New-ish MG5s going cheap

[Jack Meoff]

Think I will make the move to EV next year.
Treat meself to an ID7.

[silverbullet]

Think I will make the move to EV next year.
Treat meself to an ID7.

This is where I bought the VW Bridie-4: https://www.blackwatermotors.ie/

[Jack Meoff]

Think I will make the move to EV next year.
Treat meself to an ID7.

This is where I bought the VW Bridie-4: https://www.blackwatermotors.ie/

Did you get any discount off them ?

[C5]

Watty I was at zero miles left on fuel gauge coming back on a longish trip looking for a filling station still open at 8pm on Christmas eve last I was heading home I went 24kms past the zero before I got diesel, I was shitting it. beat that. And I was talking to a fella at the SGS were he had a new hybrid with himself and another driver on it, he was a little pissed off just changed from a 211 mg5 to a 232 Toyota Corolla estate, never again to a full EV he said, problems started at around 235,000 km they noticed a full charge was not what it used to be and by 270,000 it was at 140km range but they would get 110 before having to charge it wasn't worth keeping it working as a taxi, if it's sold on it won't last a couple of years as a private driver.

[Taxi driver42]

Do u not have to keep it 3 yr

Byd give a 10 yr battery warranty

[C5]

He did, he got it in Feb 21 got rid of it in aug 24. It has 100,000 km warranty because it's a commercial vehicle or 6 or 7 years which falls first. The byd has a 10 year or whatever Kms 100k or 160k what ever falls first it's the same for all full evs.

[C5]

Byd have a 200,000km or 8 years for drive battery. Might be less for commercial vehicles. They are all the same without government grants they are basically economically unviable.

[mercenary for hire]

Some of you lads are covering silly mileage.Fukkin hell I have 28k on mine in 16 months and I've been fairly busy working away.It would take me over ten years to clock up 250000km.

[C5]

When you live in a bigger county you do more Kms,  what about the lads who share a cab split the costs. These EVs don't work for a lot of drivers. The Grants are ruining everything, what happens when the grants are gone spending 30,40 or 50k on the ticking economic time bomb, if that battery starts giving trouble or pops after the guarantee ends your fucked. If a petrol or diesel engine blows it's about 2k or 3k for a second hand one, replacement batteries are from 7 to 30k. If you don't put up the Kms the age will get ya.

[mercenary for hire]

It's not really a problem for me.The leccy car is costing me 2k less per year to fuel compared to the Prius.The Prius was already a miser on fuel.

If I moved from a diesel I'd likely be saving nearly 5k a year on fuel by going electric.Electric cars will be cheaper than diesel in a few years.I think they are already in China.

Either way if you want to drive in the big cities you likely won't be allowed in a diesel in a few years from now.I don't agree with it but it's going to happen.

[C5]

Maybe in Dublin but the smaller cities with big rural areas will need diesel or big 2.5 hybrids like Toyota have in the Camry or rav 4 they are quite and don't rev as high so it save fuel. But diesels are clean nowadays when you rub you finger around the exhaust tip no soot.

[Bob Shillin]

Some of you lads are covering silly mileage.Fukkin hell I have 28k on mine in 16 months and I've been fairly busy working away.It would take me over ten years to clock up 250000km.

105k in 18mths (19 if I include 1 month hols), and that's going back to working 45hrs per week. I'ld love to know the secret of making a living on 21k per annum. Do you use the ranks a lot, I can't sit at ranks?

[mercenary for hire]

That's a fair bit Bob.Fair play.Hope the Camry is going good for you.

It's not really a secret...I doubt I earn half what you guys are getting at night but it's enough for me.I prefer the shorter jobs that others dislike and I usually only take something I can get to within a few minutes...like two or three max.My radars are set to 2km but that doesn't mean I'll even go that far.I just keep moving until I get to a rank I like or get an app job fairly close that I want.

It's going to be a little different after the fare increase as the shorter jobs will be a lot more expensive via the apps.Sometimes I'll take a job to the suburbs if I'm getting annoyed in town.I nearly always end up regretting taking them though.Hate going to Blanch or Talaght or most places outside the M50
as there's feck all out there coming back.

[Belker]

Think I will make the move to EV next year.
Treat meself to an ID7.

"Treat", ??      

[Jack Meoff]

Think I will make the move to EV next year.
Treat meself to an ID7.

"Treat", ??      

Yuuup
Splash out on a bit of comfort