Bargain Basement Electric

[CitroJim]

Wait until the end of March Steve and there'll be no need... It's what's likely to happen with my AX...

Heathen!!!

Heathen no longer

Taken just before final fine adjustment...

[NewcastleFalcon]

After a few trips when BB Micra got the nod with its fully functioning lights, and ready to go petrol tank, and superior flood negotiating ability, the other half of the detached hybrid the BB Leaf, resumed normal service.

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside

Neil

[CitroJim]

Excellent!

[NewcastleFalcon]

The sun doesn't always shine in Northumberland.

I think this view through the windscreen of the BB Leaf captures the atmospheric grey drizzly and wet scene of this afternoon nicely, parked by the side of the A68 in nice bleak terrain.

Not all grey though

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Very close to coming into under £10,000, bargain basement territory for some decent low mileage examples, the MG5 estate.

James and Kate on this assessment of a 100,500 mile vehicle in their fleet very positive. No angry faces, no loud voices, indeed James if anything is a bit dour and matter of fact as a bonus, rather than too annoyingly enthusiastic!
Rather than a direct embed, for those who want to find out, I present the onerous task of clicking the link....it's an assessment of the condition of a MG5 after 100,500 miles nothing more nothing less.

Here's the link for the full vid interesting I would have thought for anyone interested in the MG5 as a potential purchase https://youtu.be/Kj7fJ5JI-yI

Here's a screen shot of the 100,500 miles original brake pads. About 50,000 miles on a set of tyres, second set fitted at 98,000 ish miles.

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Here's hoping my tab packet calculations aren't far off the mark. Too late now



REgards Neil

The Leaf's 4th Birthday at Chez Falcon has now passed. When at the start I did the tab packet calculations, no-one could have forecast relative the electricity and petrol prices over the coming 4 years back in Nov 2019. No one in November 2023 will be able to look ahead over the next 4 years to 2028, to where the critical variables of residual value, electricity and petrol prices will go.

My tab packet calculations worked fine. I have banked the savings of around £5,000 on "fuel costs" over the 4 years put them away and haven't touched them. The car is probably worth around £5,000 but no plans to sell or trade in for a different one. It has 11 of 12 bars of battery health. Every little bit of maintenance has been recorded on this thread. Electricity at home still half the price of the equivalent petrol, and if I went for a smart meter could reduce this even further with one of the charging overnight tariffs.

Neil

[MarcusMcGuinness]

Happy Birthday, Leaf!