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£3K is very steep for a small car. On the flip side, £3K for small, very nippy car with all the bells and whistles is quite reasonable.
I like the VW Golf Mk1 styling. Range is dire. Less than 1 lap of the M25 before needing a charge is unacceptable from something so small although unsurprising for 1.5 tonnes of bleeding edge technology. It weighs more than my Skoda Octavia 2.0 diesel with the same power output.
I’d have one if I had a drive but I don’t like the idea of a trailing charge cable winding across the pavement.
The latest information I got from Motability – admittedly just before the lockdown – was:
Any customer can extend the lease of any three-year-car now by up to two years and irrespective of AP.
The Good condition bonus increases too.
£600 after three years.
£700 after four years.
£900 after five years.After five years, no dice unless the replacement vehicle has been ordered.
If one decides to terminate a lease extension, the GCB is paid out on whole years only.
A quick search of the Motability web shows different information.
I would call and get MOp to email the options.
Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi are all part of the same group.
It makes sense to rationalise production and markets around the globe. It’ll be a big kick in the nads for the Sunderland plant if the powers that be shut it down.
However, don’t forget that although a relatively small area geographically, the UK is outside of Europe and there will still be a market for compact, right-hand-drive cars. The same cars that can be driven in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and so on. None of which are in Europe either.
Ordinarily I wait until the warning comes on the infotainment screen and fill up within a day or two.
I’ve been very good over the last 2 1/2 years and used fuelly. I only missed the first two tank fulls.
My Octy is also a caravan puller (see June/July 2018 for towing figures when I covered more than 4,500 miles).
Today she cracked 40,000 miles and there’s another set of touring figures to add.
Officially my best mpg is 54.5 for a tank full. However, I managed 69.9 for a drive from Cornwall to Teesside.
The amount spent on fuel is inaccurate due to the inability to enter local currency conversions. In Hungary it was 330HUF for a litre – about the same per litre in Sterling.
http://www.fuelly.com/car/skoda/octavia/2017/blueclouduk/689154
