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The link was just an example man. I don't speak Polish I didn't look up any sources in Polish.
https://plc.auction/auction/from-pl/fuel-gasoline
https://plc.auction/auction/from-pl/fuel-electric
I see a ton of listings for sub 10k for ice, very few in that range for EVs.
I'm trying to say asstitties has a credible perspective.
It's only credible because you're taking a broken logic point and moving forward.
The broken logic is the comparison of a beater with brand new and an assertion that EV beaters are unavailable.
Your second link doesn't prove anything either way
First problem is I can't filter by price unless I'm registered, so I'm interested as to how you did so. Secondly the first link you provided states that the majority of beaters are sold on car lots not via auction (where you'll generally find the more expensive cars and if I'm not mistaken -edit missing words - that's exactly what you find on your second link). This link, in its own words is to facilitate the direct purchase of international cars from places like South Korea and the US, people aren't paying £3000 shipping to bring in a £1000 car. The same as grey market imports in the UK are always rare stuff you can't get locally.
You don't speak Polish, OK. You're Canadian, you have to have at least cursory french (it's mandatory right ?) do a search in Belgium and France for EVs under €3000 - that will give you a pretty solid proxy for what is available in Poland - for decades second hand cars went East to the former Warsaw Pact countries. That flow has slowed into Poland as Poles are much richer on average now, but it still exists and hence beater prices are fairly levelled across the EU bloc due to relatively free flow of goods (there are barriers but they aren't too bad)
(Scroll down the page it's at the bottom)
"PLC Auction provides direct access to international auctions of used vehicles (damaged, repaired, and undamaged)."
"One of the main risks when buying a vehicle from abroad is unforeseen expenses. The calculator on the website helps determine the final price of the car at the bidding stage. The calculation takes into account:
I know, I just scrolled through a bunch of pages.
You don't have to agree with me, and maybe buying from Belgium is a good idea or there's some reason we don't know about that makes it harder for the person to do that.
I think it looks like he's right 🤷🏻♂️