New-ish MG5s going cheap

[C5]

Half splash out you mean the tax payer will splash the other half.

[Octavia1]

Half splash out you mean the tax payer will splash the other half.

Ther was a € 20 k grant I tink  c5 ....wud that temp ya if it was available?

[C5]

Na, I sell my taxis on or I keep it for the wife as a second car, so we only buy one car every 5 or 10 years so the second car could be up to 20 years old or older when its replaced. An ev won't last 9 years never mind 20 plus years.

[Jack Meoff]

Couldn’t afford one if no grants available.
Well the one that I want

[watty]

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.

Well here's a 17 min YouTube review of someone with a MG5 who hammers it up and down the UK motorways and rapid-charges it all the time - 230,000 km (equivalent) on the clock and battery SoH is approx 90%.  In other words, his ~350km battery can now only do ~315 km.  He's the owner of a mobile mechanic firm that services EV's and his company now has 5 or 6 of them on the road.

[silverbullet]

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.

Well here's a 17 min YouTube review of someone with a MG5 who hammers it up and down the UK motorways and rapid-charges it all the time - 230,000 km (equivalent) on the clock and battery SoH is approx 90%.  In other words, his ~350km battery can now only do ~315 km.  He's the owner of a mobile mechanic firm that services EV's and his company now has 5 or 6 of them on the road.

My niece's husband - a cop - has a work VW ID4 - 286 BHP for motorway work. They use Skodas in the deprived areas so they don't stand out.

[C5]

When ev batteries start going bad it is a rapid decline after that over a couple of years. We will see what he says in 2 or 3 more years of hammering it up and down the motorway, but he will probably ditch it before that.

[silverbullet]

When ev batteries start going bad it is a rapid decline after that over a couple of years. We will see what he says in 2 or 3 more years of hammering it up and down the motorway, but he will probably ditch it before that.

Police Scotland will throw another one at him.

[Belker]

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.

28k in 16 months is about 400km per week and you have; "been fairly busy working away" ?
I think you have your 'Codding Cap' on MFH !! 

[mercenary for hire]

I know it sounds a bit pathetic Belker but my car doesn't move unless it's making money.I'm €589 away from clearing what I owe on my newish jammer.Should be done this weekend.I've been on a few decent holiers too.Now that the car loan is gone I'll likely be going back to 25 hours a week instead of the 35/40 I'm doing.

No kids and a tiny mortgage now that I'm sprouting clumps of hair from me ears means I don't have to graft too hard anymore.Roll on the recession...

[mercenary for hire]

Just to add driving the EV does save a few bob.The initial cost was a pain in the hole but I honestly haven't spent anything on the car except three car washes so far.It wont always be like this but I dont forsee any massive expenses on the way.

[Belker]

I know it sounds a bit pathetic Belker but my car doesn't move unless it's making money.I'm €589 away from clearing what I owe on my newish jammer.Should be done this weekend.I've been on a few decent holiers too.Now that the car loan is gone I'll likely be going back to 25 hours a week instead of the 35/40 I'm doing.

No kids and a tiny mortgage now that I'm sprouting clumps of hair from me ears means I don't have to graft too hard anymore.Roll on the recession...

At 400km per week your figures don't add up MFH, Bob Shillin averages 1,350 per week, I average about 750km per week in about 27.5 hours and I can live easily and hold my own on those 750km. If I was only doing 400km per week and taking regular holidays then I would be in the poor house.

[mercenary for hire]

I don't know what to say Belker except I'm sorry...




That you're not as good as me...........





But seriously, renters are paying minimum €300 a week plus maybe €100 fuel.That's 20k a year.20k would buy you a nice electric vehicle.I've worked hard to make sure I'm not a renter.I have zero savings but low outgoings so it's not a problem.

I suspect because of the type of work I cover I get paid better per Km than drivers who don't care so much about the dead mileage.I have a fairly strict way of working.I've been driving/Biking/cycling for money for 30 years.I don't like dead miles.They kill your car and increase maintenance costs.

The 400km doesn't account for being at sea for six weeks plus a few days off here and there.It's more likely 500km a week.

[C5]

So you stay around where you dropped your fare for your next fare, you can't avoid dead Kms the fare is priced that way for return journeys.

[mercenary for hire]

Because Dublin city center is such mess ,quite often my drop of point is only two Km as the crow flies from where I picked up.Sometimes I'll have another job exactly where I drop depending on how busy it is.The apps can be very good at lining jobs up.


Eventually the even the taxis will be pushed out of the middle of town.