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[Doctor Gollum]

It's probably a 2 year old car in reality so the discount is basically the depreciation and an element of market correction.

The Vin tag on the door frame will show the build date. I would be quite surprised if it wasn't early 24.

[YZ250]

So c'mon. What is Mrs Opti getting? 

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Built in Austria.....and the car has already been mentioned a couple of times by people on this thread.
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I thought the I-Pace had been discontinued due to poor sales and software issues, or have I got the wrong Jag. 

They have.

They've been around since 2019 but have been updated 2 or 3 times in that period. The early I-Pace would only charge at 50KW.....later cars 100KW.

Mrs Opti's car is an HSE model with all the bells and whistles. With the options an £84,000 car 2 years ago.....A £60,000 car 1 year ago.

Now on a 25 plate available for 45% of the original cost with just 12 miles on the clock.I thought 'f*uck it' why not.

Ah yes, wasn’t it the I-Pace from 2018-2019 build year with the LG batteries that Jaguar offered to buy back from customers due to unresolved overheating and fire risk.
Hope Mrs Opti is pleased with it. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

It's probably a 2 year old car in reality so the discount is basically the depreciation and an element of market correction.

The Vin tag on the door frame will show the build date. I would be quite surprised if it wasn't early 24.

Build date was about 7 months ago so one of the last actually assembled. I know it didn't roll off the production line last week.

For comparison my M240i has a build date (Mexico) of February 2023 and the car was registered early June 2023.

Three year Jag warranty runs from March 1st 2025 to March 1st 2028. I'm happy with that for the money.

I'm now waiting for you to tell me an elderly Mercedes would be better in every respect.

[Doctor Gollum]

Well, it would do you a disservice not to mention it

It didn't take long to get from "I'm not driving a milkfloat" to "We've bought one to share".

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Speaking of build dates as opposed to registration dates.

Jimbob discovered my last 2.6 MV6 Omega rolled off the production line in Germany in June 2002, but the car was registered in December 2003. It was fine.

But imagine taking a BL car from the seventies that had been standing in a muddy field for 2 years due to industrial action.

F*uck all in the way of rust protection probably meant the car was rusty when it's new owner took delivery.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Well, it would do you a disservice not to mention it

It didn't take long to get from "I'm not driving a milkfloat" to "We've bought one to share".

Obviously at some point I will drive it, but it's not my car, or my choice of car. There is a little Germanic coupe I can drive.....and I may even buy another Signum.

.....although not with a £735 taxable 2.8 V6 turbo.

[Doctor Gollum]

My '54 Omega was built in June '03. But it was purchased in July'03 to sit in stock until TVP needed it. Not quite the same thing as flogging off old production stock as a new car.

7 months is better than I thought though . Think TPC was a couple of weeks between build and registration, although it was built to order and collected from the factory.

[Andy B]

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But imagine taking a BL car from the seventies that had been standing in a muddy field for 2 years due to industrial action.

F*uck all in the way of rust protection probably meant the car was rusty when it's new owner took delivery.

Iirc that's what Lancia did  .... they just cleaned them up & painted as needed and gave them a special edition name. Lancia name then became no more in the UK.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

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But imagine taking a BL car from the seventies that had been standing in a muddy field for 2 years due to industrial action.

F*uck all in the way of rust protection probably meant the car was rusty when it's new owner took delivery.

Iirc that's what Lancia did .... they just cleaned them up & painted as needed and gave them a special edition name. Lancia name then became no more in the UK.

Yep...... It was the Beta if memory serves.

Quick rub down then a few minutes with the rattle can and she was as good as new to the unsuspecting new owner.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Well, it would do you a disservice not to mention it

It didn't take long to get from "I'm not driving a milkfloat" to "We've bought one to share".

Obviously at some point I will drive it, but it's not my car, or my choice of car. There is a little Germanic coupe I can drive.....and I may even buy another Signum.

.....although not with a £735 taxable 2.8 V6 turbo.

If you're after another hack modern classic, Uncle STEMO's dealers have a 2.2i Vectra. 

https://www.modusmotorcompany.co.uk/used-cars/vauxhall-vectra-2-2i-16v-cd-5dr-knottingley-202406221007344

[grifter]

Could go for a wales and edwards rangemaster!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_%26_Edwards#/media/File:Dairy_Crest_Ex_Unigate_Wales_And_Edwards_Rangemaster_Milk_Float.jpg

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Could go for a wales and edwards rangemaster!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_%26_Edwards#/media/File:Dairy_Crest_Ex_Unigate_Wales_And_Edwards_Rangemaster_Milk_Float.jpg

I imagine the last thing that contraption has any 'mastery' over is range. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Being an EV virgin I'm disappointed to find to find there is such a thing as 'charging losses' when charging a milk float.

I assumed a 90 KW battery would take exactly 90KW of elastic trickery to go from flat as a witches tit to fully charged.

Nope.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Not that surprising - there will be losses in the cables and the inverter, all producing a nice load of heat, its not massive from a percentage perspective but when you are talking tens of kilowatts, it does add up

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Not that surprising - there will be losses in the cables and the inverter, all producing a nice load of heat, its not massive from a percentage perspective but when you are talking tens of kilowatts, it does add up

Yep. I did read that a shorter charge cable helps reduce losses a little, although I'm not sure how true that is.

Anyway, I charged it from 15% to 92% for exactly £18 using standard price electricity (24p per KW).This gave an extra 200miles of range. Not sure how that works out when compared to petrol or derv.