dealers as you will buy direct as is with Tesla.
We bought a used DS3 Crossback e-tense, 150 to 160 miles miles for £3, car is top of the range but cost £1k less than a bottom of the range ICE version, used the grand install a charger.
No issues works great an is big enough for our grandson, the thing stays local so no worries with charging on local journeys (we do have an ICE car as well)
The stuff getting spread by people like Geoff buys car is stupid - really does need to stop and my ICE is a BMW M4 so not exactly an eco warrior, EV have their place.
Geoff and his types are not going to win as the EV transition takes over in the years to come. There are plenty of UA-cam “creators” who create misinformation and use the platform to spread Fake news.
I come from 4 decades of V8!😁
@@KKandEV I am a petrol head andall my cars would show it from Alfa to Lotus and love my M4 but our EV is superb and your son should have taken a look at the DS - even though its a Citroen its a different proposition and to the Cactus.
These guys wont win as my next company car will be a Polestar as well
I've bought about 5 cars from V12, and they"ve never dropped a price to me yet. They are very good though as a dealer, always helping out if things go a bit wrong.
Yep.. came over very professional. Just a shame they would not move!!
Good choice. I have had Mk1 and now Facelift mk2 they are excellent for the money and a bargain second hand. 7 year warranty on motor and battery makes them a no brainer.
There’s only one small thing we have noted on the MG, and that is the bracket under the front charge flap in the grill is corroded around the charge point. Simple fix but annoying.
the first MG you looked at had glass panoramic roof but the one purchased appeared not to have the pan roof were they both the same spec....I'm curious as our MG did not come with pan roof and it is the Exclusive model......
No.. same spec…they both had the same roof , full glass and the front half is a power sunroof. Both had the full Electric blind option which is super useful with young kids in summer
That wet belt design is absoloute rubish, we had 6 focus estates at the company i worked for with the 1.0 litre ECOBOOM engine in, mine blew up at 88,000 on a 68 reg, the other 2 guys cars blew up at 91,000 on a 67 reg and 78,000 on a 68 reg again, avoid them like the plague.
AGREED… I believe Ford are looking at repair costs for some.
I’m not halfway through the video but I think a ZS EV or leaf .
Yes , I think the ZS EV exclusive was the best car for the money and great for a family .
Appreciate your input!👍🏻👍🏻
@@KKandEVI really enjoyed your video and looking at the EVs on forecourts . Maybe there is something you could do on a monthly basis . Checking out current stock of EVs and prices at various dealerships .
@@antoniopalmero4063I agree to this! See how price fluctuates. Lovin the car so far!
Too small for a growing family i3 .
Agreed.. it’s a good car
In my experience, the larger the dealer, the less likely they will budge on sticker price. More fool them, they are like legacy manufacturers and losing the car wars now.
I’ve noticed that. The bigger Dealers seem to think they can dictate the market but nowadays it’s getting more difficult for them as EV prices fall.
People who hate EVs are "economical analfabet" and top of that they dig V6s V8 and V12 s and the EVs have the same "smooth" running ( without the sound/noise/klang) But not loose most of the enegy in friction and heat and smoke.
But the haters are to stupid to understand that.
Totally agree. If I can change anyone can. If there are any doubters about it please search my channel here and you will see I had four decades of V8 powerful cars and Classics! Now, I would not go back after EV ownership.
Its weird that people who used to pay a years salary for a duff petrol car are paying the same for a duff electric car. And from a supermarket, surely people should have learned by now not to go near them.
£12k for a decently loaded family car at 3 years old is decent value. A years salary would be more toward £25k I guess.
The two dealers we used were not Supermarket type ones but to find a local independent TRUSTED used Car dealer nowadays is like Gold dust.
Oh dear wait till they sell it in the future and its worthless most dealers just don't want them
You e been reading the Daily Mail or listening to Fake News here on UA-cam to much. We noted more EV’s sold and put on test drives than any ICE Cars when we were at the Dealers.
And why do you think it will be worthless anymore than a dated ICE car will be in 5 years time?
I have to agree 5/7 year old evs will be worthless no one will repair them as to dangerous
I’ve owned 5/7 year old EV’s and they have been perfect. I don’t get where you are coming from as regards all the “repairs” that are needed?
Buy your ev and loose thousands of pounds bravo
The loss has already happened…. It’s used at half price of new🤦🏻♂️👍🏻
Buy ANY CAR and lose money… they are just a commodity.