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I miss UK cars.
had an electric kia, was shit, but it was a normal sized car and insurance+ tax was practically nothing compared to what it costs me in the States.
insurance alone is 4k per year, I can cover the cost of my old ass car in a bit over 3 years of insurance.
had an electric kia, was shit,
Which one was it? I've had my eye on the EVx range which looks decent.
Kia nero plug in hybrid.
after a few months the charging stopped working, instead of fixing it they told me the only garage that can handle it is 2 hour drive away, after going there and spending a shit ton in repairs, they didn't fix it, and they wanted my to go back there or further to check it out. at some point I had to gave up and accept that it is no longer a plug in hybrid.
My friend briefly owned a Niro and had to send it back within a week. I wonder if that model is just riddled with issues?
Surprised you had to pay, wouldn't it have been covered by the 7 year warranty?
the kia technician kept saying that they need to replace the battery and it wasn't under warranty.
it was a 2 hour drive and was really desperate.
4k?! I had no idea car insurance was so high in the US. Is that normal or is it that you're deemed "high risk" for some reason?
no idea,
i see no reason I would need a high risk. my ex had similar rates
This looks like great news, but I’m willing to bet the average selling price of these cars are going to go up by around £3,750.
Maybe I'm naive but there's plenty of competition in the car market, if a manufacturer raises their prices but the rest don't then they'll be shooting themselves in the foot.
I read somewhere that there were 50 possible models this could apply to. In each price range 15-20k, 20-25k etc the competition is vanishing small. If you need a car and have ££k to spend there are only a couple of options. They know they can price gouge, and the dealers don’t really want to sell the EV models, because they make no money on servicing.