Second hand decent automatic for under 8K?

jaybee

jaybee

jaybee

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Can it be done? What sort of cars is one looking at? I know nothing much about autos. Asking for a friend who doesn't really want to buy new or lease, but just wants something older, but not too old. Preferable specs would be:

Automatic
Not older than 10 years
4 doors
Under 100k miles
Not previously written off
Hatchback preferable, or saloon. SUV possibly. No estate cars or coupes or MPVs.
"Not a massive car" but equally doesn't want a tiny fiat 500 type thing.
Petrol or Diesel fine but probably prefer petrol

Which of the above would most needed to be compromised to get something decent? Any ideas or advice?
 
I'm going to ask a silly question. Sorry. Probably more for the EV thread but it's a long thread!
I'm so used to looking at mpg for economy of cars.... how does one work out the cost to run an EV easily when browsing? Is the answer that it isn't quick or easy and that I need to do maths based on my elec tariff and range of the EV? Is there not a ball park cost? Does each EV vary much like say a performance Tesla vs a Nissan Leaf?
 
Yeah it looks like each EV you have to do the math based on your situation. I guess the most important factor then is the range per charge and the battery capacity?

The person I'm trying to help advise on what to get, they're probably just on standard electric tariff. They definitely don't and won't be getting solar. Let's say 25 pence per kilowatt.
From a quick google, it seems that the "typical 60kwh battery takes about 8 hours to charge" using a 7kwh charger. So 7x8 = 56kwh = 56 x £0.25 = £14 per full charge.
Let's say the range of the EV is 200 miles (don't know how common that is). Then they would need about 5 charges per month = £70

I think they are paying more like 2.5 times that a month currently in petrol.
 
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