Grumpy's New Car

baser999

Skoda Superb estate is cavernous 

MikeJXE

Test drive a few and see what you think best to suit your needs

 If you start with the Jaguar EX approved you won't need to waste any more time looking plus keep 10k in the bank 

Grumpy_chap

Does anyone have any thoughts on this TM3?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202304126204550

ididgetwhereiamtoday

Looks lovely. Price looks about right for the mileage. 

MikeJXE

Nice colour, shame about the black interior that will burn your bum in summer 

Too high mileage on that age of car for me 

Grumpy_chap

ididgetwhereiamtoday said:

Looks lovely. Price looks about right for the mileage. 

MikeJXE said:

Too high mileage on that age of car for me 

It is really nice in that red colour - the mileage was a bit higher than I'd really like.

Unfortunately, the HPI check shows the following:

December 2020 = 1,356 (Tesla)
March 2022 = 56,948 (BVRLA)
February 2023 = 51,314 (MOT)
March 2023 = 52,786 (BVRLA)

This alternative is white (which is not so great), but lower mileage and reflected in a still fair price:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202210271133679
Might be a better option...

MikeJXE

Neh the colour doesn't suit the car, 

No mention of seat colour or fabric but I'm guessing black leather  that would be a no no for me especially if you tend to wear shorts in the summer 

Only 6 months MOT and only 3 months warranty for 28 grand ?

IMO you should find something better 

MikeJXE

Be careful with colours 

My Firenze red Jaguar XE looks rarely dirty it hardly ever needs washing 

My sister in law Jaguar XF Santorini Black shows every mark and is dirty after every trip 

Grumpy_chap

So far, I've enquired about a couple of cars that all turned out not to be what they said on the tin:

• Possibly used as a taxi
• Mileage discrepancy
• Accident damage
• "Missing" full service history

I saw a TM3 listed on Friday evening, we were out yesterday and by this morning it had sold.

I thought of the comments saying "buy a Golf" yesterday evening as a local independent, but very well established dealer had a Golf listed 72 plate 900 miles at a happy price.  By the time they opened this morning, they had corrected the price error - it was a discrepancy of around £2k, so plausible that it could have been correct but no such luck.

That's left me with a narrowed list for "it'll do" cars.  One 2017 50k miles Fiat Tipo at £8k or two Superb's 2020 at £16.5k.  Was approaching the point of a coin-toss to decide which way to jump when we realised that all were "it'll do" only and not what we really wanted.  Then decided to consider finding a good micro-camper as an interim and something we'd potentially keep after we eventually are able to get a new car (once the market normalises).  There seem to be quite a lot of "2020 conversions"  for sale (COVID) but the one's we like the price of are not ULEZ compliant, so a bit more hunting required...

frostysaver

Grumpy_chap said:
I am also trying to understand how anyone with an EV manages charging if there is no access to the Super-Charger network.

The Tesla charging network is useful if you travel long distances regularly, and very reliable/convenient, but not essential.

Some Tesla charger locations are also available to non-Tesla's.

There's also many rapid chargers being installed, with an increasing number of supercharger style multi unit hubs. Check out https://zap-map.com