Comments by "Solo Renegade" (@SoloRenegade) on "Geoff Buys Cars" channel.

Why have we never seen such a parking garage fire in previous decades? Diesels and gasoline vehicles have never had this problem in the past.
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@Tschacki_Quacki not as frequently nor as devastating. gasoline and diesel can't burn through concrete, easier to put out using traditional fire suppression. Name a car hauler ship that was destroyed in the past by ICE car fires? Name a parking garage that burned due to ICE in the past that destroyed teh concrete? Show me some house fires started by ICE vehicles parked in their owners' garages in the last 12months? Explain why EVs has special parking restrictions at car repair shops in case of fire, but ICE do not? Show me an interview of a fireman talking about how ICE are more dangerous than EV in the event of a fire?
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still waiting for the rich to stop flying private jets, sell their coastal properties and move inland.....
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that won't work in the US. It's illegal to drive without insurance n most states. and you can't force people to buy a car they can't afford.
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the EV cost you money too, and the depreciation is going to cost you more.
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@rickmoz but EVs depreciate FASTER, way to ignore the key detail.
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@rickmoz "do they really? Or is that just a few videos / articles you see online…" yes, and it's not just articles, its the actual dealership auctions and dealership lots where it's happening most. "and personally I don’t really care. " so even when I prove you wrong, you've already declared you wont listen. your pride, stubbornness, and cult beliefs is more important to you than the truth. "Got my PCP and after four years I’ll swap" I've never owned an ICE car for less than 7yrs. and I've paid a grand total of $10k for ALL the ICE cars I've ever owned in my life. and the worst one got 27mpg in town, and the best has gotten as high as 47mpg in town. But you prefer to take the consumerist approach which is FAR worse for the environment. Your EV requires rare earth elements that cause harm by themselves, then buy and sell so often and the used car gets junked because no one wants it rather than reused for 20-30yrs like ICE cars. if you do the math ICE cars actually cause less total emissions cradle to grave than an EV. Mining, manufacturing, energy to operate, repair, lifespan, and recycling.
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@rickmoz "ook what works for you works for you don’t get upset and cry just because someone likes an electric vehicle, you sound more like the cultist. " the only person crying is you, when you get challenged on the facts taht you don't care about. You have no argument so all you can do is insult and name call. I'm a cultist? how do you figure that? name calling isn't a valid argument, it's a logical fallacy. But feel free to attempt to prove how I'm a cultist. "Cult: a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister." Belief in facts is not a religion nor sinister. "As for the earth minerals it’s an LFP battery and the same materials are used in petrol, diesel production" not true at all, what utter nonsense.
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just wait, EVs are NOT more environmentally friendly than ICE. and due to lack of electrical infrastructure, EVs lack the flexibility needed for widespread adoption. lack of used car market for EVs keeps low income people from buying them.
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that's called socialism, when gov tells you what you can/cannot buy/sell
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frame damage will be totaled since the battery could be damaged. Flood damage with be automatic total as well due to risk to teh battery.
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@tastytechaddictsmtb nobody said it couldn't be done, only that it's high risk, and the insurance companies don't seem to want to have anything to do with it, understandably so.
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@mikebreen2890 not cosmetic damage, frame damage. if you had frame damage, teh battery is now a high risk item since it's condition cannot be known without tearing the car apart. and there is now risk of even a single cell in that battery being shorted causing a fire later.
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@franciscoshi1968 then buy them up and make money selling used EVs.....sounds like a perfect money making opportunity for you... it's not that people don't know how to work on a battery or electric motor, people have done that for many decades. it's the depreciation, risk, etc. People that can afford EVs are buying new. those that can't don't want a second hand EV for reasons, and even if they did, they still lack the charging infrastructure at home which they also can't afford.
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@franciscoshi1968 "if people can't afford a standard plug at home they must be so poor they wouldn't be able to afford to pay for petrol. " wrong. shows how out of touch you are. Also, that is "Cherry Picking". A standard 120V plug wont recharge an EV. Many older homes, such as mine, have no ability to install an EV charger. to do so would require me hiring an electrician to completely redo my entire electrical panel and run new lines where none exist. It's not cheap, in addition to teh cost of the charger itself. And many others doesn't even own their house, nor have a garage to even park in. you pay as you go with fuel, but need to pay upfront for EV and solar stuff. "Cars are being written off for very little damage. No just EVs. Plenty of ICE cars with very light damage are also being written off." My first car was a Ford Ranger decades ago, by the time I got it it had already been in 2 major car accidents, one in which the front end was smashed in. we straightened it out well enough, and I drove it for many years, and it got 27mpg. Then I sold it after doing almost no maintenance besides oil, brakes, tires, wipers, and a battery. it had 3 more owners after me. can't do that with an EV. "The difference with EVs is that there is lots of FUD being spread as with this video. For the battery to be damaged enough in a crash to be a problem the car would be unrepairble." yes and no. otherwise repairable damage could damage the battery enough to cause a fire. but unrepairable damage would still total the car even if the battery managed to survive undamaged. The problem is, they don't know which cars have their batteries damaged and which do not. if even a SINGLE cell in the entire EV is damaged just barely enough to cause an issue, it becomes a fire hazard. And there is no cost effective way to find out. Thus making the car a complete gamble and too high risk for insurance companies and used car dealerships and even mechanics shops. "The battery is inside of the survival cell. If the battery gets damaged the survival cell would also be damaged." yes, but the damage may be hard to spot or detect. I'm saying this as a Mechanical Engineer that deals with high voltage systems every day. electronics can be damaged much more easily that structure. "That would make any car including ICE cars unrepairble and ICE cars with flood damage can not be repaired either. Anything with flood damage is an instant write off." correct "All this FUD is doing is making idiots loose money for really simple mistakes. Some one got an EV for $1k because it wouldn't charge. They thought the battery needed replacing and all it needed was a 12v battery. I am really upset that some one beat me to it. That was a $20k mistake from someone who believed the FUD." but that happens all the time. and do keep you eyes out for those deals. My uncle bought a Chevy S10 at auction that no on wanted for $100. they started it and it immediately made a noise. From experience, he knew exactly what the issue was, and so he bought it. He got a perfect condition S10 with no rust, perfect engine, everything, because of a $10 part that needed replacing. He fixed it on the way home that day by stopping at a parts store and fixing it in the parking lot. The major issue people have with EVs is that there are VERY REAL issues (lack of infrastructure, lack of grid energy, fire hazards, lack of in-home chargers, high purchase cost, lack of long-term used car market, etc.). And worse than that, they are being FORCED to buy EVs against their will by communists and socialists. And many of us are willing to start a war to stop socialism and communism in this country.
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@mikebreen2890 "Do any cars with frame damage end up back on the road? I would not want it back anyway." yes, all the time. depends upon the nature of the damage, and what the individual is willing to deal with. some people can't afford not to fix it. I grew up in a family with no money, but the skills necessary to fix things, and even build things from scratch. My family made their own tractors, logging skidders, etc. from raw material and junkyard engines and parts, or military surplus. They knew how to find undamaged parts in junkyards, and sniff out good deals, and then made the rest from raw material.
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@mikebreen2890 "Speaking of which, I was going to link to a firm that specialises in battery replacements for Leafs from crashed cars. They gave up because they couldn't get enough batteries to keep the business going." and then there are secondary issue like that. and if people can't get spare/replacement batteries, then there is no hope for the EV used market at all. With the current high demand for lithium batteries, this is going to be a problem going forward. and with every car having unique batteries, even more so.
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