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The headline sounds like yet another anti-EV scare, but surprisingly the article actually explains this is a fuck-you quote, and the real repair cost can be a f
by pornel 3y ago
The headline sounds like yet another anti-EV scare, but surprisingly the article actually explains this is a fuck-you quote, and the real repair cost can be a fraction of that.
- mr337 3y agoAgree, I wish the manufactures would do something to reign in these costs as it is doing a disservice to EVs. Anyone on the fence about purchasing a BEV, a headline like this doesn't bode well.
- p0w3n3d 3y agoHowever companies should be prohibited to propose such quotes at all. they do it because they will earn more on selling a new car, meanwhile what they wipe their mouths with are ecology slogans
- EdwardDiego 3y agoThese prices seem very consistent with BMW's pricing practices in general for all its vehicles. They get very cheap secondhand around the 6 year / 100000km mark in my country, as that's when bits start breaking and you may as well just buy a new one.
- consumer451 3y agoUsed German automobiles are weapons of economic mass destruction. I say this only half jokingly.
- htatche 3y agoCrazy to think there was a time where they used to represent the complete opposite.
- EdwardDiego 3y agoThe urban folk knowledge I was told is that a) Germans love leasing cars, not buying them and b) if you salt the roads in winter, cars will rust sooner rather than later, and that's only something you can delay, not prevent. Ergo (so the folk knowledge goes), their cars are engineered for a short-term market. Amazingly reliable and fun in the designed for lifetime, after that, it's in God's hands. I have no idea how true that is, but it feels kinda truth adjacent, from my compassionate listening to owners of secondhand BMWs. Oh, and apparently, there's a bit of a European car part cartel in my country, so spares are even more expensive than they already are. I've never had to deal in urban folklore when owning Toyotas though.
- zhdc1 3y agoDoesn’t track with me. Live in Central Europe. Most of the people we know either own their cars outright or take public transportation. Many companies north of the border (Germany) offer company cars as an incentive, which iirc are leased, but these eventually hit the resale market as one year or CPO vehicles. Most cars also have a fairly long anti-corrosion warranty. That said, reliability issues were more a matter of 1. US style cost cutting (remember Daimler Chrysler?) 2. getting caught by surprise by the horse power wars of the naughts and early teens. Engines and associated parts were rushed to market without proper testing. These issues have largely been reversed. Modern BMWs are almost/as reliable as Japanese manufacturers while MB is starting to close the gap.
- sokoloff 3y ago> remember Daimler Chrysler? Sadly, yes. “In the phrase ‘Daimler-Chrysler’, the Daimler is silent.”
- zhdc1 3y agoIt was the opposite, to be honest. Chrysler knew they were toast. They either had to be bought out, mortgage everything for massive capital investment (which is what Ford did), or eventually go under. Meanwhile, Daimler executives wanted a way to get American compensation. A ‘merger’ that would turn them into an ‘American’ company was their preferred option. Of course, the Chrysler executive team was eventually shown the exit, the company was run from Germany, and it turned out that Daimler’s leadership was making a number of other major mistakes (this is around the time when reliability went down hill, and it had nothing to do with Chrysler).
- imtringued 3y agoSince when are corrosion problems still a thing? Unless your car gets it's paint coat damaged in an accident, it's not going to rust at all these days.
- somehnguy 3y ago
- heelix 3y agoYup. Not uncommon to get a really high quote when someone really does not want to do the work. We had a florescent light in a utility room that my Bride wanted to replace with another light fixture. She called a contractor who quoted $2k labor to swap in her new hardware - a 20 minute job for an amateur like me. Another contractor had offered to install 3 new toilets for about $6K labor. These prices were so far out of expectations they were really saying we don't want to do these gigs... nicely. (or take your money if you don't know any better... hard to say which) I once had a gig where I was told to go directly to the airport. They booked one of the nicest hotels, nicest flights, half way around the world and charged them a small fortune for me to show them they ate an Exception. Apparently our company had really tried to say no, and charged them an unholy amount of money... and they still said yes.
- talldatethrow 3y agoWelcome to the new pricing structure of contractors. I blame YouTube and Facebook groups that basically all congratulate themselves for figuring out "charge 3x more, thus making 6x profits, and just do 1/6th the work!"
- instagib 3y agoDoesn’t hurt to shop around. From my research the replacement costs varied from $20k to $40k for electric vehicle batteries repair quotes. For city driving you charge to 80% so the batteries last quite a while. Charging network still is bad. Many stations are broken but appear working in what I have seen driving with a friend who has an EV or looking up station reviews. They didn’t need to charge but wanted to because of little time at home or hotel.
- bdcravens 3y agoThey want to push people to buy an i4 instead of keeping the i3 on the road. There's work I can do, but hate to, and if you asked me for a quote, I'd probably quote you $1000/hour (and pray you say no)