Electric Car Values in Free Fall as Second-Hand Prices Halve in Two Years

[SpikyMikey]

…There’s always one!

More than one! - I bought a Nova and a MK3 Cav

 

[zipdip]

If I was employed to write articles about cars,I would have thought there was mileage in finding the VW Golf ev driver who puts on 118,000 miles in 4 years how did he do it,what trips did he make how did he charge his car,had he kept accurate records of what it cost,the car is up for sale at £7800 with the new price at £31,000,so this high milage Golf is worth a quarter of the new price with 118,000 miles on the clock,contrast that with any diesel car.

 

[BIGDOG]

If I was employed to write articles about cars,I would have thought there was mileage in finding the VW Golf ev driver who puts on 118,000 miles in 4 years how did he do it,what trips did he make how did he charge his car,had he kept accurate records of what it cost,the car is up for sale at £7800 with the new price at £31,000,so this high milage Golf is worth a quarter of the new price with 118,000 miles on the clock,contrast that with any diesel car.

You could write articles about cars now without being employed to do so, why not do it? A good few people here will read it if you make it interesting, do it, it might be enlightening.

 

[Will]

If I was employed to write articles about cars,I would have thought there was mileage in finding the VW Golf ev driver who puts on 118,000 miles in 4 years how did he do it,what trips did he make how did he charge his car,had he kept accurate records of what it cost,the car is up for sale at £7800 with the new price at £31,000,so this high milage Golf is worth a quarter of the new price with 118,000 miles on the clock,contrast that with any diesel car.

I wonder how much a diesel Golf would have cost to run for the same journeys - fuel, servicing and repair costs - not to mention VED.

Would be worth factoring that in when making a comparison of residual values at this point.

And there’s a good chance that Golf was run tax-efficiently also - and probably less polluting if it was used in and around town.

Just trying tot balance the view a little as sometimes you don’t consider the full picture

Where did you see the car - was it an article or is in on Autotrader etc?

 

[BIGDOG]

I wonder how much a diesel Golf would have cost to run for the same journeys - fuel, servicing and repair costs - not to mention VED.

Would be worth factoring that in when making a comparison of residual values at this point.

And there’s a good chance that Golf was run tax-efficiently also - and probably less polluting if it was used in and around town.

Just trying tot balance the view a little as sometimes you don’t consider the full picture

Where did you see the car - was it an article or is in on Autotrader etc?

Also, did the owner actually pay £31k?