The Savings Tip Jar

How to avoid a depreciation hit on your car, with Performance Drive's Alexi Falson


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Joining us for his very first spotlight segment is Alexi Falson, a motoring journalist from group sister websites carloans.com.au and Performance Drive. He's been with us for a few years now but only now has he hopped on the podcast.

His topic of choice was depreciation, and how to avoid it. It's a big killer, with many cars losing a third of their value in as little as three years. Plus he gives us an electric vehicle market update, and shares two savings tips.

00:00-01:05 - Intro

01:05-03:51 - Alexi's Savings Tips - avoiding impulse purchases, and look at demo vehicles

03:51-04:23 - The brand with the least depreciation

04:23-06:07 - The post-Covid car market

06:07-07:13 - How much cars lose in depreciation

07:13-08:26 - Why people should care about depreciation

08:26-10:42 - How to stop your car from depreciating so much

10:42-12:43 - EV market update

12:43-14:21 - What to do about batteries on used EVs

14:21-14:33 - Outro

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