Spark ev owners in Portland OR
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Nashco
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GladstoneCoach
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Hmmm. Anything going on with this group?
I'm a grouchy old bastard who's not on Facebook . . .
I'm a grouchy old bastard who's not on Facebook . . .
GladstoneCoach
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Well, not THAT old and not THAT grouchy - but I'm not signing up for Facebook . . .
SparkevBlogspot
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You have FOUR SparkEV in your family but none for you? Seeing how you don't have SparkEV of your own, why would you want to look at SparkEV group? ;-)GladstoneCoach said:
I think FB is useful sometimes. You don't have to use your main ID to sign up. Just make up something so that you can see stuff like this.
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Yes - FOUR of them.
I got the Red 2LT on a whim with the zero down $139/mo lease - I'm an engineer and REALLY wanted to check out an electric car. I can piss away $139 dollars in a couple weeks just eating out when I don't pack a lunch. I walked in and said "I want a Red one." - It was a low risk proposition.
Well - as you're all aware - it turns out the Spark EV is a GREAT little car and it was quickly "claimed" by my HS daughter 3. 10 air-bags and no begging for gas money made it easy to see it was a good match.
Liking the car, I continued to look for sales / deals - daughter 1 graduates from college in a few weeks & needs a commuter. $113/mo lease gets us the Black 2LT.
Daughter 1 is still in school so I drive her car out to Mom's for a visit, take her into town for lunch and she likes it. I gush over the car, tell her the local dealer has lease and purchase deals and BOOM - we're there picking out a 1LT for her (her existing car was becoming a maintenance drain). Mom's deal is $8k off MSRP, 72 months 0% financing and she gets to claim the $7.5k Federal tax credit. With trade-in, her $26k Silver 1LT ends up costing less than $8k.
Wife and daughter 3 are in conflict over the Red Spark (both want to drive it and NOBODY wants the van). How can I NOT get one for my wife at less than $11k for this car? She picks Electric Blue.
Viola! 4 Spark EVs and none for me. In fairness, I take whichever one is in the driveway whenever I'm not commuting (I take the train), so I do get to drive them.
I'm thinking Green for #5.
(or maybe waiting two years for a Bolt!)
I got the Red 2LT on a whim with the zero down $139/mo lease - I'm an engineer and REALLY wanted to check out an electric car. I can piss away $139 dollars in a couple weeks just eating out when I don't pack a lunch. I walked in and said "I want a Red one." - It was a low risk proposition.
Well - as you're all aware - it turns out the Spark EV is a GREAT little car and it was quickly "claimed" by my HS daughter 3. 10 air-bags and no begging for gas money made it easy to see it was a good match.
Liking the car, I continued to look for sales / deals - daughter 1 graduates from college in a few weeks & needs a commuter. $113/mo lease gets us the Black 2LT.
Daughter 1 is still in school so I drive her car out to Mom's for a visit, take her into town for lunch and she likes it. I gush over the car, tell her the local dealer has lease and purchase deals and BOOM - we're there picking out a 1LT for her (her existing car was becoming a maintenance drain). Mom's deal is $8k off MSRP, 72 months 0% financing and she gets to claim the $7.5k Federal tax credit. With trade-in, her $26k Silver 1LT ends up costing less than $8k.
Wife and daughter 3 are in conflict over the Red Spark (both want to drive it and NOBODY wants the van). How can I NOT get one for my wife at less than $11k for this car? She picks Electric Blue.
Viola! 4 Spark EVs and none for me. In fairness, I take whichever one is in the driveway whenever I'm not commuting (I take the train), so I do get to drive them.
I'm thinking Green for #5.
(or maybe waiting two years for a Bolt!)
zzzzzzzz
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Just bought a 1LT myself about a month and half back. Definitely a blast to drive. I'm in the Portland area.
SparkevBlogspot
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You can wait, but I don't think you'll get deals like SparkEV with Bolt, especially the low cost lease. In OR, I see some advertised for as low as $19K before subsidy, which would make it $11.5K with tax credit.GladstoneCoach said:
Another to consider is that some new 2016 Leaf are listed for $16K in autotrader. If that price is before subsidy, post tax credit could be WOW$ But then, I don't know if you want to drive the boring old Leaf.