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Yup, I buy exclusively used cars. If manufacturers made simple, cheap, reliable cars, I'd consider buying new. But all the new stuff has so many electronics in it that longer term maintenance is a pain.
I'd love an EV with 150-200 mile range and almost no tech. I don't even need fast charging, as long as I can recharge overnight. I don't need driving assist (I don't work that far away), fancy infotainment, just a radio and an audio jack for my phone. I just want to get to work and back as cheaply as possible, that's it.
This is like the optimal use case for an electric car too. Everyone around me keeps complaining about not being able to go on road trips due to battery while never actually going on any, also bitching about the gas, and having three different vehicles of different sizes. Like come on it's not that fucking hard. Ev for work and groceries, your shitty ass smog camper for road trips you never go on. But even if I spell it out simple they are all Facebook conspiracy loonies and/or mentally challenged trumpster fires and won't stop spewing the same nonsense
Yup. I already have two cars, a larger car for family trips (minivan), and a commuter (hybrid). The family car isn't likely to be an EV anytime soon, but the commuter could, but I'm not paying $50k for something that's way overkill, I just need you get to work and back.
The Chevy Bolt and Leaf are close, and I'll probably get one eventually, but they're just a little too expensive for me to replace my currently working car. I want something with an inexpensive battery so I can replace it in 5-10 years without going broke.
I was planning on converting the 83 Honda or the scirocco myself but right around when I had saved up enough money the dollar tanked compared to USD and a lot of stuff would come from there if I didn't order by the seacan amount. Now I can barely afford anything let alone the batteries or any of the work on the car really.