Peter Thompson always haggles a discount on his new cars but when it came to his latest model, a Tesla Model S 90D, the businessman was forced to admit defeat.
“I pride myself on the discounts I negotiate but this is the first time I’ve paid list price for a vehicle,” he says.
But if he thought that, as compensation, he might be offered a discount by the ‘back door’ in the form of a little extra for his trade-in, an Aston Martin V8 Vantage S Sportshift II, he was to be disappointed again.
Thompson says: “The Aston was a beautiful car which, new, cost me £112,000. It had loads of extras including interior upgrades and a black, aluminium grille. I chose Volcano Red with a black leather interior, and the ‘waterfall fascia’ from the Vanquish.
“I part-exchanged it when it was 18 months old. According to my research, it could command a dealer forecourt price of around £81,000. In my experience, high-end dealers will look to have around £4500 in a car when they buy it, so I guessed an Aston dealer would have offered me around £76,500 for it. Tesla offered me £76,000 which, by my reckoning, meant they weren’t giving me any additional allowance.
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jagdavey
Super Rich B******d
Super Rich B******d. He lost in 18 months over 35 Grand!!!!! Thats double more than ya' average motorist in the UK spends on their new car!!!!
Yea, nice to have an Aston or a Tesla, but get realistic................
289
what a crock of corporate BS
"we dont discount because Tesla is a mission driven company"
Oh please how can a seemingly sane businessman fall for BS like this.
This is a company on the edge....thats why they are hanging onto every penny.
gb901
Loss
brian245
Sounds to me to be a big
Sounds to me to be a big notef rather than a motoring enthusiast and hopefuly we will see a replay of this after Tesla has crashed and burned and he is left with a worthless lump of rubbish
typos1
brian245 wrote:
Teslas have their faults but theyre not lumps of rubbish.
XXXX just went POP.
Peter Cavellini
Tesla....
Tesla Cars at the moment can’t be bought by you and me because most of us can’t afford the ticket price, so, it’s a well off guy who has probably worked hard to get where he is, why shouldn’t he buy what he likes?......
Peter Cavellini.
LP in Brighton
Electric car sales growth
The most interesting snippet of information here is the fall in sales of electric cars in the UK by nearly 5% year on year. This isn't what I was expecting given the regular launching of new models, including the sales leading Nissan Leaf.
Have we reached saturation point already, or is this just a hiccup?
si73
LP in Brighton wrote:
I think it is saturation point or getting close to for those that can both afford to buy or that the range fits within their life style, we could easily have an electric car, even the lower range cars like the zoe would fit in our daily driving routine but we cant afford the purchase or monthly cost including battery lease. So I think until electric car ranges increase for other buyers or prices make them more affordable, which I think will be very soon, we have a temporary saturation point.
As for swapping the Aston for the Tesla, the only shocking bit is the loss on the Aston, which would have been similar no matter what he bought, at least negotiating a discount lessened that loss from if he had paid list for the Aston, And any loss on the Tesla will be the same as everyone elses. Its not right to criticize him for affording that loss.
The Dr
Saturation point
The sales of electric cars will ebb and flow until we hit the magic 300 mile range for an affordable car circa £30k. The 40kw Nissan leafs range is still not enough around 170 miles in the real world. We will start to see cars with enough range in the next two years the first of these the Hyundai Kona has a 64kw motor good for around 300 miles when driven carefully at £30k. I drive a Golf GTE plug in and average at the moment nearly 100mpg, VW Cant make enough of these and plug in hybrid sales are really taking off. I see these being the best sellers for a few years, then the real full electric revolution will take place around 2022 when there are plenty of more affordable cars for sale with batteries of 70kw plus. Solid state batteries will also take us to the next level in terms of range and buy-in
Peter Cavellini
Home power point..
I read that a power point costs about £780.00, but with a Government grant this figure comes down to £280.00, so it’s not that costly to get it installed........
Peter Cavellini.
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