Content by Paulie68 in February, 2026

Crash damaged cars that can be repaired and put back on the road in the UK get a Cat N or S marker. (N=non structural, S=structural damage) This will stay with them if repaired and put back on the road and has the effect of devaluing them by around 30% at the point of future sale. The system...

Actually, the majority of "written off" cars, deemed not economical to repair with Cat S or N markers actually get sold on and repaired, often to eastern Europe. Copart sell thousands each week at salvage auctions all around the UK. Only the obliterated ones from severe crashes get a B marker...

The older cars do seem to be stubbornly sitting around at above 40k. Not selling much though, so it's an act of gravity defiance, once the 40k barrier gets broken, they all have to fall to below this pretty soon. I'm getting fed up of waiting too and having seen a couple driving around here...

Haha! Not quite, but depreciation is a great thing. I know we all like the latest thing, but if you can discipline yourself to just consider 3 year old cars, this is actually the optimum time to buy a car financially! ;)

Soon, you will be able to get the base car, pre reg, for £15k with a hard haggle I reckon. ;)

Pre reg bargains starting at £16k within 6 months! ;)

Presumably they're only banning the yolk for multi-turn systems, which is the right decision if so.

I read somewhere once that just to refine a gallon of petrol or diesel uses as many kW of energy as just using that energy in the form of electricity to power an EV for as far as that refined gallon would move an ICE car! Let that sink in for a moment. Then you have all the additional energy use...

I don't see any of them still being here after 70+ years, like my VW or your classics, I'll give you that! :ROFLMAO: I think you've been influenced by the dishonest anti EV narrative on EV build pollution though, I'm recognising what you're parroting, and have heard it before almost word for...

Just go with the 6.9% then for the bigger discount and pay it off next week! :ROFLMAO:

Well it's not hype, it's facts. EV's are just better cars all around. The environmental advantages are also not "alleged" but very real comparing like for like ICE and EV cars cradle to grave for the given vehicle itself and fuel source. The driver aids, I get that, they can be annoying, but...

I almost disagree completely too. Our MG5 will "only" do 160 miles safely in cold, wet, winter use, but we still rarely have to charge away from home and when we occasionally do, the chargers are mostly perfectly fine, just too damned expensive, I do agree with you on that one.

They'll be terrible. My new MG5 Trophy cost £21000 just over 12 months ago, now it's worth £14k tops for trade in. But it doesn't matter much over 3 years or so, as it's a large percentage chopped off from a very much smaller initial figure to start with, so if you're keeping for a few years...

Whilst I partially agree with this, people need to be careful when "doing today" uses lots of money that otherwise could be invested for a better future. It can compromise your whole later life as well. I went without anything like new cars for decades and invested heavily instead. I retired...

First year of the Z4 saw over 9.5k registrations in the UK, so I think 784 over full year 2025 and the end of 2004 is pretty low.

Couldn't agree more, I really like the exclusivity too. I like the fact the Cyberster is a proper sized car as well, would never want an MX5 or an old school roadster like an MGB or Triumph, they just look too much like small toys to me.

Interesting read. I looked up the numbers registered in the UK and find it's only 784 registered to date. Low volume indeed.

Oh, I agree, LEAFS can go on for ever, but mostly their batteries are down to around 80% or less by 100k miles, 30/40kWh are anyway, not so much the 24's, if they've been managed well. Lack of proper cooling cooks the cell modules in the centre of the rear stack in the battery over time, as...

Hi Data, I'm a retired EE with lithium battery experience. I built my own EV back in 2007/8 before any commercial cars existed. I've also repaired and changed out LEAF batteries and currently own a LEAF. So I don't need to be told how to suck eggs! It's OK, I know you meant no offence, as I...

Maybe they use a buffer at the top, so it will continue to show 100% until capacity drops to a certain point. No battery will still be at 100% after a year and 6k miles, so it's a useless data point to just give "good feelings" about the battery for the user/owner. A real figure is what you...

Because they do have access to the real figure, but clearly rather than bother to actually get that, have just written in 100%.

It's just a nonsense figure from a lazy or incompetent dealer. No real state of battery health is 100% after a year of use or more, whatever the mileage, lol! Also, I don't think it really matters, will probably really be somewhere in the upper 90's at this point in your cars life.

Thanks, so am I right in thinking that's another £425 per year, for the first 5 years of the cars life? If so, as a Yorkshireman, I can't be having that! So it looks like I'll be getting a pre April 2025 car!

Hi all, So I'm getting closer to buying a used Cyberster, it will probably be sometime in the first half of this year, but I've lost track of the tax situation following all the recent budget changes. So can someone confirm for me the annual taxation cost for the pre and post April 25 cars...