Sounds like a great car, let alone one for £21k. If there was a Tesla badge on it and called the Model 2 it would probably sell easily at £30k-£35k. Funny old world.
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I would love to have one of that little thing. But I still think they are bit pricey for what their ICE car sibling offer. And people especially who are not into EVs are going to see only from that price perspective. And the new Jeep avenger (ICE version) the base one can be had for £21K without any bells and whistles (but does include most necessary stuff). It is bigger, rides well has a reasonable rear leg space and a boot. And to top it all, it is a high riding SUV from the same Stelantis group.Now 6 months old they have dropped the price again to £21K and they still seem to have 18 of them on the books with 10 miles on the clock on a 73 plate.
We were specifically looking for a physically small car with cheap insurance and there was not much else out there. The Mini is sold as a sports car and has a lot more power so was too expensive to put the kids on. 208/Corsa also a bit more to insure and quite a lot larger. So 500e it was. But I agree big discounts sound good but 20K + (25K in my case) for a Fiat 500 is still a lot of money. Fortunately I was able to buy it as a company car which made it more palatable.I would love to have one of that little thing. But I still think they are bit pricey for what their ICE car sibling offer. And people especially who are not into EVs are going to see only from that price perspective. And the new Jeep avenger (ICE version) the base one can be had for £21K without any bells and whistles (but does include most necessary stuff). It is bigger, rides well has a reasonable rear leg space and a boot. And to top it all, it is a high riding SUV from the same Stelantis group.
No idea what the efficiency of the Fiat is around town but on our one and only road trip I recon I got around 250wh/m so not really much different to the Model YTo add some balance, we bought a 40kWh Leaf as a second car 4 years ago, and I wish we had just bought another Tesla. It's got poor efficiency, about 350Wh/mile, needs charging every time my wife goes anywhere, and if she ever needs to go more than 50 miles she takes my car instead because it's not worth the effort to charge it at such a dreadful rate.
Add to that the lane assist is utterly horrible on country roads, the climate control is hopeless, the cameras and birdseye are so blurry they are pointless, the app is useless, the navigation is dreadful etc.
It cost half what my Model 3 cost, and I reckon it's about 25% as good.
Sorry about this, it's a long and sorry tale which if nothing else puts some of the Tesla horror stories into perspective....What did they do? Was it not the dealer ?
Finally getting second EV - any hints?
Fortunately we thought about most of this when buying and siting the (singular) charger and it is between our parking places and has a 8.5m cable on it. There are 13a sockets another meter away in the garage if we need them for backup. And I mostly charge once a week at work for free . It is tempting to go in a second day and take the other car...We put in a 2nd wall charger (very very rare we need both-at-once, but it does avoid car-shuffle on the driveway)
Same here, the screen has always come on a soon as the car is unlocked
I have read of others taking the car into the dealership for a software update but we prefer to leave well alone. Everything has worked perfectly since new so why bother?
It’s great for around town and parking. I’ll steal hers in preference to the MY if heading to the shops. It also turns in the width of the road thanks to better steering lock and v short wheelbase unlike the MY barge.Centre dash screen now disabled due to a software update? ..or is that just my Tesla update experience talking?
Really like the sound of the 500e, I'm fed up how wide the MY is around town and for parking. Just need the wife to want to move on from her completely reliable and comfortable Lexus, hmm.
Interested in how you continue to find it, it seems very economical.
We bought one for around town and it is much easier to maneuverer in tight spaces than an MY.Centre dash screen now disabled due to a software update? ..or is that just my Tesla update experience talking?
Really like the sound of the 500e, I'm fed up how wide the MY is around town and for parking. Just need the wife to want to move on from her completely reliable and comfortable Lexus, hmm.
Interested in how you continue to find it, it seems very economical.
now, I do not want to say anything.. no judging... but it looks like you are married to teenager...<...>
My wife really wanted a Mini but the insurance for a teenager was double due to the extra power and being sold as a hot hatch. I pushed her towards the 500e. She is very happy with it now we have it. <...>