Now the goal posts have been moved (waiting for starmer to catch up) changing every three years has become a possibility again, which may not have been the case especially after a couple of cars changes and my initial plan was to buy new in 2029.
Beginning of the week, I went to look at an ex demo Range Rover Velar & Sport, although the Sport like the X5 is just that bit too big I think. I do like Range Rover and find them screwed together very well, perceived reliabilty is at back of my head and as it stands now I plan on keeping five years.
What I do find interesting with these premium dealerships is, the fact they have a Chinese marque bolt on, its the same at my local Sytner BMW dealership. I couldn’t help myself looking at BYD after looking at the Velar and apart from thee ICE/PHEV, there was a rather nice looking BYD Seal excellence ex demo with hardly any miles on for £33k with the sales guy genuinely open to offers for a deal and £147o0 for mine, which is ony slightly less than offered on the Velar. Not a bad deal considering they are nearly £50k new, BUT, as good as the deal looks, do I really need to go the EV off the scheme and the trade in value in 5-6 yrs time would be a worry even though it had a healthy 3.8s to 62mph.
Whils’t I’m not in a rush, I am in a rush if that makes sense, especially with still avoiding the Tucson and whilst there is nothing 220 gran coupe it isn’t really practical.