Best Lease Car Deals Available? (Vol 10)

[Sach506]

Adam1980 said:

Sach506 said:

Adam1980 said:

Lotus Eletre ordered from Lotus. Built to order car, delivery around October/ November

Really?
Have been told end of the year realistically...

Apparently if the cars are not delivered by end of December, you don’t get the price.

Have you had your order confirmation through?

Edited by Adam1980 on Friday 21st June 20:04

Not ordered yet, awaiting paperwork following test drive today

[Sach506]

Adam1980 said:

QueQwamo said:

Adam1980 said:

No I went for the S. I drove both and the R is amazing- but having lived with a EQC for 3 years, I’m done with EVs with a 200 mile range.

The S is plenty fast and semi sensible.

Man getting old sucks

What term did you go for? Due to the high deposit cost, i think I’d be settling for 3 years.

3 years and 12k, my mileage is around 11.2k a year currently at the excess was 54p a mile.

Added the roof and paint, which sadly you full pay across the term, no residual on options.

Still very happy

Looks like 36 months is the sweet spot according to lotus finance numbers on their site

[oscipop]

PostHeads123 said:

Pistonheadsdicoverer said:

Charging away from home can cost at least 7x (yes seven times) more than home charging.
4000 miles at 3.3 miles per Kwh = 1200 Kwh. Charging from public would cost you about £600. Charging from home about £84 (per year).
A charger from Octopus at the moment cost under £1000 inc installation.
Then there's the opportunity cost of having to go to the supermarket, then leaving your car there, checking whether the chargers are working, are available etc.
IMHO, too much hassle.

Thanks, will bite the bullet on a home charger then.

Don’t be too hasty. If you only do 80 miles a week just charge from a regular plug socket. If you get octopus ev tariff and just plug in for 6 hours per night then that would give you around 40 miles per night of range. When you do a long trip occasionally then either plan ahead and charge each night or do a fast charge at a station. Lots of people get away with using a 3 pin plug it’s not that much hassle

[alfasud1]

Or a 32amp commando socket and an Amazon smart charger for a fraction of the cost, thats whats been charging my hateful turd of a Maxus T90 ( Yes the cheap deal and not worth a penny more than the £107), for the last 6 months. Not a single issue.

[oscipop]

alfasud1 said:

Or a 32amp commando socket and an Amazon smart charger for a fraction of the cost, thats whats been charging my hateful turd of a Maxus T90 ( Yes the cheap deal and not worth a penny more than the £107), for the last 6 months. Not a single issue.

LOL 😂 is it really that awful?

[heisthegaffer]

PistonCars said:

BMW 128TI Pro pack
£207.86 + Vat , 6K miles
9 Months upfront, 24 Months, Stock offer
Good deal?

Edited by PistonCars on Saturday 22 June 10:28

What are the details?

[Richtea1970]

oscipop said:

alfasud1 said:

Or a 32amp commando socket and an Amazon smart charger for a fraction of the cost, thats whats been charging my hateful turd of a Maxus T90 ( Yes the cheap deal and not worth a penny more than the £107), for the last 6 months. Not a single issue.

LOL ?? is it really that awful?

No, I think mines great. If I have a chance of buying at the right price I will.

[PistonCars]

heisthegaffer said:

What are the details?

Brand new Alpine White BMW 128ti 5dr Sport Hatch Auto inc Pro Pack From Contact Cars

BCH 6kpa £207.86 + VAT, 9 + 23 months
Around £550 broker fee

Delivery End of June/ beginning of July

[-Cappo-]

PistonCars said:

Brand new Alpine White BMW 128ti 5dr Sport Hatch Auto inc Pro Pack From Contact Cars

BCH 6kpa £207.86 + VAT, 9 + 23 months
Around £550 broker fee

Delivery End of June/ beginning of July

Are you going to lease one yourself?

[ACCYSTAN]

Richtea1970 said:

No, I think mines great. If I have a chance of buying at the right price I will.

There is a guy local to me who got one of the Maxus pickup deals.

I see it from time to time in the supermarket car park and decided to approach him about it.

He’s paying £119 for his and absolutely loves it and intends to extend the lease for as long as he can.

[PistonCars]

-Cappo- said:

Are you going to lease one yourself?

Was thinking about it as it seems like a good deal. Wanted to see what others think aswell

[heisthegaffer]

PistonCars said:

heisthegaffer said:

What are the details?

Brand new Alpine White BMW 128ti 5dr Sport Hatch Auto inc Pro Pack From Contact Cars

BCH 6kpa £207.86 + VAT, 9 + 23 months
Around £550 broker fee

Delivery End of June/ beginning of July

Good deal.

I may be losing my company car in the next few months and really like these.

Just don't like white cars.

Thanks

[Jazzert501]

https://www.nationwidevehiclecontracts.co.uk/car-l...

£12093.30 for a 2 year 5K deal preregistered with 2 tone paint.

£503.83 amortised.
Slightly more expensive than previous deals but not bad.
Does anyone have one on 21 inch wheels? Is it a bit harsh over bumps?

[PistonCars]

heisthegaffer said:

Good deal.

I may be losing my company car in the next few months and really like these.

Just don't like white cars.

Thanks

Ahhh, hopefully you find something

They had 1 x Black Sapphire, 1 x Skyscraper Grey, 1x Storm Bay left on Friday. They were around £17 more per month.

[jabloko99]

PistonCars said:

Brand new Alpine White BMW 128ti 5dr Sport Hatch Auto inc Pro Pack From Contact Cars

BCH 6kpa £207.86 + VAT, 9 + 23 months
Around £550 broker fee

Delivery End of June/ beginning of July

Is there a link to that.

[PistonCars]

jabloko99 said:

Is there a link to that.

Sorry, as I’m a new member it wouldn’t let me post the link. I have to wait 14 days.
If you go on contractcars website, BMW, filter price low to high then it should the the first one

[Pistonheadsdicoverer]

oscipop said:

Don’t be too hasty. If you only do 80 miles a week just charge from a regular plug socket. If you get octopus ev tariff and just plug in for 6 hours per night then that would give you around 40 miles per night of range. When you do a long trip occasionally then either plan ahead and charge each night or do a fast charge at a station. Lots of people get away with using a 3 pin plug it’s not that much hassle

I disagree. First you'd need to get a proper outside socket for that. Unless you're a sparky yourself, that will cost you a few quid. Then depending on your car, it may or may not be compatible with IOG. Octopus must be able to control your car in order to get the cheap tariff. My Ariya isn't but the charger is. So it means that regardless of the car I lease in the future, it will be IOG-compliant. IOG is 7.5p/kwh and Octopus can trigger this at any time during the day outside the set 2330-0530 window.

[oscipop]

Pistonheadsdicoverer said:

oscipop said:

Don’t be too hasty. If you only do 80 miles a week just charge from a regular plug socket. If you get octopus ev tariff and just plug in for 6 hours per night then that would give you around 40 miles per night of range. When you do a long trip occasionally then either plan ahead and charge each night or do a fast charge at a station. Lots of people get away with using a 3 pin plug it’s not that much hassle

I disagree. First you'd need to get a proper outside socket for that. Unless you're a sparky yourself, that will cost you a few quid. Then depending on your car, it may or may not be compatible with IOG. Octopus must be able to control your car in order to get the cheap tariff. My Ariya isn't but the charger is. So it means that regardless of the car I lease in the future, it will be IOG-compliant. IOG is 7.5p/kwh and Octopus can trigger this at any time during the day outside the set 2330-0530 window.

That is not quite correct. As long as you charge between 11:30pm and 5:30 am you will get the cheap rate regardless of car or charger type. Don’t know about the proper outside charger point but I’m sure others who have experience can comment with authority

[oscipop]

Jazzert501 said:

https://www.nationwidevehiclecontracts.co.uk/car-l...

£12093.30 for a 2 year 5K deal preregistered with 2 tone paint.

£503.83 amortised.
Slightly more expensive than previous deals but not bad.
Does anyone have one on 21 inch wheels? Is it a bit harsh over bumps?

That is the best deal I’ve seen since the pre-Xmas mega deal. The two tone paint is included which is a very expensive option. Only thing that’s missing, as far as I’m aware, for me is the base board in the boot which makes a level sleeping area if that’s important to you . Not sure if that is standard now but wasn’t at launch

[SWoll]

Pistonheadsdicoverer said:

oscipop said:

Don’t be too hasty. If you only do 80 miles a week just charge from a regular plug socket. If you get octopus ev tariff and just plug in for 6 hours per night then that would give you around 40 miles per night of range. When you do a long trip occasionally then either plan ahead and charge each night or do a fast charge at a station. Lots of people get away with using a 3 pin plug it’s not that much hassle

I disagree. First you'd need to get a proper outside socket for that. Unless you're a sparky yourself, that will cost you a few quid. Then depending on your car, it may or may not be compatible with IOG. Octopus must be able to control your car in order to get the cheap tariff. My Ariya isn't but the charger is. So it means that regardless of the car I lease in the future, it will be IOG-compliant. IOG is 7.5p/kwh and Octopus can trigger this at any time during the day outside the set 2330-0530 window.

Much easier to go with Octopus Go for such little usage though I'd suggest?

80 miles per week in an average EV is going to be somewhere around 23kWh of charging needed, so around 12 hours of overnight charging on a 3-pin plug (less than 2 hours per night).

The difference in charging cost per month (7.5p v 9p a kWh) would be around £1.30 so hardly worth all of the bother and potential cost of getting any sort of work done if you have easy access to a standard plug socket?