schmurnan@tillathenun @serichards @FlanFlinger hopefully you’re all fine with me making a combined thread. I have an office commute for which I currently get the train (£15 per day, min. of 3 days per week). I’m contemplating an EV on our company salary sacrifice scheme. And whilst I know it may not be cheaper, it provides added peace of mind for when the trains get cancelled (I’d say 90% of my journeys to work are fine, and 75% of my journeys home), and doubles up as a second family car (2 kids < 10yo)
@tillathenun @serichards @FlanFlinger my current shortlist (because if I’m gonna get one I want a decent one, especially if it’ll end up becoming our main car) is: Kia EV6, Tesla Model Y, Kia EV3, Skoda Enyaq (in order of preference). I’m entrenched in the Apple ecosystem which puts me off the Model Y because of no CarPlay (and, you know, Elon’s a bit of a knob). The EV6 is my favourite but is the most expensive on our scheme (I would end up paying ~£80 pm on top of my company car allowance)
Suzy Richards@schmurnan @tillathenun @FlanFlinger
Salary sacrifice is a no brainer. EV6 is enormous. I'd think the EV3 or the refresh Model Y. I'm also entrenched in the apple ecosystem but lack of carplay on Teslas has never been a problem as the actual navigation system and everything else is pretty good. There's direct Apple Music access now. It's constantly evolving. Model Y refresh is imminent so there could be very good deals on the outgoing one if the new one isn't appealing. Musk remains a knob!
@serichards @tillathenun @FlanFlinger thank you! One of the things pushing me more towards the EV6 is AWD, which isn’t an option in the EV3 (+ my wife likes the EV3). AWD provides a bit more safety as well, and I have two young kids. I’d have to use native Apple Podcasts app on the Model Y which I hate, but that’s a small trade off. Not sure when the new Model Y arrives so could be waiting a while. The Model Y is also the cheapest on my list, especially in LR AWD variant
@schmurnan @tillathenun @FlanFlinger
I used to have AWD a lot but RWD with all seasons seems to be even better for winter use. Modern traction control systems are very good now.
If you do a lot of routes with muddy verges then AWD is going to be better I think.
There's also the ID Buzz GTX....Autotrader are giving one away this month so that's worth a look 🙂
@serichards @tillathenun @FlanFlinger most of my driving would be along the motorway to/from work and around town. We would very seldom go off road or anything like that.
The Buzz looks like a fun car, I’ll take a look at the comp 🙂