RE: Lynk & Co - what is it?
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mrkipling said:
Saw one on UK plates a week back on the A11 near Fiveways, it was a 21 plate, looked like the coupe model, had me stumped at the time! A week later I keep reading about them everywhere!
I think they are finally launching in 2023, be interesting to see how the rental model works here in the UK. From what I've heard its a decent car. blank said:
Their unique thing is the "ownership" model where you might effectively rent your car out while you're not using it. Not sure that will be a hit in the UK.
The main market is China.
The model is:The main market is China.
- Subscribe Month-to-Month (no commit)
- borrow a Lynk & Co with insurance, maintenance included
- or buy it.
vaud said:
blank said:
Their unique thing is the "ownership" model where you might effectively rent your car out while you're not using it. Not sure that will be a hit in the UK.
The main market is China.
The model is:The main market is China.
- Subscribe Month-to-Month (no commit)
- borrow a Lynk & Co with insurance, maintenance included
- or buy it.
But I’ve finally realised I’m steeped in a very old fashioned views of what personal transport looks like.
The prices for this sort of thing look ridiculously high to me but I never factor in the time I spend taking cars for service, mot, taxing and insuring the bloody things and wasting an inordinate amount of time getting them fixed when they go wrong.
Young users haven’t got the time or inclination to get bogged down in this stuff.
Edited by swisstoni on Monday 26th September 19:02
swisstoni said:
I’ve been very sceptical of these subscription ideas.
But I’ve finally realised I’m steeped in a very old fashioned views of what personal transport looks like.
The prices for this sort of thing look ridiculously high to me but I never factor in the time I spend taking cars for service, mot, taxing and insuring the bloody things and wasting an inordinate amount of time getting them fixed when they go wrong.
Young users haven’t got the time or inclination to get bogged down in this stuff.
For me it's yet another extension of the leasing model and the whole "built in obsolescence / never own anything so you have to keep consuming/subscribing" business model which a lot of tech sectors are moving to.But I’ve finally realised I’m steeped in a very old fashioned views of what personal transport looks like.
The prices for this sort of thing look ridiculously high to me but I never factor in the time I spend taking cars for service, mot, taxing and insuring the bloody things and wasting an inordinate amount of time getting them fixed when they go wrong.
Young users haven’t got the time or inclination to get bogged down in this stuff.
...which I (a dinosaur like you) have very real concerns about.
Failure to OWN anything (a car that is leased, a house that is leased, a mobile phone which is obsolete 2/3 years after you buy it, your music collection on e.g. Spotify not a set of CDs/vinyl, the software on your laptop that is subscription based (esp. all the MS Office stuff), etc etc.) leads to the situation where you HAVE to keep working* - early retirement is rapidly becoming a very expensive luxury, and even at the normal retirement age now means planning for more sustained outgoings than e.g. 20 years ago, over a longer expected lifespan.
* Cute, eh?
I had one of these as a Hertz rental car from Düsseldorf airport earlier in the year. I don’t know if that means the large rental companies are also part of the subscription ownership model?
I was completely mystified as to what it was when I picked it up. Not a bad thing to drive as it turned out, but the styling is very weird in the flesh.
I was completely mystified as to what it was when I picked it up. Not a bad thing to drive as it turned out, but the styling is very weird in the flesh.
We had one of these as a rentla in Madrid this week. Parked it in an underground car park and after 3 days, it the battery wes too flat to open the doors or start the car. Managed to get into it with the metal key eventually. Phoned the rental company and told them we were abandoning it (had to catch a flight) and the car park attendant had the key. Now persuing them for a refund for the last day.
What good is a hybrid electric if the battery cant survive 3 days without use. Car park guy said there had at least 6 cases of this in the last year.
What good is a hybrid electric if the battery cant survive 3 days without use. Car park guy said there had at least 6 cases of this in the last year.
I've only ever seen one of these on the roads, tbh £500 per month with the 1200 miles mileage included and insurance makes it a decent deal if you need to use it for a short amount of time.
DonkeyApple said:
PAYG is an interesting thing for cars. Most users will end up paying more but for the savvy it could be an advantageous means to pay less of intermittent use fits a particular lifestyle.
The PAYG model is already abused by county lines dealers, pretty sure the low level dealers in London are using Zipcar Golfs.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff