Lee, I bought a brand new Audi Etron RS GT in Jan 2023 for £130K. I sold it in Feb 2024 for £65K! This was the best price I could achieve, even though I had only done 4300 miles. This cost me nearly £1000 per week in depreciation and over £16 per mile! They are a complete con, driven by political motives.

@cabottaxi

Ай бұрын

That's frightening

@nicotoscani1707

Ай бұрын

congratulation on losing 65k

@derekwholden

Ай бұрын

⁠£55K.

@johnwindle6378

Ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that, not good 🤦‍♂️ I'll be sticking with Petrol 👍

@davidhancock91

Ай бұрын

Rule no 1 in life. Never buy a new Audi. Rule no 2. Never buy a new EV , especially an Audi. I bought a lovely 2015 A6 S line Biturbo last year for $30,500au. New that car was $130,000 au. That’s the way to buy Audi’s.

You BORROWED 100 grand to buy a car? Someone keep him talking, I'll get Broadmoor on the phone.

@Mark-oc4ci

Ай бұрын

😂 made my evening your comment

@garybowles8340

Ай бұрын

I think you’ll find that the more expensive cars are sold only if you purchase using their finance scheme…. That way they make money….

@johndavey8683

Ай бұрын

An EV as well 😂

@ivor1957

Ай бұрын

Absolute madness. Even a petrol engined car of that value/type would loose colossal amount of money in two/three years.

@craiglancaster1882

Ай бұрын

He leased it

Nothing like taking 25 mins to tell a story that could have been done in 2

@AntiAntiAntiFa

Ай бұрын

Or just blogging it or posting it on Twitter. With the long way, you get more ad revenue and sponsors.

My gran had a saying which fits this guy perfectly, more money than sense.

Trade it in for a new Golf GTI. Anyone paying £100,000 plus for a car, especially on finance, needs their heads testing.

@ray11140

Ай бұрын

A friend of mine bought the exact Taycan as in the video. He had to reduce his earnings otherwise he would have paid a lot more tax.

@macky4074

Ай бұрын

@ray11140 if I was buying a porsche for that money to reduce my earnings, I'd buy a late 80's early 90's 911. Wouldn't lose a penny, food for thought!

@1nvisible1

Ай бұрын

*Put a Toyo Avalon 3.5L in it* *Worked for Lotus, afterall!*

@nicotoscani1707

Ай бұрын

the test will consist of looking for evidence of a brain

@nicotoscani1707

Ай бұрын

the most i'll go to to pay for a car is 15k .. and thats with diamond brite, wheel cover & breakdown cover included (the 3 scammy extras included in every sale)

Anyone spending £120k on an EV needs their head examined.

@TheMacMaster

Ай бұрын

😂😂I needed my head examined way before I could drive.

@XENUGOLFCLUB

Ай бұрын

Imagine the feeling walking into a dealership you’d bought a £120k car from and then then refusing to buy it back. Proof- not that it were required- that EVs are shite

@whocares264

Ай бұрын

@@XENUGOLFCLUB imagine believing a guy that makes money from spouting crap.

@i6power30

Ай бұрын

@@XENUGOLFCLUB it'll be the same for gas cars too. Dealers make money they don't give you money

@pragmatist165

Ай бұрын

They're are unbalanced in life generally

Maybe people need to just buy a car they like, and drive it till it stops working? The problem seems to be these people who 'get bored' with their car, and feel the need to get something different every few years... And if that's the case, then why not just LEASE for 4 years, and keep swapping it in for a new model?

11 years ago I bought a Honda Civic for £900 I still have it as my daily

@NotSamuzed0o0

Ай бұрын

I just bought a 2017 honda civic, for 10k. Only 12k miles driven, and it looks brand new. No road tax, mpg is nothing, insurance is around 450£ a year... Why would I get an electric car instead right?

Pragmatically speaking, the sense of entitlement doesn't inspire much sympathy...

Im an older guy and in a position to buy a fancy electric car. But what I’m doing is buying older cars that I dreamed of owning when I was younger. I’ve made my way through several Clio Trophy’s, 182, old 3 litre BMWs, old c43 AMG, type R civic . Z4 Coupe and convertible and outside I currently have a e63 BMW 650 v8. Most of them hold their value , cheap to buy, no debt and I’m too old to care what other people think of me to worry about having a new number plate. Highly recommend doing what I’m doing. This bloke owes more on his car than I’ve ever owed on a mortgage. Mental times

@MarkB9th

Ай бұрын

Who cares about number plates? Only the hypnotised normies. I bet my old drift warroir M Sport 330 gets more comments and looks than any milk float. Drive what you enjoy and want mate. Trinkets on lease are not interesting.

@patrickjmorgan

Ай бұрын

I give you the mortgage bit! I took a mortgage to on this place 40 years ago when the hose cost me £100k. I never missed a days work as a mortgage of over £50k was suicide material to me. In now owed big. Yet cars are more than my house cost 40 years ago...

@robblack7560

Ай бұрын

Purchase British Northern Ireland cars, our number plates don't carry a date.

@davidhancock91

Ай бұрын

I’m 63 and a self funded retiree, I was a self employed company director. I could waste $200,000 of my superannuation on anything I want to drive. But that is bloody ridiculous. When I was in business, it made sense to lease a new car every 3 to 5 years, and I would. Now I buy nice, well maintained mainly European cars, second hand. Last year I sold my 2011 turbo diesel Touareg after 5 years, paid $27k sold for $17,500 so $2k a year depreciation. I then bought a lovely 2015 Audi A6 Biturbo S line. I paid $30,500, new that car was $130,000. It looks and drives newish. It’s the only way to go.

@jakkk5551

Ай бұрын

Nice strategy. I'd like a honda s2000 but I've still 3x kiddy car seats. I'll be outta luck in ten years. Bet it's hard to find if you want some 80s hot hatches, r5 gt turbo, 205 gti etc.

YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO STRING OUT A SIMPLE VIDEO TO AN ENCYCLOPEDIA CONVERSATION..I GUESS YOU GET PAID MORE FROM UTUBE THE LONGER IT GOES ON !

Bewildering why anyone would pay £120,000 on a car, any car at all

@TeKnoVKNG23

Ай бұрын

Yep, that was his first mistake, lol.

Why do you want to live in so much debt!??? Why not try buying a car within your means🤷

@doublebogeybrown

Ай бұрын

I don’t think that’s the point. My mate and I pace for £83k. 2.5 years old with 30k miles and they offered him £25 for it. Depreciation is horrendous on Evs

@FunFindus

Ай бұрын

In 2009 after the credit crunch 2 Yr old DB9s were selling for £33k that were £110k new. Best thing to do is hold onto it, the market will improve once the surplus stock goes and future depn rate wont be as bad. You only lose money if you sell, so just trrrrryyyyyy to enjoy the car. It's still a Porsche.

@ratscabies8458

Ай бұрын

Yeah, he could buy a 3 year old Taycan for fuck all !

I got a 19 yrs old Diesel Rover 75 Tourer, a 19 yrs old petrol Citroen Picasso & a 21 yrs old Suzuki Wagon R. All got excellent heater & all 3 of them have increased in value over the last 12 months. You could have bought a decent classic sports car that increases in value. When a government advises you to buy something always buy the exact opposite.

@patrickjmorgan

Ай бұрын

man after my own heart! Ive had my RRS for 10 years and I have a 22yo mini one for a runaround. Oh, and a pushbike.

Hello , I stopped to assist a Porsch Tucan recently. The driver was locked into his car which had a power failure. No hazard lights, No Horn and he was locked in the vehicle. I saw him frantically waving at me so i stopped and went to him. Luckily the window was just open wide enough i got the key. Talk about complicated i needed my pliers to turn the key and its three turns. We got him and rang his wife who came to collect him. The local recovery people could not get it onto their vehicle. So Porsche had to come out, It was the second time ot hadn't done 800 miles. Its going back they'd had enough and getting a petrol Porsche instead.

@maltinamaltina2665

Ай бұрын

That man was daft to buy a Taycan. Another example of more money than sense. You don't buy an 800km EV unless you only need 400km and change max. You don't spend $120k on any EV unless you are really foolish.

Nature has ways of saying 'DO NOT TOUCH.' Examples are: 1) A rattle on a snake's tail 2) A fin on the back of a shark 3) Vivid markings on a poison arrow frog 4) Red cap with white spots on a poisonous mushroom 5) An EV badge on the back of a car

@Rami7605

3 күн бұрын

Love this one😅

£100k on car AND no garage? I just couldn’t do it. I’m an advocate for a cheap daily driver and a “forever” sports car. No finance, no negative equity, no stress just smugness. You should try it.

@TheMacMaster

Ай бұрын

Ha. I have a garage at my house. 😉

@andrewjackson8089

Ай бұрын

Apparently that house isn’t his🤷‍♂️ he just charges his car and starts journeys from there 🥴 makes total sense.

I went to my local kia dealership to look at a ceed, but all the salesman kept on about was a e Nero told him im not interested in milk floats but still kept pushing . The price was just under £38,000 in the endi just walked out

@pure_awareness

Ай бұрын

It's why used ice car prices are high.

I'm keeping my 11 year old Golf diesel. Still runs like a clock after 165k. Maintenance and insurance is low. Loads of Mark 7 spares at breakers for pocket money. Just recently replacing the AGM battery after 11 years!

@user-vy3ph4mm8v

Ай бұрын

Running any battery 11 years will wear out your alternator. Batteries are cheap. Alternators are not

I've owned a plug in hybrid Prius for 6 years. A fender bender with a cracked bumper, grill and broken headlight cost my insurance company $12,000. It was forgiven since it was my first accident in 25 years but my insurance has always been over $800 every six months. When I asked them about that they cited EV repair costs.

No amount of wealth buys intelligence. Give less out - Work less = TIME which is priceless.

I cannot believe that someone who is prepared to shell out £120k on a car hasn't got £20k available to be able to do this trade.

@r12004rewy

Ай бұрын

Had the same thoughts, perhaps he shouldn't of gone to Australia for 4 weeks.

@paulj888

Ай бұрын

Story - Rich man buys silly gimmick to look flash then cries when he can't sell it end of story time.

@abc33944

Ай бұрын

@@paulj888 i think i remember an episode of this in the 80s on jackanory

@mikedesanto4886

Ай бұрын

That's how the world works nowadays

@phillipthomas4238

Ай бұрын

He doesn't need £20k, he needs 65k to clear his finance, then when he sells it he gets £45k back. Hence the £20k gap.

It's somewhat befuddling to me when a guy buys a Porsche and then starts crying about money. If you look up the word 'Porsche' in the dictionary you'll see that the definition is 'money pit.'

Ok, before I head off to take a couple of paracetamol hers the TLDR. Car depreciate, loans are expensive, when you need to pee you need to pee and some toilets charge entry..... Some of these issues overlap with electric car ownership

@maltinamaltina2665

Ай бұрын

Exactly. A 5-minute video arguing all very obvious 'points', that everyone knows already, stretched out to a crazy 25 minutes. I won't be hitting 'subscribe'.

Paying £120000 grand for a new car and complaining about depreciation. My heart bleeds

@markjackson8035

Ай бұрын

I ransacked the man drawer for my world's tiniest violin, alas, to no avail.

@sprinkle61

Ай бұрын

Amazing that someone without even 20,000 in savings actually decided to buy a 120,000 car. This is why the average westerner is broke, even though they make a good income by world standards.

@rogerwilson6367

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 Yes, I feel his pain.

@comfortablynumb3992

Ай бұрын

Pure jealousy

@whocares264

Ай бұрын

How much is this guy making from you tube

I have owned my car for 25 years. Its 30yo in 2 years. Its worth more than what I paid for it and its working 100%. They did things right in the 90's

@lyndonwatkins1

Ай бұрын

And a lot cheaper to repair most jobs were diy as well

@steriskyline4470

Ай бұрын

my skyline was the best investment i ever made, 90s cars are the best hands down.

We bought a new Polestar 2 on lease just over 3 years ago thinking that during our ownership the UK charging network would come on in leaps and bounds, sadly this hasnt been the case and we've had a lot of similar experiences to you. We did a trip from Sheffield to Edinburgh for work and what should have been a 4 hour trip took us 8 hours due to faulty or absent charging points. We thought long and hard about what we would have after the PS2 and have gone back to a diesel BMW M340d which goes beautifully, gives us over 500 miles per fill up and no waiting. Do I miss the PS2? yes in a lot of respects as it was a superb car. Would I get another EV? definitely not at the moment. I think we got rid of our EV at the right time and I'm delighted with the beemer

@DevilHorst

Ай бұрын

I have been driving with my P2 (2x200 km commutes every week) and I'm absolutely in love. Best car I ever had. Will never go back to medieval Diesel engines.

Just bought my wife a Renault Zoe 2 years old 16k on the clock £12k it was over £30k new does 200 miles. She charges once a week at home 50kw at 7.5p each giving 200 miles of driving for £3.75 why would anyone waste money of a petrol or diesel city car? Ev depreciation means bargains to be had on nearly new cars.

I'm lucky I'm the type of person to do research on anything before I buy it . I was looking into the new transit custom EV and once I went down the EV rabbit hole I realized you'd be nuts to buy any sort of EV . I still get these videos in my feed 2 years later :D

These finance options are for the flash with no cash. If you can't afford it, don't buy it.

@Vaultboy101

Ай бұрын

I own a 56 plate audi with 35k miles on the clock. I don't want to look flash, especially in today's world. My father saw cars as a status symbol. I see them as a tool.

@doublebogeybrown

Ай бұрын

Take it you paid cash for you house 😂

The point is whatever car you are buying you will lose money on it. And the more it costs the more you lose. This hasn't changed during the last 100 years.

@Test-Tube-Baby-xo8xx

4 күн бұрын

The difference is there are plenty of buyers for ICE cars on the second hand market but good luck trying to sell your EV privately.

What is really interesting is that if you look at second hand Taycans on Auto Trader, none are being sold by main dealers - they’ve all been shipped out to small, secondhand Dealers. Presumably this is because the dealerships are having to concentrate on selling new vehicles to meet their quotas, and the last thing I want is cheap secondhand ones clogging up the system .

So your problem is, you bought a new early/experimental model car you couldn't afford - and now you think you'll rectify your situation by buying a new 911 you can't afford - but in reality you're going to compound your problem because the 911 will have the same deprecating effect in a few years... Smart man..

@88SunsetStrip

Ай бұрын

He is a sixteen year old kid buying stuff on credit.

EV’s are a disposable device once the battery is done - That is the biggest take away for me. No way will I ever consider an EV as a viable option when an ICE car lasts as long as you want it to. There are now lots of ICE cars over 50 years old, mostly in collections but they still work.

@anthonyevans7911

Ай бұрын

hmmm, lets analyse. My e-NV has done 108000 miles, in that time the battery has degraded to around 80%. Currently the battery is degrading roughly 1% per 10000 miles thats been the case for the last 60000 miles. Bear in mind my van is 9 years old and the first generation of battery with 24kwh. His porsche has over 90kwh, and if that degrades similar to mine in 20 years time he will still have a battery capacity of 70kwh, hardly throw away stuff. Plus on a diesel you have DPF failures, EGR failures, injector issues, and all sorts of other really cosrly issues an EV DOESNT have. So, think again, EV`s have a use, they are not for everybody, but if the use suits, they are great, AND, if you have solar you can run it for nrearly free for 6 months a year depending on your daily usage, mine is 40 miles a day and it costs nowt for 6 month to run.

@sqr2024

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately countries are going to ban any ice car that is of a particular age and if they require repairs. Look at what new laws are on the UK books.

@stephencollins7714

Ай бұрын

EV batteries are expected to last up to 20 years before they need replacing, so not really so different to ICE cars. Sure range will slowly deteriorate over that time but performance on ICE cars degrades over time too with 000’s being spent on engine maintenance during its lifetime. Personally I think that the bigger issue is the pace of advancement with EV technology and the relative lack of investment in charging infrastructure. At least people have finally wised up and are not buying EV’s to save money.

@onederment

Ай бұрын

And when an ev battery does need to be replaced it still fetches quite a high value. It's sure not a throwaway part. I suspect in 20 years there will be new cell tech that will allow your old EV to be able to do 5000 km on a 20minute charge that costs only 10000€ to upgrade. No clutch replacement, no mashed gears, no burst gaskets and crap in the oil. Seems to make perfect sense to me. Also if you just trickle charge your battery with a low charger the degradation of the battery is far less. If there are cheap second hand EVs buy one as they are easier to maintain

@davidridland

Ай бұрын

Yes and even completely rebuilding or replacing an ice motor is a fraction of the cost of an ev battery

Friend of mine was an earlier adopter of the electric car. He did massive amounts of research and his advice was never buy an electric car outright. Only lease them.

@metube9541

Ай бұрын

True for most cars but especially for EV business lease. The tax incentives are still very good.

@stuartcraigon2003

Ай бұрын

You can't, leasing companies won't buy them because its too big a risk. They can't sell them on when your done.

@metube9541

Ай бұрын

@@stuartcraigon2003 That’s new, not heard of that. I’ve company leased and know of many others who have too. Surely the lease companies will just charge accordingly, a bit like leasing a depreciating large engined ICE car.

@metube9541

Ай бұрын

Just a quick search actually shows better deals now than 2 years ago so maybe the lease companies have negotiated better purchase prices?

@stuartcraigon2003

Ай бұрын

@metube9541 can only go on what the trade is saying. My lighf vehicle leasing partner just won't buy any electric cars or vans, and my heavy vehicle leasing partner won't buy electric vans or trucks. Both independent companies. A quick national company check shows a tesla model Y or Model 3 for between 600 and 1k a month with a minimum of 6 months upfront. That will be pricing accordingly you talk about, no one will pay upto 6 grand upfront for a tesla!

A 991 GT3RS was an overhyped £350-400k a couple of years ago, there is one for sale on Autocar at the moment for £165k, so get a 911 and you'll be sailing the same boat to financial ruin.

I bought a second hand 911 GTS (9 months old; 1800 miles) 8 months ago. It's already lost £35K. It isn't just electric cars. Never buy a brand new premium car unless you can afford to haemorrhage a small fortune.

Let me tell you the story of our first electric car: We bought a used Renault Zoe back in 2018 with 48.000km on the clock. We payed 8600 Euro for it. It has now 225.000km on the clock and still runs without any issue. We could sell it now for around 5000,-Euro, but we will just keep it and drive it until it lasts.

@Sam-go3mb

Ай бұрын

5000 euro? I'll believe it when I see it

As Jeremy Clarkson once pointed out; the status that you get doesn’t come from the fact that you can afford to buy one, it comes from the fact that you can afford to lose £50,000 a year while you own it.

Saw one of these arrive on a flatbed at the vehicle recovery place opposite where i work this week and the whole rear suspension had collapsed. The rear wheels were way up in the arches and they had to drag it off with a forklift. Not sure what had happened to it but it was a sorry sight that's for sure.

I know how you feel … I bought an Old Ford fiesta for £500 and two years later I lost £30 on it when sold on.

Anything that runs on a battery is neither 'renewable' nor 'enviromemtal friendly' and has little resale value.

@ray11140

Ай бұрын

Even my toothbrush has packed up.

@whocares264

Ай бұрын

You do realise when you fill your car with petrol when you burn it its gone...

@senti2175

Ай бұрын

@@whocares264 So does the battery charge. Which is why you have to recharge it. But unlike the batteries the lifecycle of gas tanks don't shrink every time you fill it up.

@whocares264

Ай бұрын

@@senti2175 now you are being silly...the contents of your gas tank do shrink as does where the gas comes from... The wind my electricity comes from does not .

@senti2175

Ай бұрын

@@whocares264 The wind doesn't drive your car tinhead. Nothing in the process of getting that energy from 'the wind' to make it available for your car is either renewable or environmental friendly. The whole lifecycle of batteries, from the process of mining lithium ion to disposing the batteries is far more damaging to the environment.

The thing is a petrol car would depreciate in a similar fashion. I bought a motorbike under two years ago, there is a new model of it out now and I went to look at one at the dealership I bought it from and they weren't interested in doing any sort of trade in as they had surplus stock of the old model still (they have 3 lol) but they want to shift the new ones and not increase the amount of old ones they are holding. Also if you basically transferring the £20k remaining into a new finance plan on the new car your not loosing extra your just being strong armed into paying it back quicker, either way you were going to have to pay it back

@bjb7587

17 күн бұрын

Yes. 💯

Relax everyone. The good news is that the government aren't forcing you to buy a 120k porsche. You are allowed by law to purchase less expensive electric vehicles such as the Dacia Spring or the Renault 5 which looks better than a Taycan. Or you could buy both for less than the depreciation then spend the other 80 grand on Shell and BP shares.

@francisbaldwin7245

Ай бұрын

A £16k Dacia Spring has 130 mile range. Alright for the shops maybe but not for serious work and travel I fear! Upside - it charges from 20% taking 4 hours from a 7kW box or 11 hours from a 13amp socket! Looks quite 'razzy' though all the same 😲

I commented yesterday on a Facebook group post about EV’s and that I never want a new one let alone a used one. Someone came back at me about how great his EV was. Now this guy had purchased a 6 month high spec Vauxhall car. He said it only cost £18,000 and was cheaper than its petrol counterpart. Later in our discussion he said he had an amazing deal at £18,000 as new it cost £41,000. So that means this Vauxhall car lost £21,000 in just 6 months.

Last month I purchased an Audi, powered by an old fashioned quaint petrol engine. As last month happened to be February, I casually remarked to the salesman that I assumed he would be very busy with the new reg coming up. His answer surprised me at the time, "Not really" he said, "Audi is pushing EV's, and no one wants them!, I'm actually selling mostly diesel's" So the message seems to be getting through.

@gregorybird7066

Ай бұрын

Audi EVs do not have the statistics that interest those that want evs. Audi fuel cars are not the most economical, and their evs are the same. People buy them for the build quality and the badge.

@bigsmokerc

Ай бұрын

@@gregorybird7066 and the build quality isn't great, and the badge makes everyone think you're a wanker.. so

I was thinking to get an Audi Q4 e-tron but their residual values are awful and cost a lot more to insure so now I’m thinking Lexus nx hybrid. Thanks for the warning

@markwaring2444

Ай бұрын

We love our Q4 but it's a company car so a totally different ball game. I personally wouldn't purchase one but as a company car it ticks all boxes.

Anybody spending $150K on a car deserves exactly what you got. Thank you for showing off your desperation, i really, really enjoyed it.

@fluffekins

Ай бұрын

Why?

@beltdrivetypea6534

Ай бұрын

Because people have been warning everyone about this. These cars are just a way of declaring your compliance, along with your Ukrainian flag. The whole climate thing is just to extract money from gullible people, and tax the not so gullible. People who don't know what percentage of the atmosphere is carbon and have no interest in knowing what percentage of that amount is man made. And if that's you and you lose money We have the right to laugh and we will!

@flyingbantam1145

Ай бұрын

I paid £6k for an 05 Prius 18 years ago. Still have it, it's easily the best car I have ever owned. never gone wrong in 180,00 miles, still worth £1k. I feel sorry for you, but you walked into this. The above comment is correct, dont spend money on a car that you cannot afford to lose.

@user-xv4hh2ck9v

Ай бұрын

Buy a nice house in Blackpool for that and have about 50 grand change

Here's another kicker, in Australia we pay 42 cents per litre (fuel excise) to maintain the roads, once EVs become mainstream the Govt plans to charge EVs 3 cents per KM to replace the fuel excise which will add up considering Australia's vast distances.

@bigsmokerc

Ай бұрын

That would be preferable in any case. If you use the roads more, you will pay more. If you use them less, you will pay less.

Doesn't matter if it's gas or electric. New cars drop in value like a brick in air. Ages ago, my first new car was stolen and totalled shortly after I bought it. I had to pay the gap between what the insurance company said it was worth and what I owed. Now I only by low mileage cars at least 5 years old.

@Channel--Ai

Ай бұрын

Maybe I should get gap insurance I am thinking

@williampotter2098

Ай бұрын

I bought a used 20 years old 50K mile Boxster S for a play car. Cost about 10K. I'll never lose a nickle on it. It's gone up 30% in three years. It will never go below what I paid for it.

@studio1108

Ай бұрын

@@Channel--Ai ... or buy a car that's already depreciated. If you prefer driving new cars, lease them. My BIL likes to drive new cars so he leases for a couple of years, turns it in and gets another new car. I prefer to buy reliable, depreciated cars, pay them off in 1 or 2 years and live without a bunch of bills.

I've just bought a 2nd hand Merc C class which has less than 30,000 miles on it and full service history. I expect this car to last 10 years if not more. I'm the 3rd owner. The first owner paid the deprecation, the 2nd owner wanted a bigger merc, hence I got it a bargin price. I for one will never be buying an EV, they are a scam, much like 'smart' meters. I'm going to keep my ancient XK8 because I like driving it, (20+ years old), Mazda Bongo (27+ Years) old and merc for daily running. EV are a fraud.

@davidcottrell570

Ай бұрын

I owned an 2001 E class estate. Lovely car until I needed to do some work on ball joints, steering knuckles and the like. Had to sell it as I was looking at £3000 of work. That was at about 80,000 miles. As for EVs, read enough silly newspaper articles and you begin to believe them. Ever wonder why the Sun and the Mail print all that drivel? So people like you read it and they sell lots of advertising. Oh, and their friends in the oil business keep coming up with new stories. But they are only stories. Meanwhile, you’re paying how much for petrol? I’m paying as much a year for electricity as I did a month to put fuel in my Land Rover. Loved the car but hated the bills.

I've loved this vid and now a new follower❤I've said for years that we don't have the infrastructure or technology to go completely electric!!for instance I live in a small village in north cambs,I've a petrol station 1 mile away with no charging unit.i live in a 1880s cottage on a small road how could I own one,not that i would?

The battery on my phone is running out listening to this effing story 😢.

@78jcra1g

Ай бұрын

Should have planned your viewing better.

Can someone explain to me, if you live in a rural area and buy one of these Chinese electric cars. Where on earth do you get it repaired or serviced All mechanics near me (only 2!) say they can’t help and wouldn’t want to over, Electrocution and fire risk for their premises.

This is a true First World Problem of consumerism...

I bought an ID3 tour pro s in 2021 for £43000 ! Full battery range of 345 miles at 100%, 30 months later only charges to 100% and only has a range of 258 miles , so decided to go back petrol , so patexchange the car back to Volkswagen and they only offered me £20000 for a car with only 21000 miles on clock ! All the other sites on the internet offered me less ! one offered £18500 and one dealer didn't want it at all on a car that they had up £40000! Pleased it gone and I have a VW Golf R estate now 😁

People changing cars like they change socks deserve this and more. Consumism is the problem that got us here. Buy a car and use it until is finished.

@EmeraldHill-vo1cs

Ай бұрын

And why buy such an expensive one?

Any car that can lock you inside when the 12 volt battery is flat or damaged in an accident is dangerious in the extreme. A person died in another brand of electric car recently when it caught fire after an accident and the door handles could not be used to open the doors. Why have cars with this problem not been recalled and fixed at the manufacturers' expense? Why are governments unwilling to act firmly to prevent more people dying in the future?

@cd78

Ай бұрын

This comment should be pinned

@stephenuden6403

Ай бұрын

​@@cd78I second that

@rollyunicorn

Ай бұрын

Err... maybe because they don't give a sh*t about people dying.

@ralphj4012

Ай бұрын

And Jaguars requiring police assistance to stop them, when the brakes stop working.

@contraplano3157

Ай бұрын

ICE cars use electric windows, also. They are command like EV by the 12V batterie.

Not so with Tesla. After having an M3 for two years, wife and I visited the Tesla service centre to find the price of upgrading the standard range battery to long range. He agreed part exchange, less a very few hundred pounds of my original purchase price of the Model 3, for a new Model Y Long Range, four wheel drive, etc..car plus a few £K more. By no calculation was our 2 year old Model 3 worthless, was it?

Basically, anyone that can’t install a home charger, is traveling, cares about the environment, wants to tow stuff, wants a vehicle that doesn’t depreciate massively, wants cheaper insurance and repair bills, wants safety, wants to quickly fill their tank to 100%, wants a vehicle that doesn’t lose range over time, doesn’t want a stupid EV.

It’s not as much about electric cars as it’s about buying a car you can’t afford. Going into debt to buy a depreciating asset is a known path to failure.

@bryancarlson3673

Ай бұрын

ALL vehicles are depreciating liabilities UNLESS you invest in the right antique vehicle that might possibly go UP in value if you are lucky!

@davehilling3944

Ай бұрын

Its the rate of depreciation on these, they are well beyond most cars. I am in the US a HD truck often goes for maybe 10K below the new price even 4-5 years after purchase.

They collapse in value because no one wants an EV out of warranty.

@administrator8

Ай бұрын

that's why extended warranty packs exist you can extend warranty as long as you keep it

@davidnorton5887

Ай бұрын

It's called supply and demand. The market will always decide.

@sqr2024

Ай бұрын

@@davidnorton5887 when no one demands them the supply will dry up and the world can right itself and get back to reliable petrol vehicles. The only ones benefiting from this disaster are the super wealthy. They made money from the switch while they keep their piston engine vehicles.

@rosen9425

Ай бұрын

They also aren't selling. A dealer with backed up inventory says it all, they rely on new and used cars flowing in and out. Sitting on previous models as a new one comes out is really bad for business. What if the new ones don't move either? 😬

I bought an Used Model S for 48000€ (super price 4 years ago). Now, because this special model get reduced charging (S85), price drops to around 18000€. I understand, Cars are not an Investment but boy, this is the biggest loss I ever experience on a car. Still like it tho. Drive it until Battery dies.

What were you thinking? You don't buy an EV, and certainly not a brand new one! All cars are depreciating assets. You lease them because they have a short lifespan and the tax advantages are superior plus cashflow is released for income producing assets.

@javadchohan

Ай бұрын

Finally someone with sense compared to all the waffle and low iq responses

If you are cold, Lee, you could set light to it. Lots of heat, and it doesn't go out for about a week!!!

@PeterPan-oz4sq

Ай бұрын

You don't need to do it yourself? The ev has that feature already as standard 😂

@gregorycole3511

Ай бұрын

Be interesting to see how much the insurance company would pay out

Lol I pad 1k for a Toyota Yaris. Did 50k miles in it without spending a penny, just changed the oil once and sold it for £700

@carlarthur4442

Ай бұрын

Josh , I like your style mate it's the way to go , I had a 1.6 Diesel had it 8 years but did have to pay a few quid every year , I paid £6000 , which was a lot for me , I sold it 12 months ago at a loss , just bought a 1.2 petrol , better all round , one of my mates years ago always bought from auctions paid no more than £300 in the day and a few quid on it to tart it up , one of my sisters bought a Ford Fusion £700 4 years ago never had a problem with it 😀 👍

If you buy a quality used model (I recently bought a MY 2019 iPace) then someone else has already lost most of the depreciation. It's only new cars, as always, that have this issue.

Depreciation. Not sure if *The Macmaster* is familiar with the concept? Cars lose half their value in the first 4yrs after purchase from new and that's what's happened here. I don't have an EV or any skin in the EV game. Anyone that buys a new car and expects it to hold its value is bonkers. It's the reason the used car market is massive: you get a good deal buying a used car. Drive your beautiful Taycan, enjoy it, remember why you wanted it, and perhaps be grateful you're one of the select club of people who can afford to buy a £120K car?

@UFO4000

20 күн бұрын

they dont depreciate by 70 to 90 grand ya plonker ffs

He bought a brand new £120k car and tried to sell it a few months later. It lost tens of thousands in value in a few months. Other vehicles for which this happens include EVERY SINGLE LUXURY CAR YOU CAN BUY. Everyone knows that a new car loses half it's value the minute you drive it out of the dealers. He bought a luxury vehicle that no one else wants, that's nothing to do with it being an EV.

@ActivityPhoto

Ай бұрын

No he has had the car for nearly three years.

@bigsmokerc

Ай бұрын

@@ActivityPhoto exactly long enough for it to become both used AND undesirable

Wow what a surprise why don't people think for themselves instead of relying on all the media hype and secondly why don't people buy within their means. My cars might be a few years old but I always pay cash I'm not paying interest on a loan to buy a car.madness

I look on MacMaster videos as ‘entertainment only’. His ‘clickbait’ videos undoubtedly fund his Porsche. What is interesting is that he bleats on video after video, month after month, about how bad EVs are, yet here he is month after month with a £100k Porsche on his driveway. Does anyone really take this guy seriously? Anyone that has had a genuinely bad car usually gets rid pretty damn quick - but not this guy. By the way, if he wants to sell me his “worthless” car, I’ll give him a tenner for it, but somehow I don’t think he’ll be messaging me any time soon 😂

Also, thanks for showing us petrolheads that charging an electric car is a comical and frustrating experience.

@whocares264

Ай бұрын

I charge my ev for 7.5 per kW while i sleep, I laugh at petrol heads . It costs me 2p per mile.

Rule No. 1. Don't buy stuff you can't really afford. Once you are buying a luxury car on huge finance, because you can't afford to buy it, you are living in a false dream that usually turns into a nightmare. Buy a car you can afford, then save up some money until you can buy the next...etc. etc.

@TheMacMaster

20 күн бұрын

Oh but I can afford it. 👍🏼

@chasl3645

19 күн бұрын

@@TheMacMaster Then why are you crying. Drive it till the wheels fall off.

A big problem is not the cars but the charging infrastructure which obviously not only is not keeping up with the demand from an increasing EV fleet but also what charging infrastructure there is often is not maintained, and also is being vandalised. Theft of the cables off the machines has also become a problem.

I watched Matt Watson on CarWow do a road test on the Kia EV9, at the end he does a should you ignore it, lease it or buy it and he recommended that you should just buy it ( starting price £65k up to nearly £80k. I almost fell off my chair at his advice and thought wow, he’s telling people to buy one and essentially throw £40k down the grid in 2 years. Madness.

@CRhodesDesign

Ай бұрын

Matt lives in another world like all KZreadrs where money doesn’t mean the same as use normal workers. He has a garish Porsche 911 GT himself

@bentullett6068

Ай бұрын

​@@CRhodesDesignI agree. Its not just Matt either your main car magazines do similar things. At one point in time all the car magazines used certain cars as the benchmark car for reviews a popular one for hatchbacks was the VW Golf and whenever they did a competing hatchback they would review it but then say it was not as good as the VW Golf. This logic only worked to a point and I figured it out when they compared the other VW hatchbacks utilising the VW Golf platform as they would all be less superior to the VW Golf even though its pretty much the same chassis and car technology with a different body.

@willcurtis7986

Ай бұрын

Dude, you shouldn't be surprised... there is an agenda. It's left the station and the wheels are coming off. Solution? Deploy more propaganda! He works for car wow. Their core business is reliant on having a good relationship with manufacturers and dealers. Car wow probably receives considerable amounts of funding from them. He's not going to stand there slating their products or telling people the truth. Free thinkers find it pretty clear to see that anyone who spends £80k on a Kia needs psychiatric help and no independently funded motoring journalist with integrity is going to suggest buying one. I can't stand the guy so correct me if I'm wrong because I stopped watching a while ago. Have you seen a video from him where he says that an EV is a really bad car. Does he review them as a car, not as an electric car?

@sonofdat

Ай бұрын

Totally agree mate. i unsubscribed from car wow after that... That car should be the shining light as to why you shouldnt by an EV! its an over weight, over priced waste of resources and electricity.

I bought my Toyota Rav4 Prime a couple of years ago. It's a plug-in hybrid (PHEV). I installed a 240v charger in my garage. No range anxiety. The car does 40 miles on EV and 475 miles on petrol. I filled up twice last year! I love this car and have no issues with it. Battery life is guaranteed by Toyota for 10 years. It's currently worth about the same as original purchase price. You can keep your Tesla's, Porsche's and Jag's! Toyota does the job right!

It is replacement batteries that are the achilles heal of BEVs. The costs are outrageous. In many cases, they are apparently just unavailable at any price. Dealers don't have them and can't get them. There is a simple solution. Modular batteries that are interchangeable among all manufacturers. You could specify the number of battery packs you want when you buy your car. Multiply the range by 1, 2, 3 or 4 ..... and pay accordingly. The interchangeability would massively simplfy the logistics of providing replacements. Take this a step further and we could do away with charging issues. When your batteries run down, go to a service station that will swap in a fully charged set for a reasonable cost. In and out in 10 minutes. Neither will ever happen though because it just makes too much sense.

Pump all the petrol you need in less than 10 minutes with at least twice the range and no extra drain on power when operating interior temperature controls. Running around looking for a charger and waiting for 30 or more minutes to get on your way is ridiculous.

Lee as I see it, your only option is to drive your Tincan to London and park it there for a week or two till it gets stolen and then claim form your insurance company, yourll still end up in negative equity on your loan but at least you will be free from the car.

@seanpreston3439

Ай бұрын

I once suggested he uses a company to raffle it off to a viewer. £10 a ticket and 7000 entrees and he gets his money back and more.

I wouldn’t spend £120k on anything except an house.

@dkdisme

Ай бұрын

Can you still get a house in the UK for 120,000? Not in the USA!

@ZeldaFitz

Ай бұрын

@@dkdisme Up in the north you can.

@ray11140

Ай бұрын

Never say never.

if he doesn't have ~20k gbp in cash at any time at all, he has no business buying a 120k gbp car in the first place.

Once you are 50% through the total amount payable (inclusive of interest) you can hand it back to the finance company and walk away. It’s called Voluntary Termination rights. 100% he’d be better doing that than rolling 20k negativity into another agreement to pay interest on again.

"A fool and his money are quickly parted" someone said a million times.

@allanbarlow685

Ай бұрын

I see this as being ripped off more than your comment, 55

£120,000 for a car? I bought my first house for the exact same price. How the other half live! 😮

@brownandrew778

Ай бұрын

But all bought on credit and now surprised its in neg equity and stuck.

@ciarancosgrave

Ай бұрын

It strikes me that he has tastes he can't really afford.

A new Company called PLUG, based in California, specialize in buying only used EV. They buy from rental companies , leasing companies, and dealerships. Its a reflection of how difficult it is to buy and sell used EV. Its A wild unsettled market.

I wish i only had a problem like this to worry about, haha! I know someone who bought a 10 year old electric car, got it for almost nothing as the batteries were getting quite low, lost a third of capacity, maybe down to half in very cold weather. A clean well kept car otherwise. But, his trips to work, to shops and usual errands, were 5 mile round trips, one charge would last well over a week, he could charge on his driveway, he was really delighted with the whole deal.. These cars really do work for some people, depending on their situation and mileage needs. For some people but not others. For them, other solutions are needed. Might be hydrogen ICE or fuel cell, or other power systems.... or a nice vintage classic petrol car that will appreciate in value! The "Swapout" system would be a good option, you buy a car but not the removable battery pack, you rent that and pay for the power it is charged with, they are removed, swapped, and refitted fully pre-charged at the service station with no wait time apart from having a machine click the battery packs out and in. The car is thousands cheaper and you don't have a dying battery a few years later to ruin your car's value..

Well everyone should have realised this would happen with evs what happens when after a couple of years your phone's battery loses its capacity? You throw it away and buy a new phone same as evs

So if everyone gets an EV like they want, just how many charging ports at stations will be needed and will they be building waiting rooms for us to sit in so we don’t freeze our bits off? I’m disabled and every aspect of having an EV would be absolute hell for me. I doubt they’ve given the difficulties disabled people would face a moment’s thought and that makes me angry because in a lot of cases like mine, those of us with mobility issues don’t have the option to walk, cycle or use public transport so we’re utterly dependent on a car and we’re going to be quite literally driven off the road.

@Sinful_Josh

17 күн бұрын

How would it be any more difficult than a disabled person with mobility challenges already deals with when having to fill up their gas vehicles?

I bought my car for 5k 15 years ago it's now worth 30k 😊 it has a lovely flat 4 aircooled petrol engine

@wordreet

3 күн бұрын

Heehee! A VW camper no doubt! I'd love to own one, but I owe that much on my mortgage!

I like how it's "cars being sold to us" rather than "car I bought". 😂

The moral of the story is If you want to buy an overpriced milk float you’ll get stung 😂

@johndarcy4164

Ай бұрын

I don't know who this fool is. But I'm surprised he is not sleeping under a bridge with financial stupidity like this . I assume there is/was some snobby one upmanship involved in buying an electric car ,people with more money that common sense. And now the embarrassment of being enticed into what is basically an expensive scam has come home to roost . I drive a 20 year old little peugeot which cost£ 970 2 years ago with 39000 miles on it. No repairs ever needed, uses no oil or water, boring as fxx but I know it will complete any journey. Wouldn't swop it for any fancy car ,electric or not . People are being duped into parting with large sums of money, this is the end of the road for EVs.

Basically a mobile phone you drive around in. The new model instantly makes the old ones obsolete and resale is about 10% - 20% of the purchase price. Slightly better, but that's the general idea as you say.

I'll stick with my Mercedes SLC diesel thanks! 50mpg on a run, £290 Insurance, £30 a year Road Tax and 0-60 sub 6 seconds! (😉😁)

I reckon you've been taycan for a mug mate.

The gubberment also forced me to buy the Porch Tycan with all the options. I was going to buy a Skoda but the gubberment gmen turned up and made me buy the Porch.

can i ask a question? so like,. a mobile phone has a battery health indicator in settings. so my old iphone of 2 years old, when charged at 100% was actually only at 89% of its possible deteriorating capacity. do you have a way of checking your battery health in your car, or via diagnostics kit or tester,. it would be interesting to know how much your car has lost in true battery health and if when charged to 100%, how much you have actually charged against its origional battery health when brand new. this would also be a great indicator of added depreciation of the cars true lifespan. even so,. it appears that if the battery is 65k to replace,. obv you car is worth less than the battery and by all accounts, at the depreciation rate id est 6 years before it reaches less than 10k to buy, / sell if the battery isnt already 50% dead . one thing is for damn sure,. There will never be a classic car status on an electric car. lol,. more like a future nostalgia cult following.

@maltinamaltina2665

Ай бұрын

> one thing is for damn sure,. There will never be a classic car status on an electric car. Talk about a totally ridiculous prediction. There are people who collect classic tanks. There will definitely be plenty of people who collect old electric cars - they aren't even expensive to maintain. Batteries will be much cheaper in future and easy to swap.

I remember about 10 years ago I went to a Car Exhibition where they were selling EV. I went up to an Audi Stand and asked them how much a replacement Battery was for it, but they claimed they never knew. (I asked because I'd heard they were £25,000 to replace) All they would tell me is the cells should last up to 25 years! SHOULD and UP TO means nothing in the real world! I stayed with petrol and will do until there is no more petrol being sold!

There's your ticket! Sue the charging company for false advertising as there's no such thing as 100% zero carbon electricity.

@Michael-hm8cs

Ай бұрын

and never will be

@sqr2024

Ай бұрын

Bingo!

The important question is.... .why did you buy it in the first place? 🤔

@ray11140

Ай бұрын

Now, that is the question which could do with answering.

I waited a fair while for him to make some sort of point, and gave up on it.