Has anyone regretted buying a fully electric car?
Has anyone regretted buying a fully electric car?
I need a new car, and I really want to go full electric. I'm wondering if anyone regrets buying one? What are the downsides?
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Short answer no. I now have two in my house. VW ID4 & ID3. So nice to drive, cheap to run and the maintenance costs are basically 0.
You haven’t replaced the tires?
That's still super low cost compared to all the regular repairs a combustion engine needs, especially when you consider that combustion cars also need tire replacements, just a bit less often
regular repairs
Are you driving an alfa romeo? An engine is just a part of a car that needs service and there are ICE cars with 500kkm on them that only had their oil and maybe a timing belt replaced. Neither is an expensive thing.
The electric cars also have suspension, brakes, comfort systems etc. And those need fixes or maintenance just as often if not more often then the engine (especially with more electronics and smarts these days). The electric propulsion system also isn’t a simple thing and I bet with enough time there are going to be brands or models to avoid because of expensive battery/drive train component failures.
That being said an electric brushless motor has much less mechanical complexity than an ICE. But saying that EVs are going to require significantly less maintenance needs to wait till we see twenty year old electric cars with hundreds of thousands kilometers on the odometers.
My Subaru needed head gasket twice, transmission failed, and needed a catalytic converter, among other things that don't even exist on an electric car. Maybe if ICE companies and dealerships didn't screw people over so hard, I'd consider buying one again. I'm going to try something different this time.
Dealer lied to me to get the sale in multiple ways, saying that the head gasket issue was fixed (it was, but not for the car they were selling me) and told me that the transmission fluid was not supposed to ever be changed (it was, and not changing it is probably why the transmission failed). Bunch of scammer scumbags, my next car will NOT be purchased from a dealer. If their business model requires a state law forcing them into the middle of a transaction, they're parasites.
I'd donate to Trump by buying a Tesla before I'd purchase a car from a dealership again.
Alfa Romeos are pretty reliable now, in general
Actually yeah, forgot about having to do that on my 1st ID4.