[alegar]

That’s quite good! To be honest it’s the chargers like the one off fee and the slightly more expensive delivery who are making people not join I believe...

That added to the £50 off referral it’s quite an interesting offer for a ZOE50 CCS GT line.

Ps: I’ve been trying Instavolt recently (for the first time) and they are super easy, the ZOE doesn’t quite get 50kW in these cold days but the chargers themselves are great!

Now just need to pray that someone will be offering ID3s at a decent price and then will stop moaning about charging rates.

 

[alegar]

I think it makes sense to count the Onto collection fee and the Elmo delivery in the cost to change. One way or another, I'll still be left with a collection fee when I eventually get rid of the car - whether I stay with Onto or switch to Elmo.

With delivery to London the cost to change is £49.50 + £21 + £95 = £165

Still an expensive key! But considering the free EU roaming, a pretty good deal. I might even end up with a Zoe that has functioning preconditioning


Will do. I'm not sure how it stacks with the Green Friday offer though.

Have you seen their latest Boxing Day offer? No one off fee (£95) and can be stacked with referrals (further -£50).

 

[Tandy0]

Every time I see this thread, something like this comes to mind:

 

[Neilew]

Every time I see this thread, something like this comes to mind:

It's what my daughter's family call their VW camper. It's reg. starts ELM.... That's what comes to mind for me.

 

[Neilew]

What worries me with this is the NCB. Many years ago I bought a NIssan Micra that came with insurance included. At the end of the year I found that my NCB has disappeared as they insured everyone as if they had no NCB. I had a hell of a job convincing the next insurer that I had been driving for over 20 years with a clean licence.

 

[mad_rich]

What worries me with this is the NCB. Many years ago I bought a NIssan Micra that came with insurance included. At the end of the year I found that my NCB has disappeared as they insured everyone as if they had no NCB. I had a hell of a job convincing the next insurer that I had been driving for over 20 years with a clean licence.

When I was without a car for several years i had the same problem. I found that a broker (Adrian Flux) was able to find insurers who would take my 6 year old NCB into account, and reinstate it after 2 years.

 

[ajtaylor]

Just signed up, hopefully with the £95 off (and Alegar’s referral).

I like that you get the key, and it was good to talk to George a few days ago as well. I like the Polar subscription can be added or removed, it’s likely I’ll do most of my charging at free Pod Point chargers so may not need it.


Shame that they don’t let you swap out what’s included - like instead of the EU Driving you can have one extra driver instead. That would be nice.

 

[alegar]

Just signed up, hopefully with the £95 off (and Alegar’s referral).

I like that you get the key, and it was good to talk to George a few days ago as well. I like the Polar subscription can be added or removed, it’s likely I’ll do most of my charging at free Pod Point chargers so may not need it.


Shame that they don’t let you swap out what’s included - like instead of the EU Driving you can have one extra driver instead. That would be nice.

Nice! Which car did you choose?

They confirmed me that if you email them my referral they can stack both Boxing Day and referral to obtain a total of £145 off 👍🏻

I’m loving the Zoe, although CCS is a bit slow is fine for me. I’d love if they could have the shell EV card to be honest... I might contact them, as it can be a deal breaker for some.

 

[ajtaylor]

Nice! Which car did you choose?

They confirmed me that if you email them my referral they can stack both Boxing Day and referral to obtain a total of £145 off 👍🏻

I’m loving the Zoe, although CCS is a bit slow is fine for me. I’d love if they could have the shell EV card to be honest... I might contact them, as it can be a deal breaker for some.

ZE50 (GT) in Grey. Only colour they had but I do love the Blue/Teal. Had two ZE40s from on.to previously but not so keen to go back after my “it’s your fault the brakes got stuck” scenario. Plus the £95 off (so no admin fee) makes it cheaper than on.to for a better car with their delivery fees.


I emailed my/your referral and got one email saying they won’t apply it as I’d already used the BoxingDay code, then another email two minutes later from someone else saying the code was no problem...!

 

[alegar]

ZE50 (GT) in Grey. Only colour they had but I do love the Blue/Teal. Had two ZE40s from on.to previously but not so keen to go back after my “it’s your fault the brakes got stuck” scenario. Plus the £95 off (so no admin fee) makes it cheaper than on.to for a better car with their delivery fees.


I emailed my/your referral and got one email saying they won’t apply it as I’d already used the BoxingDay code, then another email two minutes later from someone else saying the code was no problem...!

Glad they did apply it. They confirmed it to me over Twitter a few days ago.

I doubted between grey/blue and finally went for the blue one and I’m loving it.

I also came from onto from a ZE40 and personally it’s a great step forward in range, tech/safety and comfort. Don’t forget to use Zeddy/Renault app and you can precondition, program etc. You only need the VIN and activate the services from the car itself.

Mine came directly from Renault so had to ask Elmo for a granny which arrived in around 2 days.

 

[ajtaylor]

Glad they did apply it. They confirmed it to me over Twitter a few days ago.

I doubted between grey/blue and finally went for the blue one and I’m loving it.

I also came from onto from a ZE40 and personally it’s a great step forward in range, tech/safety and comfort. Don’t forget to use Zeddy/Renault app and you can precondition, program etc. You only need the VIN and activate the services from the car itself.

Mine came directly from Renault so had to ask Elmo for a granny which arrived in around 2 days.

I’ve not had the ZE40 since March, it went back as lockdown started and I moved jobs to working from home.

Need a car as my horribly cheap runaround has failed spectacularly, so gone for an 800 mile subscription for now, the cost is almost the same as the rail season ticket I’m not paying so that’s good. Need to see if driving to London in it is feasible when the office finally does open back up.

George said the mileage can be banked and averaged which is a huge plus as well.

 

[alegar]

I’ve not had the ZE40 since March, it went back as lockdown started and I moved jobs to working from home.

Need a car as my horribly cheap runaround has failed spectacularly, so gone for an 800 mile subscription for now, the cost is almost the same as the rail season ticket I’m not paying so that’s good. Need to see if driving to London in it is feasible when the office finally does open back up.

George said the mileage can be banked and averaged which is a huge plus as well.

Yeah the mileage was important for me too, but in average I never did more than 600 anyway... in the end it’s important for me to have the buffer for longer trips too (and mental mileage “range” anxiety-less)

 

[ajtaylor]

Yeah the mileage was important for me too, but in average I never did more than 600 anyway... in the end it’s important for me to have the buffer for longer trips too (and mental mileage “range” anxiety-less)

The Shell Card for me isn’t so much an issue, all the chargers where we go are either Polar or free Pod Point ones but I’ll see how I get on.

Might not get over 200 miles a month while we’re locked down like this, but we’ll see. Good thing with the monthly contract is if it’s not working for me I can hand the car back and be done with it.

 

[E7EV]

it was good to talk to George

George from ONTO? Has he defected?

Good thing with the monthly contract is if it’s not working for me I can hand the car back and be done with it.

Do you sign a new contract each month? What’s the insurance excess and can you cover it with car hire excess insurance?

 

[alegar]

George from ONTO? Has he defected?

No idea. I’ve only spoken to Olly and Luke.
Do you sign a new contract each month? What’s the insurance excess and can you cover it with car hire excess insurance?

It’s a rolling same as Onto, it’s goes automatically unless stated otherwise, with independent monthly invoices. I’m still having my annual insurance4carhire, being the conditions so similar I imagine it would be the same. Speaking from memory I think it’s the same £1000

 

[alegar]

The Shell Card for me isn’t so much an issue, all the chargers where we go are either Polar or free Pod Point ones but I’ll see how I get on.

Might not get over 200 miles a month while we’re locked down like this, but we’ll see. Good thing with the monthly contract is if it’s not working for me I can hand the car back and be done with it.

How have you found the entire booking experience in comparison to Onto’s?

Under my view, the communication was much more fluent, often and less ambiguous. Onto told me too many times we will contact you/similar without a proper ETA etc so I ended up waiting for things that never came etc.

 

[ajtaylor]

How have you found the entire booking experience in comparison to Onto’s?

Under my view, the communication was much more fluent, often and less ambiguous. Onto told me too many times we will contact you/similar without a proper ETA etc so I ended up waiting for things that never came etc.

Considering I booked on a Sunday and today is a bank holiday it looks like they’re processing everything. Also had an apology about the mixed messages regarding the referral, and confirmation they’ll add both for me which is super.

Already had an email confirming my delivery date and address, I must say so far I am impressed.

Knew my car’s registration plate immediately after booking as well, not that I need to use it for parking permits but I can see that being a huge bonus for people who do.

Communication seems so much better than on.to, hands down.

 

[alegar]

Considering I booked on a Sunday and today is a bank holiday it looks like they’re processing everything. Also had an apology about the mixed messages regarding the referral, and confirmation they’ll add both for me which is super.

Already had an email confirming my delivery date and address, I must say so far I am impressed.

Knew my car’s registration plate immediately after booking as well, not that I need to use it for parking permits but I can see that being a huge bonus for people who do.

Communication seems so much better than on.to, hands down.

Don’t you need the reg plate to take advantage of the congestion charge exemption?

Mine came directly from Renault dealer. Had a text and an email I think the morning of the delivery with true live tracking and an ETA (not like Onto’s which you can only see the location of the car when it updates every so often), although the ETA only takes into account the driving time, which in my case wasn’t true as the driver had to stop, have a break/eat etc. I guess it depends on your location anyway.

 

[ajtaylor]

Don’t you need the reg plate to take advantage of the congestion charge exemption?

Mine came directly from Renault dealer. Had a text and an email I think the morning of the delivery with true live tracking and an ETA (not like Onto’s which you can only see the location of the car when it updates every so often), although the ETA only takes into account the driving time, which in my case wasn’t true as the driver had to stop, have a break/eat etc. I guess it depends on your location anyway.

Yeah I will do, I was wondering whether they paid the £10 yearly Congestion Charge as on.to do but evidently not. Still cheaper if I do have to pay it than one trip in the ICE anyway so not a dealbreaker.

I’m within their 50 miles so I’m hoping delivery will be fairly straightforward. Even if they drive it here at full speed it should arrive with a fairly decent SOC. Do they come from one specific Renault dealer? My first on.to delivery was an utter cluster**** so as long as my car arrives roughly when they say it will then I’ll be happy.

 

[alegar]

Yeah I will do, I was wondering whether they paid the £10 yearly Congestion Charge as on.to do but evidently not. Still cheaper if I do have to pay it than one trip in the ICE anyway so not a dealbreaker.

I’m within their 50 miles so I’m hoping delivery will be fairly straightforward. Even if they drive it here at full speed it should arrive with a fairly decent SOC. Do they come from one specific Renault dealer? My first on.to delivery was an utter cluster**** so as long as my car arrives roughly when they say it will then I’ll be happy.

My onto delivery was also awful, not COVID secure, driver asking for a lift to the train station and leaving the car with food wrappings inside... I raised a complaint which took months to be sorted and it probs happened to many other people too.

Mine came from Birmingham/similar to Manchester. I guess it depends on the final destination. Only “bad” thing is that you have to be there, but it’s only due to handling of the keys so makes sense.

Let us know how it goes, delivered by who etc.