When are you going fully electric?
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Soldato
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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.
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.
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I didn't realise charging was quite so intelligent there! Good to know any bog standard 7.4kw charger will do the job as well as the next one.
The only thing so consider is if you need Solar divert or not. If you do, you’ll need a more expensive unit.
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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.
Pics when you get it please. Really interested in this as my next EV for Summer next year
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?
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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.
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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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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 
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'Have seen those, would be happy with that if they stick around that price in 6-9 months' time
Where's that at?
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from pistonheads, usual resource for lease deals id7 £400p/m 8K miles 2 years , £400dep, no maintenance,
they must be handing them out to satisfy zev targets, id3 is same price quoi
they must be handing them out to satisfy zev targets, id3 is same price quoi
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?
This would be my first lease anything to look out for?
Soldato
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.
I've just spoken to them and apparently it's 24ppm excess millage making the 12k better value. I'll miss the DCC and sunroof, but not by the amount I'll be saving, which effectively is my £10k deposit. This feels like a no brainer.