I drive a nearly 20 year old Subaru Legacy. It was less than $8,000 when I bought it, has leather seats, a sunroof, and a 6 speed manual transmission. Aside fro

I drive a nearly 20 year old Subaru Legacy. It was less than $8,000 when I bought it, has leather seats, a sunroof, and a 6 speed manual transmission. Aside from the inevitable Subaru head gasket failure, it has no foreseeable major failure points with regular maintenance. Every time I consider going back to a newer car, specifically an EV, I’m reminded that in the Australian market, the entry level seems to be around $50,000 with only one or two low quality options lower than that. I just can’t stomach $50,000 on a car the same quality as my $8,000 one when it still runs and I enjoy driving it, and I’m not willing to sacrifice comfort and quality to buy something cheaper, so I’ll need to wait for a used market to develop. At the same time I worry that when the new EVs reach similar prices used, they’ll be waste due to prohibitively expensive battery replacements. All this is to say I hope hydrogen fuel cells become a thing because in Australia with the distances I regularly drive, a range-compromised used EV is not much good to me.