How do you currently afford your car?

mclaren32

Ibrahim5 said:

£26k sounds a lot for a Ford Focus. I have seen a lot for less than that.

Thank you for confirming your level of knowledge about cars.

I applaud you.

[Deleted User]

Ibrahim5 said:

grumiofoundation said:

Ibrahim5 said:

Apparently the ipace is electric. I would want a car that didn't keep running out of power if I spent £78k. Not that I ever would.

How often do you drive 250+ miles without stopping and without going on motorways? 

Driving to the south of France sounds particularly tedious in an electric car.

Driving to the south of France sounds pretty tedious in any car unless you already live in the south of this country.

Petriix

L9XSS said:

Bought a 57 plate Volvo V70 D5, private sale, 3 years ago with 112,000 miles for £2750. It’s now on 143,000 miles. Total spend in 3 years (about £600, tyres, cambelt, mini service and oil changes). I’m very happy with the reliability and costs incurred to run. I’ve previously had newer cars on PCP but have gone back to how I used to buy and run a car.
My “Savings” per month are going into pension and mortgage overpayments.

You forgot to mention the £4k in fuel on top of the £600 maintenance. The total fuel and maintenance for an EV over a similar period would have been close to that £600 mark. 

DB1904

Petriix said:

L9XSS said:

Bought a 57 plate Volvo V70 D5, private sale, 3 years ago with 112,000 miles for £2750. It’s now on 143,000 miles. Total spend in 3 years (about £600, tyres, cambelt, mini service and oil changes). I’m very happy with the reliability and costs incurred to run. I’ve previously had newer cars on PCP but have gone back to how I used to buy and run a car.
My “Savings” per month are going into pension and mortgage overpayments.

You forgot to mention the £4k in fuel on top of the £600 maintenance. The total fuel and maintenance for an EV over a similar period would have been close to that £600 mark. 

And only a min service in 3 years. 

motorguy

Petriix said:

Ibrahim5 said:

I don't see the point of buying a £78k car and then having to stop every few hours for a charge. It would be quicker across France in a Trabant than an ipace. 

There are two types of people: those who've driven an EV (who understand the instant torque, smooth ride, insane acceleration, tiny running costs etc.) and those who haven't.

The occasional charging stop is no bother at all. You do understand that you don't stand there holding the charging nozzle squeezing the button until it's full (like a petrol pump), right? My car charges while I'm getting on with my life; either at 5p per kWh overnight while I sleep, or for free from surplus solar energy. 

We were heading from Stranraer port in Scotland over to Newcastle upon tyne late last year and got off the ferry behind a Tesla Model 3.

My wife quipped "oh he'll soon have to pull over for a charge" when we left the port.  Nope.  We were behind him the whole way.  The performance more than matched our M140i too, so i wasnt seeing much of a downside.  Granted, he'd likely be recharging it overnight, but hardly a hardship, given they'd be sleeping anyway.

motorguy

L9XSS said:

Bought a 57 plate Volvo V70 D5, private sale, 3 years ago with 112,000 miles for £2750. It’s now on 143,000 miles. Total spend in 3 years (about £600, tyres, cambelt, mini service and oil changes). I’m very happy with the reliability and costs incurred to run. I’ve previously had newer cars on PCP but have gone back to how I used to buy and run a car.
My “Savings” per month are going into pension and mortgage overpayments.

Hard to beat big Volvo diesel for comfort, reliability and longevity.  

motorguy

mclaren32 said:

Ibrahim5 said:

£26k sounds a lot for a Ford Focus. I have seen a lot for less than that.

Thank you for confirming your level of knowledge about cars.

I applaud you.

You've really got to him and he cant help but lash out.

Result 

Ditzy_Mitzy

My car was free!  

Herzlos

Ibrahim5 said:

Apparently the ipace is electric. I would want a car that didn't keep running out of power if I spent £78k. Not that I ever would.

You really should do some research on electric cars before complaining about them online.

But then I also doubt they bought an iPace to impress you. It's a nice car which does what he wants and is surprisingly cheap given the work arrangement.

Ibrahim5

This is a money saving forum. All I said is that I don't think spending over £100k on a couple of cars is very impressive to money savers. Maybe on a petrol head forum they would be impressed.