Electric Vehicles

I've owned two of them since 2017. both run great. the only one that's been to the shop ever was when my wife pulled into the garage with the door open.

I've rotated the tires, put air in them occasionally, topped up the washer fluid a few times, and washed/vacuumed. that's it for maintenance.

they're not for everybody. lots of people don't have a good charging setup at home. people that need to drive a couple hundred miles every day aren't a good candidate. you don't want to tow anything regularly with these vehicles.

but there's plenty of market for people who drive less than 50 miles a day who can charge at home or at work and these cars are practically no compromise at all.

I think counting on stable oil prices going forward has always been a bad bet.

I'm on year six with no complaints bud.

You don't keep it for 10 years, duh. You sell it at 7 years at most. When the battery and powertrain warranty is still intact.

Normally I get really smug about how much cheaper it is to run an old shitbox compared to a brand new car (particularly an EV, they depreciate hard), but this week I'm gonna be quiet on that front because I've spent all week elbows deep in the engine bay fixing an oil leak I've had since I got the piece of shit as a "while I'm in there" repair which every shitbox Audi owner can probably relate to, particularly those with a V shaped engine.