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VonSenger said:
I just called Sheffield, got quoted 185 185 at 7500 miles. Is that the cheapest at the moment? If so ì think I'll pass.
Not a million miles off mine at 150 155 @7500Some of us wangled a free three pin charger too, worth several hundred.
There's a £99 finance arrangement fee they don't tell you about too.
VonSenger said:
I just called Sheffield, got quoted 185 185 at 7500 miles. Is that the cheapest at the moment? If so ì think I'll pass.
You have missed the clearance deals but if your patient more will come along, I ended up £139, £139 7500 miles metallic and armrest due to delay and no finance doc charge.dave_s13 said:
Yeah.
Maybe just tell them you'll do deal when they can get nearer the sub 150 mark and leave it with them.
That's pretty much how I left it. The chap I spoke to was mick, nice enough bloke but they're definitely chancing their arm especially given the long term prospect of cheaper petrol/diesel. For £200pm I can get the blue motion vw cc I wanted. £150 does sway me towards the zoe though.Maybe just tell them you'll do deal when they can get nearer the sub 150 mark and leave it with them.
VonSenger said:
dave_s13 said:
Yeah.
Maybe just tell them you'll do deal when they can get nearer the sub 150 mark and leave it with them.
That's pretty much how I left it. The chap I spoke to was mick, nice enough bloke but they're definitely chancing their arm especially given the long term prospect of cheaper petrol/diesel. For £200pm I can get the blue motion vw cc I wanted. £150 does sway me towards the zoe though.Maybe just tell them you'll do deal when they can get nearer the sub 150 mark and leave it with them.
Tyler Durden said:
This thread was going nicely and then suddenly stopped. What are the latest and greatest deals to be had on the Zoe? How are the new owners finding them?
SpeakEV has a thread going and there are new Zoe deals coming in almost as good as xmas last year.I'm 5000 miles in and still smiling. No majors issues, a few minor niggles like the front badge peeling/needing replacing and r-link crashing and needing a hard reset.
Like the other poster just said I'm also doing more miles than I should had to put my battery agreement up to 12.5K PA.
Cracking car for the money though.
Tyler Durden said:
This thread was going nicely and then suddenly stopped. What are the latest and greatest deals to be had on the Zoe? How are the new owners finding them?
I started the thread.In the end I gave up trying to get a reasonable deal on a Zoe. I started looking at petrol versus repayment prices to try and get as comfy as I could, for as little as possible a month, all in.
I scrapped my Rav4 and bought a 12 year old petrol auto Honda CRV Executive. It was £1700, has leather, heated seats, cruise, etc etc etc... No one likes auto petrol cars second hand. I do - I bought a Daimler for a song and rolled about in that for a while a couple of years ago.
On the urban cycle, it does about 20mpg. On the motorway it does around 35mpg. I did 6000 miles last year, so worst case scenario is 300 gallons of fuel at around £1800 a year. Best case scenario is 170 gallons of fuel or £1000 a year - the real number is somewhere in between - I tend to fill it up every 2 - 3 weeks at about 60 quid a pop.
So I spent less than the deposit on a Leaf or Zoe, and I'm spending less a month that the lease/payment on an EV to roll about in a comfy dinosaur burner.
I'll have another look at the EV market when the CRV needs replacing or when I get bored of it - I believe they are the future and really want to try one, but not until the price is right.
We're a week into Leaf ownership, and so far think it's a great car.
Initially disappointed with the turn of pace, especially as so many owners reckoned it to be a little pocket rocket. Didn't realise it had Eco selected when we picked it up. Totally different ball game when it's switched off!
Mrs Cjelli had a little wobble in it this morning, couldn't get it back into D after pressing P at the lights. Assumed the worst, thought it was broken so rebooted it (thank you Microsoft) but it turned out she was forgetting to press the brake when selecting Drive.
Shame Carwings appears to be almost entirely useless, but not the end of the world.
Apart from that it's a really nice place to be and visiting petrol stations is reserved exclusively for late night booze stops.
Initially disappointed with the turn of pace, especially as so many owners reckoned it to be a little pocket rocket. Didn't realise it had Eco selected when we picked it up. Totally different ball game when it's switched off!
Mrs Cjelli had a little wobble in it this morning, couldn't get it back into D after pressing P at the lights. Assumed the worst, thought it was broken so rebooted it (thank you Microsoft) but it turned out she was forgetting to press the brake when selecting Drive.
Shame Carwings appears to be almost entirely useless, but not the end of the world.
Apart from that it's a really nice place to be and visiting petrol stations is reserved exclusively for late night booze stops.
Been looking at YouTube reviews of the Zoe and Leaf. One of them gives rise to a question.
It's one of the top results when you search YouTube for the Zoe and is by some numpty called redferret iirc.
Anyway this numpty does a test involving a 50mile each way trip in winter at 2C. Sets off without a full charge from what I can see, doesn't put it on charge while he's parked up at the other end and then gets into all sorts of charging problems.
Anyway the question is that he complains about the vehicle steaming up. It does look quite bad. Am I right in thinking he hasn't got any heating / climate control on? Or?
It's one of the top results when you search YouTube for the Zoe and is by some numpty called redferret iirc.
Anyway this numpty does a test involving a 50mile each way trip in winter at 2C. Sets off without a full charge from what I can see, doesn't put it on charge while he's parked up at the other end and then gets into all sorts of charging problems.
Anyway the question is that he complains about the vehicle steaming up. It does look quite bad. Am I right in thinking he hasn't got any heating / climate control on? Or?
DSLiverpool said:
The leaf is the overall better engineered car, it's heat pump heater uses little power plus it has heated seats that uses no power as it comes from the vehicle battery not the traction battery
The Zoe also has a heat pump heater & works well in my wife's Zoe, as it does in my new Acenta.Zoe is more of a fun drive imo, whereas Leaf is more 'grown-up' & refined on a longer journey, although have to say I wasn't that impressed with the Leaf seats on my first long trip (200 mile round trip)
Thee will be a 30 kWh Leaf coming in Sep this year. So 100 miles of 'real world' range rather than the current 70-80 miles.
More excitingly Nissan appears to hint they have a prototype Leaf running at 300 miles+ of range....and hinted this is a real production possibility!! Next 5-10 years are going go see some amazing changes in battery technology, we know a lot of ad advances are been made at the bench, it's now a case of getting the stuff to market....A 200-300 mile Leaf/Golf/Focus etc that can recharge in 20-30 minutes will surely see the end of ICE cars for the majority of people..Cannot wait
https://cleantechnica.com/2015/06/27/long-range-ni...
More excitingly Nissan appears to hint they have a prototype Leaf running at 300 miles+ of range....and hinted this is a real production possibility!! Next 5-10 years are going go see some amazing changes in battery technology, we know a lot of ad advances are been made at the bench, it's now a case of getting the stuff to market....A 200-300 mile Leaf/Golf/Focus etc that can recharge in 20-30 minutes will surely see the end of ICE cars for the majority of people..Cannot wait
https://cleantechnica.com/2015/06/27/long-range-ni...
amstrange1 said:
DSLiverpool said:
it has heated seats that uses no power as it comes from the vehicle battery not the traction battery
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