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Post by Red Rackham on Mar 25, 2024 11:56:54 GMT
Steppenwolf mentioned some chap who bought a £120,000 Porsche Taycan, it maybe the same chap, but just a couple of days ago I watched a YouTube vid of someone who two years ago bought a Taycan. He was less than impressed with it (Not because it was a Porsche but because it was electric) He said planning a trip was a time consuming logistical nightmare, so he decided to chop in it for a petrol Porsche 911. Unfortunately he was in for a shock, the dealer wouldn't have it back in part ex, they just didn't want it. He contacted car buying sites and was offered as little as £28k, just two years ago he paid £120,000 for it. Like Rowan Atkinson, this chap felt duped.
This is it...
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Post by steppenwolf on Mar 25, 2024 12:48:59 GMT
Yes that's the guy. It's funny because Porsches have a very good reputation for low depreciation. Last year I sold my own Porsche 718 after 5 years of ownership. It cost me £52k new and I sold it back to the garage I bought it from for £45k - which I thought was amazing.
He's right. BEVs are disposable items.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2024 14:13:32 GMT
I was chatting to a man today who's son works for a Vauxhall dealer. He has been given a target of 22% electric sales, and has actually achieved 2%.Very few people want them.
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Post by patman post on Mar 25, 2024 14:21:40 GMT
You'd've done better buying a Matchbox model. A Merc costing about 25p could get you up to £5000 at the right auction — provided you kept the box, of course...
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Post by jonksy on Mar 25, 2024 14:34:44 GMT
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Post by Red Rackham on Mar 25, 2024 16:00:30 GMT
Yes that's the guy. It's funny because Porsches have a very good reputation for low depreciation. Last year I sold my own Porsche 718 after 5 years of ownership. It cost me £52k new and I sold it back to the garage I bought it from for £45k - which I thought was amazing. He's right. BEVs are disposable items. Oh right, never heard of a 718, looks nice. (Just googled it) Tbh not being a Porsche sort of a chap I wouldn't know the difference between a 718 and a 911 but as I say, it looks nice. |
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Post by ginnyg2 on Mar 25, 2024 17:35:51 GMT
The bloke in the original post has since been arrested and later released under investigation of dangerous driving it has now come to light another electric jag reversed in to a car so fast it mounted the bonnet of it,then went forward and hit another car ,that driver says he had put it in to park and was about to get out when this happened,he got a fixed penalty from the police . In both these cases jaguar have said they inspected the cars and they had no faults,seems at best odd and it’s being taken as read the electronics and computer chips are like the pope and horizon infallible and the the drivers are at fault.linkJust like the Post Office all over again. |
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Post by patman post on Mar 25, 2024 21:28:53 GMT
“Jaguar” says it all. Quality was never brilliant. But Tata have said good-bye to most of any favourable reputation that was left… |
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Post by steppenwolf on Mar 26, 2024 7:37:05 GMT
Yes that's the guy. It's funny because Porsches have a very good reputation for low depreciation. Last year I sold my own Porsche 718 after 5 years of ownership. It cost me £52k new and I sold it back to the garage I bought it from for £45k - which I thought was amazing. He's right. BEVs are disposable items. Oh right, never heard of a 718, looks nice. (Just googled it) Tbh not being a Porsche sort of a chap I wouldn't know the difference between a 718 and a 911 but as I say, it looks nice. The 718 is the cheapest model in the Porsche range, but IMO the best. It's mid-engine so it handles well - unlike the 911 which has the engine at the back. I can't help thinking that this guy who bought a Taycan was a bit naive. He should have got a 3 year lease so that at least he could hand it back after 3 years. If he'd bought a 911 he would almost certainly have been able to sell it at a profit. 911s are very strong on the s/h market. It's significant that the Porsche dealership said that they overstocked with Taycans. When you're buying a new Porsche (petrol engine) you join a fairly long waiting list (which is why they keep their value) - it took nearly a year to get my 718. It's just more evidence that people don't want electric cars. |
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Post by Dan Dare on Mar 26, 2024 10:06:18 GMT
Porsche doesn't appear to have got the memo. After selling more than 40,000 Cayman electric vehicles in 2023 they're pressing ahead with plans for the all-electric Macan in 2024 and the Boxster-E in 2025, followed by the Cayenne EV the year after.
That's in addition to the already available hybrid Panamera and Cayenne.
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Post by Red Rackham on Mar 26, 2024 10:14:32 GMT
A REPORT published by Automotive News this week [Jul 2023] has uncovered information that Porsche is rethinking plans to ditch the internal combustion-powered Macan in the United States, its second-largest market. Porsche was due to offer electric-powered Macan variants in the United States from mid-2024, dropping petrol-powered models the following year. Now, it seems the company has shelved the plans, favouring a wait-and-see approach... www.goauto.com.au/news/porsche/macan/ev/profits-drive-porsche-to-rethink-macan-ev/2023-07-05/91381.html |
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Post by Pacifico on Mar 26, 2024 15:39:37 GMT
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Post by steppenwolf on Mar 27, 2024 8:17:27 GMT
Porsche doesn't appear to have got the memo. After selling more than 40,000 Cayman electric vehicles in 2023 they're pressing ahead with plans for the all-electric Macan in 2024 and the Boxster-E in 2025, followed by the Cayenne EV the year after. That's in addition to the already available hybrid Panamera and Cayenne. There's no such thing as a Cayman electric, DD. Also you need to be careful about what the press call "electric" cars. They often call plug-in hybrids electric cars when they're predominantly diesel or petrol. Porsche seem to be cooling off on the drive to full electrification. They were talking about an electric Cayman a few years ago but they said it would have to wait for better battery technology - it's quite a small car. |
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Post by Dan Dare on Mar 27, 2024 8:54:56 GMT
Sorry, my mistake. That should have read 'Taycan', not Cayman. The Porsche Taycan BEV has been sold since 2020.
I just checked on Auto Trader for Taycan BEVs. There are 113 on offer at prices ranging from £47K to £115K so there is obviously a market for them.
Don't believe everything you see on Youtube especially from noisy bellyachers who didn't do due diligence in the first place. Didn't know you would have to do a little planning before setting off on a long journey in a BEV? Surprised to find out you need to? Well fancy that.
The only surprising thing is this character then makes a Youtube to broadcast his own stupidity.
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Post by Handyman on Mar 27, 2024 8:58:06 GMT
How do they dispose of the used heavy batteries ? can they be recycled ?
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