Nick M.K. 574 Posted December 4, 2018 24 minutes ago, ROVEX said: So I am a bit early but I wanted to be ready to catch the wave! Sounds almost like going on a summer holiday to the Med in February. I wish you every success though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROVEX 0 Posted December 4, 2018 6 minutes ago, Nick M.K. said: Sounds almost like going on a summer holiday to the Med in February. I wish you every success though. Thank you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trade vet 702 Posted December 4, 2018 46 minutes ago, ROVEX said: Thank you. Hi Rovex I am not sure there will be 90% EV’s in 10 years.If you are right and rapid charge technology arrives, a lot of car pitches might be more valuable as charging stations. Good luck and please keep us dinosaurs informed how you are doing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whitestone679231 113 Posted December 4, 2018 Brave man, I wouldn’t know of a trader who I could offer a 3 yr old leaf to, I stock 60 cars from Hyundai i10 to Bentley Continental and I would stain my pants at thought of having a leaf in stock.... but maybe I am an old dinosaur so I wish you well..... but I wouldn’t set off on my jollies in one.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arfur Dealy 823 Posted December 4, 2018 2 minutes ago, trade vet said: Hi Rovex I am not sure there will be 90% EV’s in 10 years.If you are right and rapid charge technology arrives, a lot of car pitches might be more valuable as charging stations. Good luck and please keep us dinosaurs informed how you are doing. Agreed, the public and business users haven't embraced electric....... Too ugly, too dear, too unknown....... 5 minutes ago, whitestone679231 said: Brave man, I wouldn’t know of a trader who I could offer a 3 yr old leaf to, I stock 60 cars from Hyundai i10 to Bentley Continental and I would stain my pants at thought of having a leaf in stock.... but maybe I am an old dinosaur so I wish you well..... but I wouldn’t set off on my jollies in one.... Leaf = Betamax. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whitestone679231 113 Posted December 4, 2018 6 minutes ago, Arfur Dealy said: Agreed, the public and business users haven't embraced electric....... Too ugly, too dear, too unknown....... Leaf = Betamax. I personally went for video 2000 with a big fcuk off front loader..... wonder how many newbies to the telly selly game ploughed there life savings into stocking them? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arfur Dealy 823 Posted December 4, 2018 4 minutes ago, whitestone679231 said: I personally went for video 2000 with a big fcuk off front loader..... wonder how many newbies to the telly selly game ploughed there life savings into stocking them? We were too poor to have one.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whitestone679231 113 Posted December 4, 2018 1 minute ago, Arfur Dealy said: We were too poor to have one.... You’ve never been in a Northern council house then.... not a pot to piss in but a 70 inch telly on wall.... and I phone 20 for every sprog... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arfur Dealy 823 Posted December 4, 2018 1 minute ago, whitestone679231 said: You’ve never been in a Northern council house then.... not a pot to piss in but a 70 inch telly on wall.... and I phone 20 for every sprog... lol, we are talking 40 years ago before we started to pay for these parasites Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROVEX 0 Posted December 4, 2018 1 hour ago, trade vet said: Hi Rovex I am not sure there will be 90% EV’s in 10 years.If you are right and rapid charge technology arrives, a lot of car pitches might be more valuable as charging stations. Good luck and please keep us dinosaurs informed how you are doing. It's a guess, and I did say 90% of new sales, not 90% of total on the road stock. 1 hour ago, whitestone679231 said: Brave man, I wouldn’t know of a trader who I could offer a 3 yr old leaf to, I stock 60 cars from Hyundai i10 to Bentley Continental and I would stain my pants at thought of having a leaf in stock.... but maybe I am an old dinosaur so I wish you well..... but I wouldn’t set off on my jollies in one.... See - its get big or get niche, how many years will it be till I have 60 cars if ever? Thats why I am specialising. Got to place your bets and see how things fall out... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trade vet 702 Posted December 4, 2018 Hi Rovex May I enquire what area you will be trading from. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROVEX 0 Posted December 4, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, trade vet said: Hi Rovex May I enquire what area you will be trading from. I'm based in Berkshire, East Berkshire. Wy do you ask? Edited December 4, 2018 by ROVEX Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
have a word with the wife 299 Posted December 4, 2018 12 hours ago, ROVEX said: So now I have another question, Nissan has mailed me and offered me an extension of the Warranty but I have to take it by the 20th Dec to get these prices Clearly they are not too confident the car is going to last 3 more years! 1 YEAR - £227.00 2 YEAR – £447.00 3 YEAR - £1,057.00 it seems to me that a year or two of Dealer warranty might be a good selling point but it's a lot of money to invest when I have no experience of who the customers are for this kind of vehicle... What do you think? i think you should know this already , clearly not done your homework on ev, i, would have been on the phone to dealers long before buying with serious questions ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metcars 397 Posted December 4, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, NOACROSS said: I think he might be on to something specialising in EV’s and Hybrids. It’s certainly the future, but is the future now or is it still orange? I don’t know, I think I’d rather have them than some German diesel auto junk -that’ll be 3k plus when the gearbox poops itself etc.. Will. E very interested to see how you go on Rovex ‘Will be’ even. Oh how I miss my Like and Edit buttons. :o( It 'is' the future, whether we like it or not. Especially when he can start acquiring specialist knowledge and contacts for repair work. Interesting. i'd rather stick pins in my eyes than sell Micra's around here! 16 hours ago, BHM said: CRIKES! TV, I think we’re on a different planet up here with our punters. Just imagine trying to sell one of these up north? I’d be smoking it for years. .......and imagine telling a punter “Oh yes Sir, the car is £xxxx BUT you also need to pay monthly for the batteries”. I’d expect to be told/asked “Fuck off, you’re joking?” by a typical older-car buyer. .......or imagine the calls from London & the suburbs all wanting it delivered f.o.c. (Cos the friggin things would take 4 days to get there with their pisspoor range & the time needed to “refill the tank”). .......or on an ‘owner battery’ car the £3000 batteries go ‘tits up’ on a customer and you try one of Arfurs/Lawgistics letters advising the customer that “wear n tear ain’t included in the CRA”. That case wouldn’t go away quickly around these parts! I think I’ll stick with piston engines for another few years. I'm sure over the next few years all the smokey old bangers will get shipped up north for you! Edited December 4, 2018 by met 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BHM 994 Posted December 5, 2018 7 hours ago, met said: I'm sure over the next few years all the smokey old bangers will get shipped up north for you! I hope so. We like a bit of smoke up here, it reminds us of when there was some heavy industry & employment rather than whippets & rickets. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ccstew 2 Posted December 5, 2018 I agree with the comment about Leafs being betamax, whatever we have now is no way going forward. When i was in the corporate world i ran a leaf for two years, at the start it was the dogs, so cheap to lease with all the grants, free parking in towns, charging places always empty and i could rock up any time of day and park in the charging spot, right in town. Really removed any worries about range etc. By the end of the two years i had had enough, everyone was onto it, this meant no more free parking, no more charging spaces free they are always busy and what do you do if you turn up and need to charge? It started to be come such a ball ache we went back to petrol. Oh and i had one of those Honda CRZ things in recently as a swapper looked forward to driving it wow how disappointing was that, what a piece of crap, much better to have a efficient small petrol. Not that it matters up North as we still love the black stuff! Be wary of the twelve bar life you could have 87% life the day you buy it and next day the 85% happens and you lose a bar, it really does need a simple way to see the actual battery life if these cars are to move in to main stream used market. Good Luck in your venture you are a brave pioneer! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
