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> Yeah, until this gets fixed, I'm not buying an EV. I ran the numbers and after 10 years of ownership and almost 200k miles, the cost of a brand-new ICE car +
by com2kid 3y ago
> Yeah, until this gets fixed, I'm not buying an EV. I ran the numbers and after 10 years of ownership and almost 200k miles, the cost of a brand-new ICE car + 10 years of gasoline + maintenance is still less than the cost of a Model 3.
My math is even worse, in 5 years I have driven maybe 30k, but I am also constantly annoyed that my 1.6L subcompact gas car gets less than 20 MPG driving up and down Seattle's hills at 20 MPH.
A city electric car would be nice, but our road infrastructure just isn't built for them.
- simfree 3y agoFiat 500e's can be had for just a few grand in Seattle, ditto for older Nissan Leafs. There are a few Seattle Fiat 500e owners who are doing 20k to 30k miles a year, which makes for a very low cost per mile compared to a gas subcompact car
- com2kid 3y agoI drove a regular Fiat 500 once. Terrible car, only time I've felt scared driving, and not due to the size of the car, but rather just the horrible build quality. It felt on par with the Geo Metro I learned to drive in. I currently own 2 sub compacts, both of which are just barely big enough to fit a stroller + 1 bag of groceries, which feels about as small as I'd want to go for a city car, although part of me wonders how much of that is due to the size of the strollers sold in America! I feel my car is both way too big and also too small at times. TBF a large % of my commute is taking the entire family around, or going to fetch large batches of things from stores, so I don't feel too bad, other than the entire using gas and getting 20MPG part aspect of it all.