It was no different 20 years ago. If you bought a car on drip feed, and didn't keep up the repayments, then it would be repossessed. Nothing has changed. The cost of living may explain why it's happening more often now.... More house repossessions are happening these days, for the same reason....
Don't rely on the Mazda app, as it has been down for a while now. Message says to contact the dealer, but they are stuck too. They will give you a print out of the service history though and normally give you it after every service too.
KIA Soul is very well made, look at the quality of the materials, plush carpet is a whole 2 levels above todays cardboard style thin carpets. Our 2016 27kWh SOUL (White roof, blue body called 'Smurf') struggled to do 77 miles and SOH was 94%. I would be surprised if you get much more our Efficiency was 3.9 to 4.1 miles per kWh. We had the anthracite alloys silver powder coated and sprayed white plastic inserts a darker grey metallic looked much better The hesting is efficient heatpump, heated seats and steering wheel do use some power because 12v power has to come from the main battery pack. And the Faster Charger connection is a Type 1 not the newer more common Type 2
came up from Bournemouth to N Yorkshire at the weekend - yep M40, M42 AND M1 loads of 50mph average speed camera lanes ........ Sunday going down there Sunday coming back and yep I saw the " We are working nights" and we are working weekends " signs - they clearly aren't plus the " we are installing a new central barrier" - my comment to my wife was " why do we need to know that just get on and do your flipping jobs ....... maybe if you go to buy some spuds you should display a sign in the car saying " I am off shopping " to reassure fellow travellers
I'm back living in Northern Ireland after 20 years in Gloucester. Covered most of GB in my job. Those speed cameras, overheads and so on, did my head in. I reckon without them I would have been in Gloucester for 10 years!
Oh dear! So only these things drain the battery. The other things are powered by what? Perpetual motion!!! There is no such thing as "free energy". If something is powered, the power has to come from somewhere. In a petrol car, the lights are powered by electricity. How does the electricity get there? It comes from the battery/alternator. How does the alternator get it's energy? It comes from the petrol that is put in. Those people from Kia who told you what they told you have no concept of how physics actually works.
@@ChopsGarage Which naturally gets its power from the main HV battery, there are no free lunches unfortunately...the other guy is right about what the individuals at Kia were saying
@@kaptinkeiff where has the assumption of free power come from? Those items are charged from the 12v not the main battery. Therefore it will not diminish mileage capacity as the charging of the 12v has already been factored into the 95 mile max range
@@ChopsGarage take oil cap off and you can see the belt, same issues as ford ecoboost, I sold a 208 the other day and although it seemed OK it's very worrying, no fun with a blown engine coming back, I'm deffo not buying any more, but you should be OK at 30k, belt is easy to do on those anyway.
Hello mate it’s been a while since Iv commented but I do watch the video. I just wanted to great video as always however I do think you need to upgrade your camera 🎥 as the video quality is a bit low in today’s video.
Range of 100 miles when new & it is showing 97 miles and SOH drop of 5% after 40k miles means another 160k miles before the battery would be down to 75% which is the usual cutoff for battery warranty.
@@LorandHungary Battery SOH is fairly linear for most of its life so nothing to worry about at 95% although you are correct once below 75% the decline would speed up.
Hello James, please try a BMW i3 sometime. I have one and love it. Very cheap to run, comfortable and surprisingly quick. Mine can do around 120 miles on a full charge which can easily cover 98% of the driving I do.
Im guessing that was Castleford G3 ? Very helpful staff there as I delivered a VW amarak there on Monday and unbeknown to me my phone app corrupted the pics I took when delivering it and I didn't notice till Wednesday morning 😱 luckily I was there again that morning to deliver 2 more cars so popped into the reception and asked if I could take some pictures of it one of the ladies behind the desk went and checked came back and said kev will take you to it in a couple of minutes 👍 so a BIG shout out to them for being so helpful
Crossland problams with rear windows going down ..nobody in the car ! alarm sometimes...Vauxhall will deny it at first...then admit its a fault.../ fee for adding sensors later £500
@@Lypiatt why bizarre? Over the last 20 yes how many variations of make, models, engines, drivetrains,spec levels do you think there have been? It would be far more bizarre for anyone to have the encyclopedic knowledge that would be required!
@@ChopsGarage A fair question. The reason I mentioned it was that the knowledge I expected you to have wasn't what you highlighted in your response above. It was basic broad industry level knowledge. I was a bit rude, perhaps I should have said I was a bit surprised 🙂
Great video, as always, chops. I used to flip a few cars when times were simpler. Never had the gonnads to go full time. You are living my dream. Cheers.
Great video James - really interesting to see how buying at an auction works! The Mazda looks like a great buy. Thanks for sharing all the detail of what you paid for each car. 👍
Oi Chops fella! Take pics of Vauxhall with roof rails/bars on, prep it with them off. You can show it both ways then, better looking without, practical with. Worked for me with LR Discos for ages years ago ;-)
James, the 12v battery is charged from the main battery pack. So if you use 12v accessories it will absolutely lower the range - you can’t defy the laws of physics captain 😊 . Same on a petrol / diesel - the 12v power comes from the fuel via the alternator. Looks like a nice little car for anyone not doing a commute - perfect for a pensioner to tootle about and plug it in every night.
No been along in the car with it all on the go did not reduce the range. Understandably will be drawing from the 12v but I'd assume that's charged during the main battery back recharging and regenerative braking while charging so unless it was completely drained and needed to pull from main battery would it reduce range. As said I've used it for 2 weeks with all gismos on the go and as stated only the blowers reduced range.
If course it reduces the range, but by a tiny amount. The motor uses 20kW cruising, 80kW pushing hard. Your radio is 50w. Stuff like heated seats 150w. Blower/air con is 1-3kW
Loads of people spout rubbish about EVs, but I guess many have never driven one. I would be interested in your opinion after you have run it for a while.
I have to admit probably being a rubbish spouter but I love it lol. Even 100 miles lasts considerably longer than you think and simply plug it in when you come home and settle on the sofa
Get a night tarriff from edf for 8p/kwh. The car will do nearly 4 miles per kWh so it’s 2p/mile motoring 👍🏼 With older evs either no timers or apps just go to screwfix and get a smart socket. You can control it on your phone to charge your car at night the same as a new ev
SOC = State Of Charge and SOH = State Of Health. SOC is calculated using battery's voltage, current, and temperature data. SOH is based on elements like the quantity of charge/discharge cycles the battery has seen, its age, and its history of temperature. A SOH will only ever be 100% when new, and 95.4 is a very good figure that indicates a very healthy, almost new battery (like describing an immaculate used car with 10k miles on, you cant call it NEW or 100%). The onboard BMS (Battery Management System) will calculate and store all the data for the sheet you've been given, so your TOPDON might be able to retrieve this data for any future cars you get. Nice of the KIA lads to do it for you though 👍
I'd not recommend private people to go to an auction, fees will be very high and very good chance of nasty problems, zero comeback, at the auction I go to a car actually set on fire as soon as the trader set off, auction wouldn't even refund money, or anything, private people are better off at a decent dealer, I've just sent a customer 500 quid to get warranty work done on a car I sold 2 mths ago and somebody else bought a clio off me, they'd just spent 1300 on a corsa privately (?) it had so many faults they scrapped it 2 days later.
It depends how much a person is able to assess a car, rather than whether they're a trader or private individual (granted most traders know more than more private individuals!). There are bargains to be had if you're savvy but there's always an element of luck. I bought my current car at auction for £675. 3 years and 30k miles later it's still going strong and no major work needed.
@@markf4720 yes bud, I'm just sorting a freelander bought at auction, turbo actuator, steering column immobiliser fault, I had to limp back, but loads of purchases are ok.
For some reason, red Vauxhall's don't look good (as you say, there needs to be a lot of black to break it up) yet on some other marques, red is the best colour.
One of my issues with EV’s is - stand 20 ft in front of and look, they have to be the ugliest front ends ever and that car is not exactly an oil painting to begin with…
Hey Chops why doe's it take you 7 hrs to get back to Devon from Brum ??? Takes me 5 hrs from Nottingham try leaving it until after you have had your dinner ie 630 pm you should get home by 1030 mite even do 10 pm if your lucky.😊
There is. You can use an OBD via the car's diagnostic socket. This can provide you with a print-out of the battery's state of health in percentage terms.
The OBD will show the state of health which is the overall condition. It will also show battery cell voltage deviation, if it shows Zero it means the battery is as happy as it can be. If you have a deviation of more than 0.5 volts there is definitely a larger measure of degradation. In terms of testing if you have the car already you can charge to 100% and take the charge down as low as you dare. You can drive how you like, efficiency won't affect this test. Divide how many miles you did by the number of miles per kWh as reported on the dash. That will tell you how many kWhs or energy you have used, added to estimated left after the discharge which again you can get from miles left divided by miles per kWh. You know what your battery size should be, minus what you measured will be the degradation. To verify this you can charge again to 100% and see how many kWhs you put back into the battery. It sounds complicated but it really isn't. Another test is a range test but this is more difficult and takes time. Charge the car to 100% and drive at moderate speeds not on motorways and see how far the car goes without the heating on. You know what the car's original range was, what did you get. This one you have to do continuously as you want the battery to get warm and stay warm. In a 300 mile range car this will take 7 hours or more. I've done degradation tests as it needs no extra time to do it. Can't be bothered with range. Dealer level type scan tools can get things like battery capacity available negating the need for these tests.
Had my EV nearly 2 years and love it and would never go back to ICE. The key is charging from home, although the 12v granny cable using your home 240v socket will take some time to fully charge compared to a dedicated 7kw charger which you could install at the garage. The state of Health shown is excellent for a car which is a few years old it has basically lost hardly any power over 7/8 years.. Charging from home you need to get onto a night time cheap tariff like Octopus Intelligent go. I filll. My car up for about £4 and drive about 250 miles on that amount of energy. Newer EVs have heat pumps which allow the AC to heat or cool the car with hardly any energy used. The Soul has a good reputation and is very popular due to its huge internal space for such a small footprint.
surely the 12v battery in an EV is charged from the big battery? So using 12v accessories will reduce the range as the 12v battery is topped up. A vauxhall with a puretech engine, just as bad if not worse than a Ford Ecoboost
I think that you are correct about the charging of the 12V battery. It is obvious that the Kia techs don't understand basic Physics, but what would you expect from grease monkeys who think that Electricity is a new and wondrous thing !!
I think used evs will sell well round your way. They are cheap compared to new. You’re a trusted dealer with morals. The buyer of the Kia ev will have researched it knowing if it’s suitable for them. Once you’ve driven it a bit you’ll be a convert
Chops garage you need a Brian James Brian sports transporter trailer with doors on to transport too cars va k to your garage while you drive the first car back😅❤
They might have told you a bit of a yarn! SOC 100% is state of charge so the battery was full when the test was don SOH 95% is state of Health that tells you that they are at 95% of their original health. Still good health for a 7 year old EV I have an EV and love it
Vauxhall red ahhhhhhhh terrible for fading old and new. That Kia don't look to bad to be honest but 99 miles in real life that will be less for sure. But ok I guess if your only commuting
Not bad i had a nissan leaf for a few months 20 tho miles on it didnt get no where near the miles stated @145 ish in real life i got about 100 miles on a good day but do like the look of your kia i must admit @@ChopsGarage
You'll not sell a car bud with no v5, I'll buy them at auction from a proper vendor and then park it up until v5 comes, about 8 weeks now, you used to be able to tax on v62 at post office, but it doesn't often go thru these days, I've just bought a finance repo without a v5 and I'm sending for one, waste of time trying to sell it before.
I really enjoy these videos. The Kia Soul is a good wee EV. It should rapid charge on CHAdeMO too. It's a shame Infiniti never really took off in the UK as they're something a bit different and also sad that Mitsy have gone
If you'd hang onto cars, at least for a while you'd have sold the LR for a decent price, seems crazy letting SM guy have profit, just tell him it's sold, so what?, jag for you to sell as well, doing every trader big favours is costing you big style over a year, surely you can wait a few days and retail stuff? traditionally a dealer keeps the good stuff and trades the s**t out.
I’ve been a full EV driver for a couple years now. I couldn’t go back for running round! As you said so smooth, easy to drive (so much torque to pull out of junctions etc). Don’t get me wrong, if someone said “do you want a lambo or an EV” I’d take the lambo… but for everyday it’s amazing. I have a 300 mile range EV, and get 250+ all year round, over 300 with the current weather. I regularly do long journeys (over 200 mile round trips) and never worry about range. Drive them sensible and the GOM on a Kia/Hyundai will be fairly accurate!
Kia EVs are fantastic, batteries last no lies about the range unlike other manufacturers. Need a home charger you'll be ages with a 3 pin plug & doesn't do the battery good long term.
A lot of the reason the early evs like leafs etc batteries have lasted so well is now being attributed to most of them being charged on granny cables or old fashioned 3kw chargers.
@12:38 I know this chap. That is the "Shifted Metal" guy. Not the kind of guy who takes chances by trying to flip bangers, that is for sure. ☺ If I want to see that, I watch the "High Peak Auto" dude. If I want to watch a dealer deal with Karens and entitled customers, I watch James and his Chops Garage. 👍 @18:33 Yes, it is. You barely noticed it because unlike Lexus, they barely made any impact. Yeah, a pickup and delivery service is nice if you need your luxury car inspected but is it a selling point? Rumor say an Infiniti comes with Nissan reliability or the lack thereof and BMW pricing for parts and repairs.
@@ChopsGarage Having had an EV in the early days I have experience of them to some degree. After eight years I am dumfound at the report you received, I would have thought 50/60 percent at the very best. As you stated it only had a maximum distance of around 100 miles from new I believe. That means a small battery is fitted to it. Watching your channel I just wish we had someone in Yorkshire as honest as yourself, I really do not want you to get your fingers burnt with an electric milk float as they are called. If the battery were to fail within your generous warranty period and the manufacturers warranty has expired, 15k to 20k to replace it?. They are ok to drive as you say, but in the real world, not for for purpose, yet. Best of best luck with it mate you truly deserve it.👍
@@rossanderson7553 but I get range anxiety on my diesel range rover when it gets low and go and fill it up and when I did with the EV I plugged it in. I don't think you have run one. Again looks are not facts but simply opinions
says a lot about the state of the country that 10yo cars on finance are being repossessed
Guess so
It was no different 20 years ago. If you bought a car on drip feed, and didn't keep up the repayments, then it would be repossessed. Nothing has changed. The cost of living may explain why it's happening more often now.... More house repossessions are happening these days, for the same reason....
Finance on cars is no different to defaulting on a loan. Finance companies aren’t car dealers, just lenders money and charge you 10% for it
Bewareof temperature swings in warm weather they are not bad but in cold you loose 30 to 50 % range
The Kia Soul was tested at -12 and did 3.5 KWh compared to 3.9 at summer temps so around a 10% reduction.
You might lose 15% at worst...... That's my experience after 3+ years of EV ownership....
Don't rely on the Mazda app, as it has been down for a while now. Message says to contact the dealer, but they are stuck too. They will give you a print out of the service history though and normally give you it after every service too.
KIA Soul is very well made, look at the quality of the materials, plush carpet is a whole 2 levels above todays cardboard style thin carpets.
Our 2016 27kWh SOUL (White roof, blue body called 'Smurf') struggled to do 77 miles and SOH was 94%. I would be surprised if you get much more our Efficiency was 3.9 to 4.1 miles per kWh. We had the anthracite alloys silver powder coated and sprayed white plastic inserts a darker grey metallic looked much better
The hesting is efficient heatpump, heated seats and steering wheel do use some power because 12v power has to come from the main battery pack.
And the Faster Charger connection is a Type 1 not the newer more common Type 2
Nice to see a Mazda 2. I have a 2020 with mild hybrid, 57mpg over the last 20000 miles. And they're a nice drive.
Mazda 2 is a 'Sport Nav' I believe James hence it being specced up!....Wife's had two of those (1.5s) great little motor.
came up from Bournemouth to N Yorkshire at the weekend - yep M40, M42 AND M1 loads of 50mph average speed camera lanes ........ Sunday going down there Sunday coming back and yep I saw the " We are working nights" and we are working weekends " signs - they clearly aren't plus the " we are installing a new central barrier" - my comment to my wife was " why do we need to know that just get on and do your flipping jobs ....... maybe if you go to buy some spuds you should display a sign in the car saying " I am off shopping " to reassure fellow travellers
I'm back living in Northern Ireland after 20 years in Gloucester. Covered most of GB in my job. Those speed cameras, overheads and so on, did my head in. I reckon without them I would have been in Gloucester for 10 years!
Oh dear! So only these things drain the battery. The other things are powered by what? Perpetual motion!!! There is no such thing as "free energy". If something is powered, the power has to come from somewhere. In a petrol car, the lights are powered by electricity. How does the electricity get there? It comes from the battery/alternator. How does the alternator get it's energy? It comes from the petrol that is put in. Those people from Kia who told you what they told you have no concept of how physics actually works.
The 12v will be drained with those accessories before the main battery 🤣🤣
@@ChopsGarage What do you think charges the 12v battery?
@@kaptinkeiffThe low DC-DC converter in the power control unit
@@ChopsGarage Which naturally gets its power from the main HV battery, there are no free lunches unfortunately...the other guy is right about what the individuals at Kia were saying
@@kaptinkeiff where has the assumption of free power come from? Those items are charged from the 12v not the main battery. Therefore it will not diminish mileage capacity as the charging of the 12v has already been factored into the 95 mile max range
I enjoy your collaborations, Joe is just down the road from me. Keeping it real
Many thanks
Really enjoy the Auction videos! Kia Soul…color match the wheels to the car. Kindest regards 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Cheers I agree
I do pass Jo place regular when going to Brean. Has some nice cars there.
Yes is doing nicer stuff
Those Crosslands have the nightmare 1.2 puretech wet belt engine, should be OK at low miles, I was offered one blown up the other day.
I did wonder if it was that engine
@@ChopsGarage take oil cap off and you can see the belt, same issues as ford ecoboost, I sold a 208 the other day and although it seemed OK it's very worrying, no fun with a blown engine coming back, I'm deffo not buying any more, but you should be OK at 30k, belt is easy to do on those anyway.
@@roystonvehicles9129 I’d be more worried about burning oil due to rings, very common on them. They are worse engines than the ecoboom
@@derekfleming3095 yes bud, had one the other day, it wasn't burning oil but it sounded awful, I'll deffo not be buying another.
The cross land is a horrible dull car and it’s not even a real vauxhall it’s a Peugeot in drag
Hello mate it’s been a while since Iv commented but I do watch the video. I just wanted to great video as always however I do think you need to upgrade your camera 🎥 as the video quality is a bit low in today’s video.
state of charge is 100% but the state of health is 95.4%.
Range of 100 miles when new & it is showing 97 miles and SOH drop of 5% after 40k miles means another 160k miles before the battery would be down to 75% which is the usual cutoff for battery warranty.
@@eastwood978Not how it works with batteries.
Battery degredation isn’t linear.
@@LorandHungary Battery SOH is fairly linear for most of its life so nothing to worry about at 95% although you are correct once below 75% the decline would speed up.
@@LorandHungary you are right - most degradation happens early! See Tesla studies
@@Lyndalewinder Correct. You usually see 2 to 3% degradation for the first 4 years or so, then it tends to slow.
Hello James, please try a BMW i3 sometime. I have one and love it. Very cheap to run, comfortable and surprisingly quick. Mine can do around 120 miles on a full charge which can easily cover 98% of the driving I do.
Im guessing that was Castleford G3 ? Very helpful staff there as I delivered a VW amarak there on Monday and unbeknown to me my phone app corrupted the pics I took when delivering it and I didn't notice till Wednesday morning 😱 luckily I was there again that morning to deliver 2 more cars so popped into the reception and asked if I could take some pictures of it one of the ladies behind the desk went and checked came back and said kev will take you to it in a couple of minutes 👍 so a BIG shout out to them for being so helpful
Nice feedback
Crossland problams with rear windows going down ..nobody in the car ! alarm sometimes...Vauxhall will deny it at first...then admit its a fault.../ fee for adding sensors later £500
Infinity is the nissan luxury brand
I did say so didn't I, should not listen to Joe lol
No shit Sherlock, infinity Q30 & QX30 even built at Sunderland Nissan plant.
Bizarre that people in the trade know nothing about EVs and think Infiniti is Toyota brand 🫣
@@Lypiatt why bizarre? Over the last 20 yes how many variations of make, models, engines, drivetrains,spec levels do you think there have been? It would be far more bizarre for anyone to have the encyclopedic knowledge that would be required!
@@ChopsGarage
A fair question. The reason I mentioned it was that the knowledge I expected you to have wasn't what you highlighted in your response above. It was basic broad industry level knowledge.
I was a bit rude, perhaps I should have said I was a bit surprised 🙂
The engine in the vauxhall Crossland is normally 1.2 pure tech engine the engine are rubbish it is made of chocolate and marshmallow
Go well but need care
Great video James, do love the collaborations with Joe
Cheers mate
Worth while going on Shipley site for delivery from G3, I've done a few and been cheap, but it's still 300 miles so anyway is expensive
Great video, as always, chops. I used to flip a few cars when times were simpler. Never had the gonnads to go full time. You are living my dream. Cheers.
Cheers Nick
Great video James - really interesting to see how buying at an auction works! The Mazda looks like a great buy. Thanks for sharing all the detail of what you paid for each car. 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
How much would a Merc E class around year 2010 would go for in these auctions?
100k miles ??
200k miles
300k.miles
Condition
Service history ?
Can make a difference in price by thousands and thousands
Wow over 7 grand for an old diesel Golf with over 100k miles 🤯 not round here
That's UK average sale price
Oi Chops fella! Take pics of Vauxhall with roof rails/bars on, prep it with them off. You can show it both ways then, better looking without, practical with. Worked for me with LR Discos for ages years ago ;-)
Good call
Infinity cars are derived from Nissan you were correct.
Knew it
James, the 12v battery is charged from the main battery pack. So if you use 12v accessories it will absolutely lower the range - you can’t defy the laws of physics captain 😊 . Same on a petrol / diesel - the 12v power comes from the fuel via the alternator.
Looks like a nice little car for anyone not doing a commute - perfect for a pensioner to tootle about and plug it in every night.
No been along in the car with it all on the go did not reduce the range. Understandably will be drawing from the 12v but I'd assume that's charged during the main battery back recharging and regenerative braking while charging so unless it was completely drained and needed to pull from main battery would it reduce range. As said I've used it for 2 weeks with all gismos on the go and as stated only the blowers reduced range.
If course it reduces the range, but by a tiny amount. The motor uses 20kW cruising, 80kW pushing hard. Your radio is 50w. Stuff like heated seats 150w. Blower/air con is 1-3kW
Loads of people spout rubbish about EVs, but I guess many have never driven one. I would be interested in your opinion after you have run it for a while.
I have to admit probably being a rubbish spouter but I love it lol. Even 100 miles lasts considerably longer than you think and simply plug it in when you come home and settle on the sofa
Get a night tarriff from edf for 8p/kwh. The car will do nearly 4 miles per kWh so it’s 2p/mile motoring 👍🏼 With older evs either no timers or apps just go to screwfix and get a smart socket. You can control it on your phone to charge your car at night the same as a new ev
Really pleased the mazda turned out ok for you 😉 (driver 😉)
SOC = State Of Charge and SOH = State Of Health. SOC is calculated using battery's voltage, current, and temperature data. SOH is based on elements like the quantity of charge/discharge cycles the battery has seen, its age, and its history of temperature. A SOH will only ever be 100% when new, and 95.4 is a very good figure that indicates a very healthy, almost new battery (like describing an immaculate used car with 10k miles on, you cant call it NEW or 100%). The onboard BMS (Battery Management System) will calculate and store all the data for the sheet you've been given, so your TOPDON might be able to retrieve this data for any future cars you get. Nice of the KIA lads to do it for you though 👍
You got some great stock there James, keep the videos coming.
I'd not recommend private people to go to an auction, fees will be very high and very good chance of nasty problems, zero comeback, at the auction I go to a car actually set on fire as soon as the trader set off, auction wouldn't even refund money, or anything, private people are better off at a decent dealer, I've just sent a customer 500 quid to get warranty work done on a car I sold 2 mths ago and somebody else bought a clio off me, they'd just spent 1300 on a corsa privately (?) it had so many faults they scrapped it 2 days later.
It depends how much a person is able to assess a car, rather than whether they're a trader or private individual (granted most traders know more than more private individuals!). There are bargains to be had if you're savvy but there's always an element of luck. I bought my current car at auction for £675. 3 years and 30k miles later it's still going strong and no major work needed.
@@markf4720 yes bud, I'm just sorting a freelander bought at auction, turbo actuator, steering column immobiliser fault, I had to limp back, but loads of purchases are ok.
Nice watch 🎉 another great video
Cheers bud
Granted that UK models differ from here (Oz), but a Mazda2 is a decent thing and reliable to boot.
The Pan was a hybrid
10:50 massive door gap difference, front to back. I call Shenanigans.
Nothing wrong with gaps the driver’s door is not shut properly and is on the latch
For some reason, red Vauxhall's don't look good (as you say, there needs to be a lot of black to break it up) yet on some other marques, red is the best colour.
Does the Vauxhall have a dent in the bonnet by the badge. Might be wrong but looked like it
Yes it has, on that in morning
One of my issues with EV’s is - stand 20 ft in front of and look, they have to be the ugliest front ends ever and that car is not exactly an oil painting to begin with…
I prefer that front end to the petrols
@@ChopsGarage as they say, you need to go to spec savers 😀
Brilliant video James, very interesting 😊
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent video James 🚘🚙🚗👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍
Plenty of money to be made traveling bud, take a couple of drivers or maybe get a trailer, Aston barclay at Wakefield is the one I go to.
That 12 volt battery is not going to last long if you have the heated seats on, radio on and anything else that runs from it on.
Been doing it 3 days no issue, it's charged by car batteries
Cars are cheap, just cant afford the crazy insurance
Btw, Infiniti is Nissan, you are correct
Great video mate you and jo good double act
Many thanks
Hey Chops why doe's it take you 7 hrs to get back to Devon from Brum ??? Takes me 5 hrs from Nottingham try leaving it until after you have had your dinner ie 630 pm you should get home by 1030 mite even do 10 pm if your lucky.😊
There's no true test to check the health of the battery
There is. You can use an OBD via the car's diagnostic socket. This can provide you with a print-out of the battery's state of health in percentage terms.
The OBD will show the state of health which is the overall condition. It will also show battery cell voltage deviation, if it shows Zero it means the battery is as happy as it can be. If you have a deviation of more than 0.5 volts there is definitely a larger measure of degradation. In terms of testing if you have the car already you can charge to 100% and take the charge down as low as you dare. You can drive how you like, efficiency won't affect this test. Divide how many miles you did by the number of miles per kWh as reported on the dash. That will tell you how many kWhs or energy you have used, added to estimated left after the discharge which again you can get from miles left divided by miles per kWh. You know what your battery size should be, minus what you measured will be the degradation. To verify this you can charge again to 100% and see how many kWhs you put back into the battery. It sounds complicated but it really isn't. Another test is a range test but this is more difficult and takes time. Charge the car to 100% and drive at moderate speeds not on motorways and see how far the car goes without the heating on. You know what the car's original range was, what did you get. This one you have to do continuously as you want the battery to get warm and stay warm. In a 300 mile range car this will take 7 hours or more. I've done degradation tests as it needs no extra time to do it. Can't be bothered with range. Dealer level type scan tools can get things like battery capacity available negating the need for these tests.
Either way it’ll do about 80miles per charge all year and cost 2p per mile when charged on a 3 pin plug in an 8p/kwh night tarrif
That Kia is a long way from its original dealer in Edinburgh . Surprised it made it that far.
Thought that myself, with 99 mile range it must have taken ages to get down to Devon.
If Mike Brewer can't wipe someones eye with a motor then it must be a right dog of a car.
My son has a Vauxhall vanero minibus he only gets 150 range
What do you think about cars in auctions coming from car supermarkets? Good news or bad news? i.e. sascron, car giant, etc
I think it depends if its of an age n miles that you see them retail. If it is then run.
Had my EV nearly 2 years and love it and would never go back to ICE. The key is charging from home, although the 12v granny cable using your home 240v socket will take some time to fully charge compared to a dedicated 7kw charger which you could install at the garage. The state of Health shown is excellent for a car which is a few years old it has basically lost hardly any power over 7/8 years.. Charging from home you need to get onto a night time cheap tariff like Octopus Intelligent go. I filll. My car up for about £4 and drive about 250 miles on that amount of energy. Newer EVs have heat pumps which allow the AC to heat or cool the car with hardly any energy used. The Soul has a good reputation and is very popular due to its huge internal space for such a small footprint.
Cheers, its outside on the extension lead now lol
@ChopsGarage my mate ran his Tesla for 3 years using the same system but I do worry about the heat generated on am extension cable!
surely the 12v battery in an EV is charged from the big battery? So using 12v accessories will reduce the range as the 12v battery is topped up. A vauxhall with a puretech engine, just as bad if not worse than a Ford Ecoboost
I think that you are correct about the charging of the 12V battery. It is obvious that the Kia techs don't understand basic Physics, but what would you expect from grease monkeys who think that Electricity is a new and wondrous thing !!
SOC - State Of Charge, SOH - State Of Health
I think used evs will sell well round your way. They are cheap compared to new. You’re a trusted dealer with morals. The buyer of the Kia ev will have researched it knowing if it’s suitable for them. Once you’ve driven it a bit you’ll be a convert
Infinity is nissan not Toyota.
Toyota is lexus
I did say Nissan didn't I, that Joe eh lol
The Insurance is one problem with the Range Rovers but there’s plenty more 😅
Chops garage you need a Brian James Brian sports transporter trailer with doors on to transport too cars va k to your garage while you drive the first car back😅❤
Not really worth my time
Hello chops garage hope every one are fine and well
You too!
Mazda 2 was a bargain !
They might have told you a bit of a yarn! SOC 100% is state of charge so the battery was full when the test was don SOH 95% is state of Health that tells you that they are at 95% of their original health.
Still good health for a 7 year old EV
I have an EV and love it
Noooo not black wheels. 😮
Vauxhall red ahhhhhhhh terrible for fading old and new. That Kia don't look to bad to be honest but 99 miles in real life that will be less for sure. But ok I guess if your only commuting
Found it's pretty bang on those miles
Not bad i had a nissan leaf for a few months 20 tho miles on it didnt get no where near the miles stated @145 ish in real life i got about 100 miles on a good day but do like the look of your kia i must admit @@ChopsGarage
Vauxhall 1.2 or 1.4 dont merry well with the gear box they dont like each other out of sync.
EV OH NO JAMES HOPE IT WORKS OKAY FOR YOU MATE😁😁😁
That electric car is just hilarious, 99 mile range if you dont use the heater, who needs to use the heater in the uk climate😂
I've used last 3 days done me great for my commute each day
The heated seats would use far less energy than the heater... Plus you wouldn't use the heater for a full journey anyway. I never have with my EV.
I use the blower a lot as my ev steams up when it’s raining etc but when the heaters on low it only uses maybe 1/2 Mile per kw
EV's are not much good for commuting to Scotland and back from Southampton . Try finding a charging point on the way!!!
Who's doing that commute 🤣🤣
You'll not sell a car bud with no v5, I'll buy them at auction from a proper vendor and then park it up until v5 comes, about 8 weeks now, you used to be able to tax on v62 at post office, but it doesn't often go thru these days, I've just bought a finance repo without a v5 and I'm sending for one, waste of time trying to sell it before.
A red Peugeot 2008 nasty car
I really enjoy these videos. The Kia Soul is a good wee EV. It should rapid charge on CHAdeMO too.
It's a shame Infiniti never really took off in the UK as they're something a bit different and also sad that Mitsy have gone
Let's hope your not running around bud if the ev battery goes flat, don't think your little jump pac will sort it (!)
The battery never goes completely flat, as it has a buffer to prevent that happening.
@@Brian-om2hh it was meant as a humorous comment bud, I didn't really mean James would go out with his top don, ha, ha.
If you'd hang onto cars, at least for a while you'd have sold the LR for a decent price, seems crazy letting SM guy have profit, just tell him it's sold, so what?, jag for you to sell as well, doing every trader big favours is costing you big style over a year, surely you can wait a few days and retail stuff? traditionally a dealer keeps the good stuff and trades the s**t out.
Range Rover went wrong 2 days later
@@ChopsGarage oh well, maybe best then
Really interesting
I’ve been a full EV driver for a couple years now. I couldn’t go back for running round! As you said so smooth, easy to drive (so much torque to pull out of junctions etc). Don’t get me wrong, if someone said “do you want a lambo or an EV” I’d take the lambo… but for everyday it’s amazing. I have a 300 mile range EV, and get 250+ all year round, over 300 with the current weather. I regularly do long journeys (over 200 mile round trips) and never worry about range. Drive them sensible and the GOM on a Kia/Hyundai will be fairly accurate!
We love our EV which has a range of just over 200 miles. Smooth and quiet and the best drive ever!
I have to say if I had a bigger 4X4 style with say 250 range its all the car id need
Nissan own infinity 😊
Touching your phone screen when driving is automatic points. You really need to be careful what you record and upload, is always one.
Enjoyable video
Please dont paint the wheels black! It will look worse!
EV is not really for me but I'm old school 😂 need to be careful about using Google maps when driving mind especially being filmed on UA-cam 😂😂😂
Kia EVs are fantastic, batteries last no lies about the range unlike other manufacturers. Need a home charger you'll be ages with a 3 pin plug & doesn't do the battery good long term.
A lot of the reason the early evs like leafs etc batteries have lasted so well is now being attributed to most of them being charged on granny cables or old fashioned 3kw chargers.
99 mile range ? Great selling point 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Charging at home on a 3 pin plug with a standard ev tariff anyone can have it’ll cost 2p per mile to run. There’s your selling point
BEWARE , those JLR cars from 2016 have the shit Ingenium engines. Unreliable timing chain and cost a fortune to upgrade to the better spec.
@12:38 I know this chap. That is the "Shifted Metal" guy. Not the kind of guy who takes chances by trying to flip bangers, that is for sure. ☺ If I want to see that, I watch the "High Peak Auto" dude. If I want to watch a dealer deal with Karens and entitled customers, I watch James and his Chops Garage. 👍
@18:33 Yes, it is. You barely noticed it because unlike Lexus, they barely made any impact. Yeah, a pickup and delivery service is nice if you need your luxury car inspected but is it a selling point? Rumor say an Infiniti comes with Nissan reliability or the lack thereof and BMW pricing for parts and repairs.
Do stuff on your own chops, don't like the other guy
I've always found him ok
@@ChopsGarage disses his customers, bad crack
@@ChopsGarage wannabe actor. Team up with car uk, you and him would get on great
Yeah...agree , he,s everything thats wrong in flipping cars....just seems untrustworthy ...instinct 😮
Joes alright 👍🏼
He just forgets he’s being recorded sometimes
Regarding the electric car documentation of battery health after eight years. 🤣🤣🤣
And......
@@ChopsGarage Having had an EV in the early days I have experience of them to some degree.
After eight years I am dumfound at the report you received, I would have thought 50/60 percent at the very best. As you stated it only had a maximum distance of around 100 miles from new I believe. That means a small battery is fitted to it. Watching your channel I just wish we had someone in Yorkshire as honest as yourself, I really do not want you to get your fingers burnt with an electric milk float as they are called. If the battery were to fail within your generous warranty period and the manufacturers warranty has expired, 15k to 20k to replace it?. They are ok to drive as you say, but in the real world, not for for purpose, yet. Best of best luck with it mate you truly deserve it.👍
I dare not buy an ev for stock, good luck with it
I know me neither but Im not letting anyone else in door at dealers lol
@@ChopsGarage yes bud
even the birds have already shown what they think of that EV monstrosity
lol
Pure Gowld Chop Shop 👍
I want everything I can't afford. It's shit being poor. Great channel, love it!
Many thanks
👌👌
Evening Stevie
@@ChopsGarage Evening James, I think you have won hands down with this purchase mate 👍👍 Joe will be well pi**ed off mate😊😊
Nope Infiniti is Nissan
But we do long journeys, but never in a ev, hopeless, and god its ugly
If you really do long journeys, and often, no but if you do short journeys perfect. Looks are an opinion not a fact of course
@ChopsGarage any journey so much better without range anxiety, so limiting, and sorry but like most ev's it is ugly
@@rossanderson7553 but I get range anxiety on my diesel range rover when it gets low and go and fill it up and when I did with the EV I plugged it in. I don't think you have run one. Again looks are not facts but simply opinions
You’ll get endless negatives from people who don’t own evs and positives from people who do
@@CarlosFandango1975 agree
The noise is like cancer.
Spend some time cleaning up your Video technique. The Audio is ridiculous, your camera work is like being in a force ten gale
No
Cars that nobody wants or can afford😂😊😅😮
Why did they sell then?
😂😂Can’t believe you bought an EV . 🤣🤣🤣🤫
You don't let anyone in door at main dealers , take it all
Don't do it! EVs like this are terrible. 99 mile range? What use is that?
What use? Well is you do say 20 miles at a day, 5 days use.
I’m going to shock you here. I actually like EV’s . Ah Haah 🤣🤣
I know lol
There’s always one 😂
It's a reference to Alan Partridge. 🤣
I bet he parks it outside well away from anything flammable though... :)
Kia looks like a shed on wheels. Even worse its an EV.
Oh dear clearly others disagree as it sold very well