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Many tens of thousands for a new battery? Maybe for a Tesla.
Leaf batteries are cheap AF at about $4k, and the rest are all less than $15k
Even then, those batteries last quite a while and tend to have decent waranties attached to them.
Your comment is pretty offbase IMO
The reason It's a Wonderful Life (1946) holds up so well is that George’s line, “You know how long it takes a working man to save $5000?” has somehow not aged even slightly.
OK, but an ICE engine car will cost much more than $4k to maintain over the life of a Leaf battery
To maintain??
looks at personal financials
What kind of shitbox cars have you bought? I’m on my 12th year of a 2001 Mazda 626, and a look at the Quicken category for it shows all of $1,834 spent on essential (non-cosmetic) parts beyond fuel, oil, and tyres. And yes, that’s across a dozen years, to the tune of about $152/yr.
Granted, it’s only around 200k on the odometer. But it sees almost daily use.
Just casually dropping fuel oil and tires lol, I mean I guess tires gotta have for both, but come on
And EVs will be much harder on tyres due to being double to triple the weight, and so will require either much more expensive tyres or more frequent replacement.
The fact remains that 12 years in, I am still financially ahead of any brand-new vehicle, ICE or EV.
(X) doubt
To a lot of people $4k isn’t cheap when a petrol powered car can be bought for <$1000
What planet u live on where u find 1000 cars????
Dude tires cost 1000
Minimum for a decent car is 5k and average is closer to 10k in 2024
Bro your tires are expensive. I just put 2 on literally last week for $300 including labor.
Where can I buy such a reliable car?