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b0rn2sk8 said:
are you looking to take advantage of time of use tariffs? E.g. Octopus Intelligent go?
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Yes - I'm in Guernsey where we have a sole supplier of electricity. We have cheap rate hours which are fixed between 20:30 and 06:30 daily (currently around 11.5p per unit) - the car/van itself has a charge timer so won't accept any charge outside of these hours regardless.
 
If the tariff hours are fixed and the charger doesn’t need to integrate directly with the suppliers system like many do here, buy whatever you want.

Over here the best rates are only available for specific chargers because you hand over control to the supplier and they decide when to charge it in the night.
 
dlockers said:
Placed my order for the ID7 Tourer. We'll see what delivery estimates look like, not holding my breath!
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Deliveries have been pretty good by all accounts, my saloon was ordered mid March and arrived at the dealer mid July. I can’t get me grubby mitts on it till October tho grrr.
 
Tinders said:
Deliveries have been pretty good by all accounts, my saloon was ordered mid March and arrived at the dealer mid July. I can’t get me grubby mitts on it till October tho grrr.
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I've only ever ordered from incoming stock so never waited more than a week or so lol. 16 weeks seems nuts. Why are you waiting till Oct?
 
Mines a company car, i cant have it till my current one goes back, which is in October. I placed the order early as I expected a very long lead time.
 
There are in stock PCH/BCH deals on the ID.7 Tourer Match Pro 77kWh, 36 months at £355 amortised, and 7.7ppm after the first 15k, not terrible for a personal lease. As I don't have access to SS schemes, I tend to look for exceptional deals, I think the cheapest I saw an ID.7 for 3 years was just under £12k for 3 years, and now it is £12.5k.
 
I couldnt believe the prices on our company car scheme when i ordered it. VAG and Merc EV's were by far the best deals in Q1/Q2. Im locked out of our system now so I cant see 'what else i could have won :p '
 
Journey said:
There are in stock PCH/BCH deals on the ID.7 Tourer Match Pro 77kWh, 36 months at £355 amortised, and 7.7ppm after the first 15k, not terrible for a personal lease. As I don't have access to SS schemes, I tend to look for exceptional deals, I think the cheapest I saw an ID.7 for 3 years was just under £12k for 3 years, and now it is £12.5k.
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Have seen those, would be happy with that if they stick around that price in 6-9 months' time
 
Journey said:
There are in stock PCH/BCH deals on the ID.7 Tourer Match Pro 77kWh, 36 months at £355 amortised, and 7.7ppm after the first 15k, not terrible for a personal lease. As I don't have access to SS schemes, I tend to look for exceptional deals, I think the cheapest I saw an ID.7 for 3 years was just under £12k for 3 years, and now it is £12.5k.
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Where's that at?
 
I ordered an id7 tourer in April, it's built and on the way, these lease deals are much better value though. I've put a request in through Carparison, 12k miles, 2 years, £795 (Inc fee) upfront, £495 a month.
This would be my first lease anything to look out for?
 
Mr109 said:
I've put a request in through Carparison, 12k miles, 2 years, £795 (Inc fee) upfront, £495 a month.
This would be my first lease anything to look out for?
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Yes, never pay for your milage upfront unless it is actually cheaper, especially with interest rates at a decent level. It's £125 more per month, which over the 2 years is £3,000, which means you are paying 21p per mile. Instead get the quote for 5k, and get the excess milage costs, between 7-11p usually for VW, put the extra in a savings account and over 24 months you'll have ~£3,125 at ~4%- or if you don't care about the interest just leave it and get the bill once handed back, even just paying the lower cost per mile will save you £1,500 or more (assuming the are 11p or less).
 
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Journey said:
Yes, never pay for your milage upfront unless it is actually cheaper, especially with interest rates at a decent level. It's £125 more per month, which over the 2 years is £3,000, which means you are paying 21p per mile. Instead get the quote for 5k, and get the excess milage costs, between 7-11p usually for VW, put the extra in a savings account and over 24 months you'll have ~£3,125 at ~4%- or if you don't care about the interest just leave it and get the bill once handed back, even just paying the lower cost per mile will save you £1,500 or more (assuming the are 11p or less).
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Ah top man. I wonder if it's the same on my salsac.
 
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