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Why no sunroof on Irish Octavia RS?
Been looking at a Skoda Octavia RS, but can't see the option of a sunroof on the Irish website on the configurator, but it's available on the UK ones. Is the lack of availability due to our wonderful VRT rules?
Simon MacMahon (Navan)
Dec 2021 Filed under: optional extras
Should I buy a Maserati Quattroporte?
I’m in the process of changing my car, which is a 2018 Mercedes E-Class saloon - diesel - and a 2015 Maserati Quattroporte 3.0-litre diesel with low mileage has caught my eye. My concerns are about the maintenance cost and reliability of such a different kind of car. Or am I mad? I’d appreciate your professional opinion on this.
Thank you
John Muldowney (Kilkenny)
Jan 2022 Filed under: choosing used car
Is a Citroen Ami ok without smartphone?
Is a smartphone necessary to drive a Citroen Ami?
KK Ho (Tseung Kwan O/ Hong Kong)
Dec 2021 Filed under: choosing new car
I am importing an EV from the North...
Hi,
I am looking at getting a new electric car, and availability/waiting time for the model I'm looking at seems better in the North than here, even if the price saving is limited, so I am looking at buying from a dealer in NI and importing the car.
I have two questions:
1. What's the current status of VRT on imported (pure) electric vehicles? Do I have to pay 7% of OMSP, is there a €5,000 discount, or what?
2. SEAI offers a €5,000 grant for new EVs. However this is applied for/paid out via the dealer (who has to be in the State), and this doesn't make sense to me - it's surely meant to incentivise putting new EVs on Irish roads, and provided I import the car properly, where I bought it from shouldn't matter. In other words, why can't I get that grant on my new EV even if the car is properly imported rather than bought in the State - isn't there a Single Market implication here?
Thanks!
Patrick
Patrick Edmond (Limerick)
Nov 2021 Filed under: importing
How much to tax our Renault horse truck?
I am wondering if you are able to help me as I find the car tax system confusing. We have a 1991 Renault horse lorry that is now 30 years old, a 3.5T model. What should it cost to tax?
Olivia Hodges (Cahir)
Nov 2021 Filed under: taxation
Can extension lead be used to charge a hybrid?
Hi,
Is it true that you can't recharge a plug-in hybrid using an extension lead? I read that somewhere, but surely if they can be charged from a domestic three-pin socket, why can't an extension lead be used for longer distances?
Thanking you
Philip
Philip Donegan (Ballina)
Oct 2021 Filed under: hybrid
Reliability of the 2018 Audi Q7 e-tron?
Hi,
Just wondering if you have any advice on what to watch out for when buying a 2018-regstered Audi Q7 e-tron (diesel plug in-hybrid)? The motivation for buying it was an SUV with three ISOFIX points on the back seat while leaving a decent boot for buggies and scooters. Other seven seaters left too small a boot.
David Mulvany (Kells)
Oct 2021 Filed under: reliability
Which front-wheel-drive electric SUV for us?
Thinking of making the move to an electric car for our main family vehicle, but quite hilly where we live and concerned about rear-wheel drive only in some of the options, and all-wheel-drive electric cars are very expensive at the moment. Thinking of an SUV or crossover - what would be the recommended front-wheel-drive make/model in this scenario?
Willing to put on winter tyres etc.
John Paul (Letterkenny)
Nov 2021 Filed under: choosing new car
How is depreciation worked out?
How is depreciation worked out for cars and who decided on a percentage figure?
F D (Dublin)
Oct 2021 Filed under: choosing used car
Which 2018 car for commuting?
Hi guys,
I'm currently driving a 2014 Mercedes C-Class. I'm looking to upgrade to something 2018 up and maybe move up a class. I'm open to any make/model. I have a big enough commute: 150km a day four days a week. I live in Northern Ireland so I am lucky I get it slightly cheaper.
What would you recommend?
Brian McElroy (Northern Ireland)
Aug 2021 Filed under: choosing used car
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