Fisker slash prices by $24k

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off_again

12,486 posts

237 months

Thursday 20th June
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LivLL said:
Will you be able to insure fully a comp, a car that is from a defunct start up and spares will surely be a horrendous issue if you were to have a bump?
Ooof, forgot about that - mmm, good point. I guess 3rd party only is the only option at that point. Puts a bigger risk at play. Maybe not then.

Toaster Pilot

14,632 posts

161 months

Thursday 20th June
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LivLL said:
Will you be able to insure fully a comp, a car that is from a defunct start up and spares will surely be a horrendous issue if you were to have a bump?
Why wouldn’t you? It’d just be written off if it couldn’t be repaired

Mezzanine

9,364 posts

222 months

Thursday 20th June
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Toaster Pilot said:
LivLL said:
Will you be able to insure fully a comp, a car that is from a defunct start up and spares will surely be a horrendous issue if you were to have a bump?
Why wouldn’t you? It’d just be written off if it couldn’t be repaired
They couldn’t replace it like for like and as for the market value cash as replacement…they might unroll a few creased £20 notes from the depths of their pockets!

Toaster Pilot

14,632 posts

161 months

Thursday 20th June
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Mezzanine said:
They couldn’t replace it like for like and as for the market value cash as replacement…they might unroll a few creased £20 notes from the depths of their pockets!
So it’s really easy for them to insure fully comp on a market value basis then

Hub

6,465 posts

201 months

Friday 21st June
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LivLL said:
Will you be able to insure fully a comp, a car that is from a defunct start up and spares will surely be a horrendous issue if you were to have a bump?
Spares will be scarce yes, but also for a very tech heavy car there will presumably also be no updates or connectivity.

There's a private seller listing a 'hyper range' one on Autotrader for £48k when dealers are offering them for under £30k... I think someone is behind the curve on this!

Could be the cheapest way to 500bhp+ hypercar performance in a couple of months!

gmaz

4,481 posts

213 months

Friday 21st June
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Lucid have applied for the "Lucid Ocean" trademark, so perhaps Lucid will acquire the brand. Could be a quick way into the smaller SUV + RHD segment for Lucid. However, Lucid lose £100,000s on every car they sell so it's not like they have financial stability.

https://x.com/BassonBrain/status/18040389035626621...

gmaz

4,481 posts

213 months

Friday 21st June
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Toaster Pilot said:
Mezzanine said:
They couldn’t replace it like for like and as for the market value cash as replacement…they might unroll a few creased £20 notes from the depths of their pockets!
So it’s really easy for them to insure fully comp on a market value basis then
I just got quotes for this car and Admiral, Diamond, Elephant were offering several fully comp policies around £500-£600 with a car market value of £43,000. Maybe these insurers have not caught up with the news and retail prices?

Of course, these are just quotes, and the company may refuse cover when you actually try to buy the policy.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202406060...




Edited by gmaz on Friday 21st June 08:36

worsy

5,841 posts

178 months

Friday 21st June
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Hub said:
LivLL said:
Will you be able to insure fully a comp, a car that is from a defunct start up and spares will surely be a horrendous issue if you were to have a bump?
Spares will be scarce yes, but also for a very tech heavy car there will presumably also be no updates or connectivity.

There's a private seller listing a 'hyper range' one on Autotrader for £48k when dealers are offering them for under £30k... I think someone is behind the curve on this!

Could be the cheapest way to 500bhp+ hypercar performance in a couple of months!
He is advertised as

Top of the Range and limited to 5000 Ocean One models worldwide which all sold out when released . This car will come with Lifetime complimentary wireless connectivity and to be upgraded to 5g , 10yr hotspot with 15gb free each month , Free infotainment upgrade of next ICC chip (2025) , Free OTA up
Free OTA upgrades, 7 yr Warranty and and 4 yr or 48000 mile service package and First free set of Bridgestone Potenza sport tyres

cry

LivLL

10,954 posts

200 months

Friday 21st June
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Toaster Pilot said:
Why wouldn’t you? It’d just be written off if it couldn’t be repaired
I was just pondering, companies refuse to insure cars like Range Rovers regularly because of the high risk to them, seems a Fisker would be high risk if a minor accident results in total loss.

I guess there will always be a quote to be had, surprised the ones gmaz got were so low to be fair.

gangzoom

6,421 posts

218 months

Friday 21st June
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Hub said:
Could be the cheapest way to 500bhp+ hypercar performance in a couple of months!
Until something as simple as the 12V battery dying, and the keys stop working needing connecting to the 'mothership' for validation, but with no mothership its now just a brick on the driveway.

Ofcourse some third party support may come along to root the firmware etc, but given how few of these are around that seems very unlikely.

All these EVs, including our Tesla are essentially like giant smart phones. Without Internet/mothership support they become at best dumb analogue phones at worst unusable.

Edited by gangzoom on Friday 21st June 12:37