When are you going fully electric?
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Are the thrown in chargers (like Audi seem to offer too) actually of financial benefit to buyer and seller ? if you could negotiate for a 1K discount without charger no one has benefitted,
if they are getting a (bulk) reduced price charger install though could be of mutual advantage.
if they are getting a (bulk) reduced price charger install though could be of mutual advantage.
They are fully maintained and include insurance with a low excess, tyres, breakdown etc. knock off the tax savings, and add on the BIK and you get a very compelling package.
SS leases are not super competitive because they don’t have to be due to the way they are set up. You could probably lease the car privately for less but it will not be fully maintained and then it’s all about the tax savings.
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It is. £500 for an A to B mobile is to far much. It's not exactly cheap motoring, but the way people try to spin this as saving money is pretty comical though.
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Let’s reality check that…
It’s £500 before tax, so for a 40% tax payer that is ~£300 a month to lease a brand new car that could easily save you £200-300/month in fuel alone.
Sounds like cheap motoring to me.
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£2-300 is at least a few months of diesel for me and I don't do low miles. The car is no longer depreciating and costs £35 a year in tax, about £200 to insure. That's real cheap motoring.
£300 a month is buying a small house up north.
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Yes so instead of spending £300 on diesel, you spend £20 in electric and a £300 lease for the use of a brand new fully maintained car which includes insurance, tax, servicing, tyres, breakdown etc.
Better yet, you don’t have to drive round in a 4 pot diesel which isn’t free to own/operate.
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But it's not a saving in the long run, not even close.
Also you forgot the massive amount of depreciation, because no one wants to buy old EVs...
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Depreciation is all costed in already, you won't get a surprise depreciation bill at the end of the lease term
Well that depends how you're paying for it, but it's still not a saving in the end.
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Well you've joined a discussion about salary sacrifice EV leases, so that's how you're paying for it.
Whatever, but what you've spent over a year to keep a Chinese washing machine has costed much more than I've spent running a diesel commuter and a weekend sports car and you don't even own it
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Not everybody fancies doing all their commuting in a crap old diesel though, but if that's what makes you happy, that's great.
Whether you can drive around in an old diesel cheaper than a brand new EV is somewhat besides the point of whether £500 pre-tax is a decent price for an all inclusive lease of a £40k car, insurance, servicing, tax, tyres, breakdown etc.
Which must save all of about £0, there isn't much to maintain! I think people place far too high a value on the maintenance aspect, there is almost no maintenance needed on a brand new car.
If it's before tax then fair enough, it seemed like it was the net amount he was discussing.
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Not sure about that. These EVs have fancy dashboard (but annoying software and awkward touchscreen controls), but they aren't all that nice quality inside tbh. They are expensive because the batteries are expensive.
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I'm quite sure that lots of people do not want to do their commuting in old diesel cars.
Equally, plenty are happy with that and you're obviously one of that group.