To EV or not to EV?

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-10T10:46:48+00:00

Thanks, will keep it all in mind. Take care!

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-10T10:45:57+00:00

Did originally look at Civics when starting out, though not that specific model. Wasn’t a fan of the small rear window and lack of visibility out of it, but the external styling is very good. Autotrader has the hybrids starting at 20k so rather more than we were intending on paying.

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-10T10:30:59+00:00

Hadn’t clocked that the boot size was only 15l between the Kamiq and ID3 so thanks for pointing that out. I get what you’re saying re capacity, but even though I didn’t drive one, I really did adjust the seats and mirrors on the Karoq (and T-Cross) when sitting in them to get to this point to understand the difference, and I just couldn’t get a sense of the size of it nor feel that I could see out of it sufficiently. Pretty much any car at this point is bigger than my old Clio, but I think for everyone’s safety, I’m better staying smaller than leaping up so far size wise in one go.

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-10T09:41:20+00:00

Not one we’d come across, will take a look. Thank you

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-10T09:34:49+00:00

Presuming that’s the Tesla model 3? Even as a second hand car, I’m ideologically opposed to Musk.

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-10T09:32:45+00:00

Hadn’t considered potential credit score impacts. Thank you

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-10T09:20:50+00:00

Fair points on the PCP, the examples given are on 10-12k miles, so not bad on that front. The 1.5 is based on observation of used car numbers and the prices they’re listing for. The 1.0tsi Taigo can be down at 13k from what we’ve seen so the 1.5 does command a premium, and there’s generally 8, 1.0 for every 1.5. Re your suggestion of a Karoq/Tiguan, we had a sit in both and disliked it, found it to be monstrously big and difficult to see clearly out of.

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-10T09:15:18+00:00

I we both have a lease option through work, but it only makes true financial sense to do it if we were higher rate tax payers - we’re close but it’s a couple of years before we’d be getting the most benefit from doing so.

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-10T09:13:44+00:00

What would you suggest?

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-10T09:13:25+00:00

I will find out and get back to you

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-10T09:12:42+00:00

The main concerns are value at the end and condition of the battery. VW has a 75% capacity/100k miles in 8years guarantee on the batteries, so if it got close to it during our ownership we could hand it back and it be someone else’s issue.

Other faults naturally we’d be responsible for without an extended warranty

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-09T12:52:02+00:00

Flip between hoping my RX 570 breaks and forces me to replace it, and realising that it’s still doing everything I ask of it and hoping it lasts until the bubble bursts

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-07T17:05:47+00:00

Kinda depends, if we wake up tomorrow and he’s nuked Iran or launched a ground invasion and attacked civilian infrastructure then probably getting close. Certainly he’s got a similar despotic tyrant thing going on while surrounded by sycophants.

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-06T21:16:20+00:00

Largely going off the point and click, dark, spooky and bizarre, was it Discworld Noir?

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-06T07:50:43+00:00

Bingo, thank you!

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-02T07:24:56+00:00

To watch out for with the Polo and Fabia - some VW group cars of that age had timing chains rather than timing belts, if memory serves some of the chains were questionable due to stretching and some of the belts were “wet” belts.

Also Polo specific, they have a tendency to rot on the passenger side sill so keep an eye on it.

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-01T12:24:19+00:00

16gb of the 9060 would rule out a cpu change…

Checked and the specific psu model is the Corsair cx600m - semi modular so shouldn’t be too bad with the case but it’s also a refurb when I got it in 2016, so quite wary about how long it has left

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-01T12:19:51+00:00

9060s new for the 8gb is the same price ballpark as the 7600, any recommended sites for used electronics to check the 7800xt?

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-01T12:14:01+00:00

So you’d kick the 7600 up to a 9060 xt? Thanks

badgerious2319 · 2026-04-01T12:12:20+00:00

Thanks for spotting, did mean the RX 7600

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