Ok #EV #weirdautos peeps, recommendations please.
We don’t think we need 3 vehicles and we are thinking of keeping the #Roadtek #CamperVan and chopping in the #SoulEV and Qashqai.
Absolutely top budget is £20k so 4+ top spec 30k mile late e-Nero seem the obvious target and we are going to look at one tomorrow hopefully.🤞
Unfortunately X-Power MG4 are still just out of budget (and too big and wide IMO) but is there anything more fun or #weirdcarmastodon that we should consider?
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We went to have a good look at the #e_Niro today and we loved its practicality and features. And it looks quite nice in dark blue in a grown up respectable kinda way. But it’s just so dull after the #SoulEV especially on the inside.
So we have lots of thinking, number crunching and Soul, or E_Nero, searching to do 🤔
#EV #weirdautos #SoulEV #weirdcarmastodon #Kia
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Update
We had a good discussion and have come the the conclusion we can’t part with the #SoulEV it’s just too quirky and fun. I can’t believe how attached we are to it after 14 months.
But we now have enough in the car kitty to trade the Qashqai for an #e_Niro … unless the MD (wife) changes her mind about things before I do a deal 😂
#e_Niro #SoulEV #EV #weirdautos #SoulEV #weirdcarmastodon #Kia
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Test drive done and deposit left RYC the #e_Niro will be mine 🥳
… just as soon as I can get shot of the Qashqai. Hopefully one of the local traders or national buy your car places will come up with a reasonable price as the dealer wouldn’t even make an offer 🤷♂️🤞
At least the dealer experience was sooo much nicer than Daughter had with THAT car supermarket in Leeds.
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Good bye Qashqai 👋
It has been sold to WeBuyAnyCar.Com
Such an easy way to sell and I got what I needed (it didn’t owe me any money), so now it’s all systems go with the #e_Niro purchase 👍
[#]e_Niro #SoulEV #e_Niro #e_Niro #SoulEV #EV #weirdautos #SoulEV #weirdcarmastodon #Kia
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New to me car collection day has arrived.
We had horrendous rain last night and a storm is expected tomorrow but the sun is out at the moment ☀️
First the dogs are going to the vets for their monthly arthritis jabs.
Wish us all luck 😉🤞
#e_Niro #e_Niro #SoulEV #e_Niro #SoulEV #EV #weirdautos #SoulEV #weirdcarmastodon #Kia
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RYCy is home safe!
Absolutely loved the hellish 40mph average speed cam roadworks on dual carriageway with the fancy follow the car in front and stay in lane cruise and lane guidance.
Hated the 2 hours lost trying to find how to reset the fackinn’ thing back to MPH as someone reset it to KPH after the test drive 🤬
It’s only easy or possible when you know it’s 4 levels deep in the SatNav Settings menu wtaf?
[#]e_Niro #Bev #EV
[#]weirdautos #weirdcarmastodon
[#]Kia
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I got a notification that the Qashqai had passed its MOT a couple of days back. It is already at a dealer the other end of the country. It’s up for double the price WBAC paid for it. Good luck to ‘em.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202412197424616
#e_Niro #SoulEV #EV
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@BitchinRob
New 64 kWh Soul is quite good but it is missing front parking sensors. I was going to get one but found that a bit annoying after having the Zoe without them.
Kia don't do interesting interiors. Hyundai Kona isn't much better. I think the Ioniq 5 is more funky. It is a bit of a chonk though.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202411226630582
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@serichards the E-Nero draw over Soul (both Gen) is bigger boot/trunk! I didn’t know second Gen didn’t get front sensors as that’s useful for getting correct distance from gate at home for charge cable 🤔
Ionic 5 is way too wide for parking at supermarkets and country lanes so a definite no.
Kona boot not much better than Soul & has already been rejected by D because of the interior.
Ideally we need to keep the Soul EV for local day to day & afford the E-Nero for longer Grandparent-ing runs 🤯
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@BitchinRob is it not spelled Niro in your country?
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@slirt yep & I’m dyslexic … will correct when I get a chance 😊
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@BitchinRob It's time.
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@BitchinRob the Nero is a great car. In the world of ubiquitous CUVs the Nero is a step in the right direction.
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@Mark yeah Sat in the KIA dealership it felt like being surrounded by heavy trucks. Family cars are getting ridiculously big and heavy.
It feels like a grown up lifted little estate car. And drives nice and comfortably with quite frankly ridiculous, for a small family hatch, acceleration up to 70 mph. If it gets anywhere near the 4 m/kWh the Soul gets I’ll be very happy. It did on my through testing of 0 to silly speed mph, multiple times during my test drive 🤣
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@BitchinRob never used wbac, but I can relate that sometimes you just want a quick simple transaction.
As most of my cars have been old enough to squeeze into 'classic' auctions I've sometimes used that as a fairly quick and easy way if something doesn't owe me anything.
Good luck with the eNiro - can't really go wrong with Kia / Hyundai IMO.
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@stew_sims none of the supermarkets or main dealerships want to touch 10+ year old cars with some value left in them it seems.
Thankfully there are a few sell your can now options so they have all upped their game which is great for people who’s partners have banned them form having random tyre kickers round to the house.
It was 3 hours from web quote to sold.
Other options involve filling out forms and taking pictures etc etc so WBAC win for convenience.
& I don’t have to MOT it tomorrow 🤣
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Having been in the same boat with a 20 year old Audi recently the modern classic auction or WBAC is about the only way to get rid of a lot of older cars.
I think Motorway do up to 15 years old from memory.
It'll be interesting to see where they end up.
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@serichards @stew_sims
Motorway wouldn’t quote as I’ve not had log book in my name for 3+ months 🤷♂️
And you have to flaff about taking pictures of car, history, recipients ID proofs ete etc
I’d sold it to wbac in less time than that would take 🤣
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@BitchinRob @serichards @stew_sims who doesn’t love a happy ending! 😉
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@ZeKik @serichards @stew_sims so long as the ‘new’ to me car collection day (Friday) runs a smoothly…
it should as he dealer sales peeps seem pretty switched on And they haven’t got any prep work to do as I refused all the daft treatments, coatings, minor damage insurance packages etc they tried to add on and it had a service (whatever that entails on a BEV) before it went on sale 😉🤞
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@BitchinRob nothing like picking up a new car (‘pre-loved’ or not!). Enjoy
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@JamieR cheers Janie, it’s the first time in 15 years I’ve not collected a ‘new’ car off the boat at Newcastle bought unseen for Japan.
So the excitement is untainted by knowing I’ve seen it and driven it AND the wife approves the car.
… so 5 years of “why did you buy this horrible noisy boy racer slammed hot hatch that you never drive? I f’kin’ hate it!!” is hopefully gonna be avoided 🤣
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@BitchinRob well, they do say happy wife, happy life 😀
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@JamieR absolutely 💯
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@BitchinRob give me buttons and knobs any day. Nice colour!
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@vwdasher Internet says there is a 2020 update that puts this on the ‘Other Settings’ on the steering wheel accessible system. AS IT SHOULD BE.
It’s a 2022 car 🤯😭
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@BitchinRob is it a software update, can you get it done to the car?
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@vwdasher I will enquire But now I know how it’s less of a problem
It’s not going to Europe as we have the #Roadtek for that, so I can’t see me ever needing to change it again anyway
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@vwdasher to be fair It has a button to take you right back to CarPay wherever you are the AV/Nav screen system ✅
and all buttons and dials for climate so it’s wonderful to use
ONCE SET UP RIGHT
😉
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@BitchinRob parasite dealers strike again!
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@vwdasher yeah. But I’m banned from having tyre kicking weirdos around to the house to look at the car for case up our house. And I’m not very good at trying to extract money from people, this was an easy and inevitable solution
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@BitchinRob always meet car buyers somewhere else, like local plod station. That will weed out a lot of weirdos.
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@BitchinRob would you consider holding off for the Kia EV3?
(Assuming they will sell it in your part of the planet?)
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