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I don’t know why people list transmission and engine full replacement costs as a maintenance cost of an ICE. The whole point of maintenance is that you don’t en
by olliej 4y ago
I don’t know why people list transmission and engine full replacement costs as a maintenance cost of an ICE. The whole point of maintenance is that you don’t end up doing anything like that.
Is it possible to blow up a maintained engine? Of course, ask anyone who has owned a WRX :)
But if you are driving a normal (IE not “performance”) car and you aren’t just thrashing it, then I would expect multiple 100k out of an ICE.
That’s said: 5k in maintenance over 90k doesn’t seem insane, especially given the great deal they got on their emergency replacement tires :-O
- bsagdiyev 4y agoIt seems like a weird coping or logic mechanism? I don't get it. I'm not replacing the motor every 10k in my car. And the recent engine rebuild on my "race" car didn't even come near that cost using definitely more expensive aftermarket parts.
- TheLoafOfBread 4y agoHow else could they say that ICE maintenance is more expensive than BEV, if they won't start rambling about nonsensical replacements? Like who really changes their transmission? You are changing clutch discs, if you don't know how to use clutch, but those does not cost XY thousand of dollars. Who replaces their engine after XY miles? If there is a problem with an engine, then you will fix the problem, i.e. replace filters or injectors. Replacement happens only if it has a catastrophic failure, like block split in half or a piston telling your bonnet "hello".
- rs999gti 4y ago> Like who really changes their transmission? Hondas from the mid 90s to mid 2000s had bad automatic transmissions. It was more of a bad supplier than Honda, but Honda issued a voluntary recall letter to owners