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Hi all!
I started another thread around upgrading to an EV for the daily. Have concluded the tests and have a Leaf now on order!
My brother in law was so impressed with it he's ordered one too. The saving in fuel from his C63 is paying for it. So ordering two at the same time probably helped with the deal which was exactly the same discount.
Tekna with the £250 white paint. RRP roughly £31k. After grant and dealer discount - £17k.
24 month lease, £750 deposit, 25k pa. £266pcm for me.
24 month lease, nil deposit, 8k pa. £204pcm for my brother in law.
Also offered us the protection pack for £75 as opposed to £189. Plus a double ended charge cable for £136 and a wall mounted tethered one for £195 all in.
Pretty good deal we thought. (if there's cheaper out there, we don't want to know now!)
Pleased as punch so looking forward to it.
Thank for all the help!
Tuan.
I started another thread around upgrading to an EV for the daily. Have concluded the tests and have a Leaf now on order!
My brother in law was so impressed with it he's ordered one too. The saving in fuel from his C63 is paying for it. So ordering two at the same time probably helped with the deal which was exactly the same discount.
Tekna with the £250 white paint. RRP roughly £31k. After grant and dealer discount - £17k.
24 month lease, £750 deposit, 25k pa. £266pcm for me.
24 month lease, nil deposit, 8k pa. £204pcm for my brother in law.
Also offered us the protection pack for £75 as opposed to £189. Plus a double ended charge cable for £136 and a wall mounted tethered one for £195 all in.
Pretty good deal we thought. (if there's cheaper out there, we don't want to know now!)
Pleased as punch so looking forward to it.
Thank for all the help!
Tuan.
Gareth79 said:
Inertiatic said:
Been offered a deal through work on a Leaf Acenta
£163/month, £900 deposit, 25 months, 6k/yr?
At the end pay final payment or hand car back, trade in on new model
This seems like a good deal?
Seems a little more than the deals around at the end of March, but not bad.£163/month, £900 deposit, 25 months, 6k/yr?
At the end pay final payment or hand car back, trade in on new model
This seems like a good deal?
Inertiatic said:
Been offered a deal through work on a Leaf Acenta
The Acenta doesn't have the 6.6kw charger - is this a deal breaker? Do all leafs handle slow/fast charging as standard?
ALL Leafs are DC rapid charge capable (the motorway services), and all can have the 6.6kW AC charger as an option (albeit £1,150). The question is whether you envisage needing to be able to 'slow' AC charge twice as fast, ie. do several long journeys with a small but significant delay. The 3.3 is absolutely fine as a commuter car.The Acenta doesn't have the 6.6kw charger - is this a deal breaker? Do all leafs handle slow/fast charging as standard?
Well Mrs P has picked it up (I am home 10pm tonight), initial feedback is I have an expensive month coming up. She is trying to find reasons to go and drive it (to the point of making up journeys - very uncharacteristic!)
Knowing she likes a warm car, is it worth going for one with heated seats/wheel, or is pre-heating good enough?
Knowing she likes a warm car, is it worth going for one with heated seats/wheel, or is pre-heating good enough?
pherlopolus said:
Well Mrs P has picked it up (I am home 10pm tonight), initial feedback is I have an expensive month coming up. She is trying to find reasons to go and drive it (to the point of making up journeys - very uncharacteristic!)
Knowing she likes a warm car, is it worth going for one with heated seats/wheel, or is pre-heating good enough?
I had one for 7 days last December and it had the pre heat only.Knowing she likes a warm car, is it worth going for one with heated seats/wheel, or is pre-heating good enough?
had no problems once I had sussed out how to use it and also how best to set the heater to keep the cabin warm but still not loose too much range.
Answer if I remember was to set it at low speed fan and at 22/23 degrees.
Seemed to keep the cabin quite snug even when below freezing outside.
First 2 days I was in my coats, hat and gloves :-)
wjwren said:
They are pricey new but seem to loose a big chunk so 2nd hand values seem worthwhile.
I don't really agree with that comment, we looked at the total ownership cost compared to the Wifes 2005 1.6 Focus, and even including that the focus was paid for there was only about £50 a month in it... That strikes me as excellent value for a brand new car.pherlopolus said:
I don't really agree with that comment, we looked at the total ownership cost compared to the Wifes 2005 1.6 Focus, and even including that the focus was paid for there was only about £50 a month in it... That strikes me as excellent value for a brand new car.
TCO compared with a petrol car, yes, but the depreciation is steep and older models can be had very cheap, even with low miles.On the PCP deal, mine will owe some £17k in April 2017, but be worth about £12-13k I think, possibly less if the new version is out. I will possibly buy a tatty 2nd hand one at that point, depending on where Tesla is with their Model 3.
Hopefully they hold up better than the Fluence: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/search/used/cars/renau...
KTF said:
Hopefully they hold up better than the Fluence: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/search/used/cars/renau...
Wow! £22k new, £8k now. So dropped £14k in a year, that's some hit.12TS said:
KTF said:
Hopefully they hold up better than the Fluence: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/search/used/cars/renau...
Wow! £22k new, £8k now. So dropped £14k in a year, that's some hit.Second hand buyers do not want that.
gangzoom said:
Most people will be handing their cars back to the dealer in 2 years - I know I am. I've done coming up to 4000 miles in mine. Absolutely love it, they are starting to get more common too
I've done almost 800 miles in mine in the week that I've owned it - going to have to dial it back a bit or I'm going to hit my mileage limit (12,000) long before the year is out!vladcjelli said:
Battery lease scepticism with the first tranche of EVs put people off the Fluence I reckon. As far as I know there was no outright purchase option, so even second hand, you are still stuck with paying the lease.
Second hand buyers do not want that.
The Nissan dealer I had a chat with a couple of months ago reckoned that one would need to be mad to buy (1) other than outright (2) with a view to paying off the balloon at the end of the PCP, since the residual value was definitely going to be lower.Second hand buyers do not want that.
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