Go and try and get something off the scheme, New for 3 years, that’s currently on the scheme and include all the things that come as part of the MB lease like tyres, servicing and insurance. Then say its not fit for purpose.
Before it was lack of choice, as less and less cars were on the scheme. Now it’s different there’s more choice but many are just too expensive. It was always going to happen when MB increased the price cap.
All new car must have adas and that costs, driving up prices of cars. They say the cost is cheaper than it is. Development and testing of the adas system isn’t cheap and then making them more and more advanced. So eventually we have fully autonomous cars that are safer than humans driving them. So no more driving for our own good. It won’t be tomorrow, it will slowly happen so people just adapt to the new normal.
The problem is not MB the problem is the car market and the forced targets by government and others and thus car manufactures. Add also the fact that car prices have risen and risen over that last few years and the disability allowance has not kept pace. This was always going to happen.
This year less ICE cars will be sold and next year even less. So that creates a lack of supply and inflates prices. Couple that with some manufactures, converting production lines to EV’S, as there’s a point where making ICE cars is just not viable anymore at such reduced numbers and they need to be ready.
Yes Mb are pushing EV’s via grants, but are they forcing you to get one? Even if you say you have no other option they are not Imo forcing you. Your own circumstances are doing that. There’s a limit to what MB can do.
I know the truth is hard to hear and Current AP’s for me are even to high. I paid £1295 ap for my EX30 with the NVP in OCT now the ap is £4899 two quarters later.
It is possible without a home charger in most situations if you change your mindset and are prepared to use cheaper CPO and getting a car with 150+ Dc speed will save you waiting over 20/30 mins. For many who don’t use the car a lot maybe only need to charge once a week sometimes even once every two weeks.
Yes it’s not as cheap as charging at home. One needs to look at the cost over the whole lease and include the AP and the savings or extra cost on fuel that any car will have over the 3 year lease.
I recently came back to the scheme and got an EV. All was good off the scheme until someone crashed into the car when parked and left the scene. So then my insurance is going to rise from that. Soon the car would of needed 2 new tyres, another service and it’s first mot. Oh yeah and the other 2 occasions I had damage fixed from people hitting the car in a carpark. That I didn’t calculate for.
You could buy used, but then that’s not new and not like on the scheme, that’s likely could be many’s best option, but not always as good and doesn’t give you the reliability of the scheme. It’s nothing new. Only we can decide what works best for us and what we can afford or justify.
Many make good points about the attack on the car, all cars by the UN and WEF etc. It’s clear that’s what the policies are achieving.
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