Comments by "Solo Renegade" (@SoloRenegade) on "Hagerty"
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@T1Oracle 40k miles is literally nothing. report back in 20yrs and over 300k miles. Any car can last 40k+ miles with pretty much no maintenance.
I've never had to do anything but oil changes and tires on ICE cars I've had with less than 70k miles. Problems typically start north of 100k miles, and most ICE cars die between 250-350k miles depending upon how well the owner took care of them. But it's easy to put a crate motor into them at that point and make them last again. let's see how easily and affordably you swap that battery pack in 20yrs.
I paid $8k for my Buick in 2015 with 21k miles on it. Didn't have to replace anything but oil, wipers, and tires until nearly 90k miles. It's approaching 120k miles now and everything still works. Done a few minor things here and there, but overall very little maintenance cost. the car gets 27-44mpg (27 on winter gas, 36-44 on the freeway in summer). This car will easily last over 300k miles. At which point I plan to put a new engine in it.
My previous car was a Ford Taurus that blew a head gasket at 275k miles. Could have done an engine swap for as little as $3k back then. Car was in good shape still, and I really wanted to do the engine swap but circumstances weren't in my favor back then. Bought that car for $2k in 2007. I take care of my vehicles, and so they last. My car before that was a 1995 Ford Ranger that got 27mpg even in town and lasted for well over 300k miles and had next to no maintenance done to it the entire time I owned it. Replaced the alternator once (seized up from sitting while I was in Iraq), some ball joints, a blinker from hitting a deer, stuff like that. Otherwise just oil, batteries, tires, wipers, brakes, etc. for the truck. Sold the truck to my sister in 2008, and she sold it to a friend a few years after that, and he had it for many more years. The thing just wouldn't die. It had been in 2 major car accidents before I got it, and it hit multiple deer, a few racoons, and got beat up even more after I sold it. No EV would survive what that truck went through.
How much did you spend on your EV? How much will you spend to replace it later? I bet you spent more on your EV than I spent on all of my last 3 ICE cars combined over the past 25+ years of my life (counting purchase prices and any repairs I had to do above and beyond normal stuff like oil, wipers, tires...).
I also bought 2 airplanes for less than $50k, one of them cost only $18k and gets 42mpg and was built in 1964. The other one gets 44mpg and is much newer. Far more sustainable than an EV that will get recycled in only 1-2 decades and has tons of rare earth elements that can be toxic or dangerous if not handled properly. Don't forget the cobalt and lithium in your car was mined using child and slave labor (even Tesla is buying such lithium as their is not enough non-conflict mineral sources of lithium to build all the batteries for EVs).
Also, my car insurance is $15/month. It pays to be a good driver. What are you paying for insurance on your EV? Did you take out a loan for your EV? I always pay cash for all my cars, no debt, no interest.
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