The live bid stared from £3,450 and went all the way up to £4,750. Plus all the fees and delivery would cost me circa another £1,000. Assuming I would have to purchase all the parts @kezo mentioned, plus a couple of hundreds to the neighbour lad to give me a hand – another £1,000. So the total price of £7,000 vs £10,000 cash I can get from a dealer for the same car, trim and year didn’t warrant the risks to me. Obviously someone who snatched the car had a different opinion.
£5,576 with fees + £600 parts + £200 (4ishhrs work on first attempt ) + delivery to me £476 = £6852 The question is would I have bought to flip at that price knowing the cheapest on Autotrader is £10,995 minus any discounts? No! Even though son has level 4 in high voltage systems, the used EV market is precarious at best and the real value of the car is 20-30% less than an equivulent none accident car and why we opt for cat U, C or repossessions.
- If the auction price was to remain around £1,750 I would definitely go for it. But as you said – with all the costs and potential challenges of the EV it was not for me.
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