Talk Morgan Forums Thread Like Summary - Tempted by Renault 5 Electric

We currently have a Disco Sport 2015 2.2 with 55k on the clock and my 1995 +4 4 seater with 83k on the clock… we have twin boys so car seats in both and Morgan is used all year round as a car.

But I’m tempted to get a new R5 on the salary sacrifice car scheme - it would be £310 a month all inc insurance, servicing, tyres etc for 10k miles a year for 2 years no deposit..I expect if I don’t do it I will put the money into my pension, I’m 40 so won't see it for a while.

The logic being we would have a practical second car that we would use for short journeys and take a bit of strain of the DS and the Morgan. The man maths is based on the super cheap charging cost of home charging should help offset the cost.

We do 15k a year in DS and I do about 3k a year in Morgan

Good idea?

No just the controls. The 7 kW charger is built in the car.

PUT IT IN YOUR PENSION, It's not until you retire you realise how much extra you should have saved.

Yes am 41, so the Renault 5 was around when I was young but the Clio had overtaken it.

I was attracted to it by the retro style a cleaver design touches which you don’t get usually entry level cars bar the Fait 500.

It’s good fun to drive and efficient on electric.

It costs £320 a month all in with insurance on Salary Sacrifice and no deposit and 10k miles

It works well as a family runaround for local journeys and is very cheap on electric 150 miles for £2 rather than £35 in the Morgan as comparison so will likely save us £2k a year in fuel costs and hopefully reduce the annual millage of my wife’s car from 20k to nearer 10k

So it ticks a lot of boxes