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I have an acquaintance that bought an electric BMW for roughly €80,000. My Dacia has cost me €4500 when it was brand new 14 years ago and I'm still driving it.

I have an acquaintance that bought an electric BMW for roughly €80,000. My Dacia has cost me €4500 when it was brand new 14 years ago and I'm still driving it. In my opinion electric cars are too expensive, yeah :)

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HDThoreaun 3y ago
You know you can buy €80,000 ice cars too right? Why would you compare cars that arent competing with each other?
- MichaelRo 3y ago
  What the fuck does "aren't competing with each other" mean? They are cars. They do the same shit, take you from point A to point B. That's the definition of competing with each other. Also, most of this world isn't made up by overpaid Valley developers but people who care about cost. I'm buying the cheapest, couldn't give a fuck that it's electric if it costs more. And like me there are billions.
  - HDThoreaun 3y ago
    No, €80,000 luxury cars are not doing the same as the economy cars are. Their job is more than just point A to point B. You can get electric cars for much less than that if you dont care about luxury and signaling.
    - readthenotes1 3y ago
      You can get ICE cars for less as well....
      - HDThoreaun 3y ago
        Then compare the prices of those cars. Their comment is acting like electric cars are twice as expensive as comparable ice cars and thats just not true.
- chrisandchris 3y ago
  I think the OPs point is more likely that there are no EVs for 4.5k.
  - MichaelRo 3y ago
    Precisely. The cheapest electric car available here is again, Dacia, at €21,000. Note that it's not 20k but another 1k. For that €1000 which is a rounding error in the price of a new car, I can find lots of second-hand cars that will work just fine and have far greater autonomy than the electric one: https://www.olx.ro/d/oferta/vand-dacia-logan-2006-IDhOqJI.html https://www.olx.ro/d/oferta/vand-dacia-logan-2006-IDhOqJI.ht... I only know one guy that has an electric car, that BMW, for which he actually only paid half, the other was some sort of aid program for companies (he owns one). He also owns a regular BMW and says the quality is far superior, and convenience and autonomy wise they cannot be compared. So for €40,000 he bought an expensive toy because he can afford it but for serious business, driving hundreds of Km in one go, quick refill, comfort, he uses the gas-based car. Just think that besides driving from point A to point B in the winter you also need heating and in the summer cooling. The battery autonomy falls dramatically if you use them. Then there's charging time which is a major inconvenience compared with time to refill.
theshrike79 3y ago
A friend bought a house and 5 acres of land for $500k I’m living in my mom’s basement for free. In my opinion houses are too expensive.
thebruce87m 3y ago
This has to be a satirical comment.

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HDThoreaun 3y ago

You know you can buy €80,000 ice cars too right? Why would you compare cars that arent competing with each other?

MichaelRo 3y ago
What the fuck does "aren't competing with each other" mean? They are cars. They do the same shit, take you from point A to point B. That's the definition of competing with each other. Also, most of this world isn't made up by overpaid Valley developers but people who care about cost. I'm buying the cheapest, couldn't give a fuck that it's electric if it costs more. And like me there are billions.
- HDThoreaun 3y ago
  No, €80,000 luxury cars are not doing the same as the economy cars are. Their job is more than just point A to point B. You can get electric cars for much less than that if you dont care about luxury and signaling.
  - readthenotes1 3y ago
    You can get ICE cars for less as well....
    - HDThoreaun 3y ago
      Then compare the prices of those cars. Their comment is acting like electric cars are twice as expensive as comparable ice cars and thats just not true.
chrisandchris 3y ago
I think the OPs point is more likely that there are no EVs for 4.5k.
- MichaelRo 3y ago
  Precisely. The cheapest electric car available here is again, Dacia, at €21,000. Note that it's not 20k but another 1k. For that €1000 which is a rounding error in the price of a new car, I can find lots of second-hand cars that will work just fine and have far greater autonomy than the electric one: https://www.olx.ro/d/oferta/vand-dacia-logan-2006-IDhOqJI.html https://www.olx.ro/d/oferta/vand-dacia-logan-2006-IDhOqJI.ht... I only know one guy that has an electric car, that BMW, for which he actually only paid half, the other was some sort of aid program for companies (he owns one). He also owns a regular BMW and says the quality is far superior, and convenience and autonomy wise they cannot be compared. So for €40,000 he bought an expensive toy because he can afford it but for serious business, driving hundreds of Km in one go, quick refill, comfort, he uses the gas-based car. Just think that besides driving from point A to point B in the winter you also need heating and in the summer cooling. The battery autonomy falls dramatically if you use them. Then there's charging time which is a major inconvenience compared with time to refill.

theshrike79 3y ago

A friend bought a house and 5 acres of land for $500k I’m living in my mom’s basement for free. In my opinion houses are too expensive.

thebruce87m 3y ago

This has to be a satirical comment.