Well.. I never thought I'd see the end of the "e" thread. I expect the Kia won't have the soul the e has, which I know is hard to manufacture in any car never mind an EV.
I saw the e replacement the other day on The Late Brake Show. Johnny definitely doesn't seem impressed and to be fair, the e:Ny1 really does look like.. anyone. Aside from a twin to the rather boring CRV.
Sone twit drove into the front o/s of the Q3 on Friday. Wife was driving and it was low speed impact, other drivers fault basically jumped a red light.
We've been thrown a 6 month old Merc GLA 220d 4matic whilst the repairs commence. Tech inside is excellent. By god though, due to it's 8 speed auto, you live on that brake pedal.
Much prefer my old S.
Good luck with the Kia pal, new Kia thread incoming?

 

You are bang on Tony, the e has something special, it is a gem.

I will post a review of big 6, it's a luxo barge with some tech and a face only Stevie wonder could love

Sorry to hear on the ding, always a pain in the proverbial

Agreed with everything Johnny said on the ENY1, it's already a massive flop being offered £10k off list

Stinker

 

It's unfortunately the shape of things to come for all things Honda, playing it safe I believe.
you'd Bork if the s2000 is revived with that same face. Hideous. What are Honda playing at?! The masses, that's what ..
That said the Kia does have something different to it, futuristic like the Hyundai Ioniq.
This GLA looks identical to the Q3 side on, however it's an improvement to the previous build which frankly looked laughable with it's bulbous arse dimensions. It's fast, safe and comfy, but soulless like all the SUVs out there. Glad to say it's not a Ford - we'd definitely reject that as a temporary car.

 

The search resumes.

I googled the reg of the car (keep in mind it was mid to pricey)






Ex promo fleet

Next...

 

Good work.

Dealers can hide some fleet / usage shyte in wording the advert. Though I'm not sure the V5 would have to be amended while under dealer ownership? Could they just do what they like? But buying short of MOT age the V5/logbook is all you can get to see to go on when buying used.

 

Not while I'm here!

I will bore you from time to time remind Jason what he's traded in and on going funnies.

Apart from the size of our 'city' (Norfolk) we better fit the target market for the 'e'.

It remains to be seen if my gamble on long term Honda reliability works out.

 

I still have it for now

Dealers are shitting themselves at the min, there is a chrome extension for auto trader called AT Price Tracker

Look at this doom



Now to be clear a new GT Line S is a low £50ks car now. I dunno what back in 2021

This one has been a demo like my e, so a load of pootles round with a salesman and then his daily to get home

They have dropped by £5k in a few months. It's cheap now compared to the market. I wonder where it will settle though.

An investing term is relevant here "never try to catch a falling knife"

I'm sitting on my hands, losing less on the E than I would in that car crash

 

Hmmm. It is a question of their uber long warranty versus the extent to which treatment as a demo car can have done irreparable harm.

Either way down the road a few years who will be able to tell / know of the situation and knock £££s off your selling price?

The V5/logbook will not likely make clear that car was a country-wide demonstrator and has been ragged silly.

p.s. your secret is safe with us and anyway who would think to look on S2Ki for dirt on Kia EVs?

 

I like the idea of you sitting on your hands to avoid the sharp blade of the falling knife

 

We bought our Seat in 2015 with a 10k discount 10 months old and 4,000 miles on the clock. It was claimed it had been a company car. But probably a demo as well. Has it suffered unduly for having been a demo? Nah. Hang in there for a while I think. I hear there are also a lot of PCP BEVs hitting the market now - many took this out at the start of the pandemic, and now they want to get rid or a new one. Buyers market! I'd be tempted to buy a BEV now if there was something wrong with the Seat. But there isn't, even the seat is still good.