Devils Panties 09/25/2025

It's nice not having to ever worry about car stuff. I just have to worry about this high horse instead.

Damn, you let your horse smoke weed?

EV + solar panels on my house == free charging. i am so happy with this combo.

New battery is cheap. Subaru headgaskets are not.

I’ve known plenty of people with Subarus and none have had head gasket issues. I think the problem is exaggerated because it’s memed.
- It’s specific engines and they haven’t built those engines in a long time. I’d be more vary of their diesels splitting crankshafts.
  In reality the eventual EV battery replacement cost is several times that of the head gasket job anyway.
- My Subaru spun a rod bearing, which is apparently also a well-known problem.
- I think it WAS a problem in older models. Caused me to get rid of my 2004 Forester. That being said, I still managed to get around 180,000 miles on it before it was an issue.

It cost $70 to drive is such a weird thing to say.

No it isn’t. I went to the Gas Store and bought one Gas and they asked me for a $70 bill. He even gave me my change: One $Change.
- I think that the commenter is referring to the grammar. It should read "it costs," not "it cost." It makes it seem like they are referring to a very specific previous drive, but that context isn't provided here
This entire comic is weird, it’s like it exists to cap read really basic opinions that its readers already hold. This isn’t even the first ICE vs EV comic they’ve done recently.
- it's doing leftish talking points in a style usually done by people on the right; you agree with it so it must be good.
It isn’t when you have an EV. I just had this conversation with my wife a few days ago. My EV is $22/mo in electricity with my commute. My old gas car was $150/mo at best. What the comic leaves out is the cost of insurance on the EV being about $150/mo and my old car was dirt cheap so it’s almost a wash. The EV is a hell of a lot more fun to drive though.
- I think they meant literally, "it cost" as in past tense. If you're referring to a specific, previous event, then it makes grammatical sense. But it sounds like he's comparing the cars generally, so it sounds more appropriate to say "it costs"

The gas is almost the cheapest thing. Insurance, maintenance, tires, etc

Yes, but an EV also needs insurance, maintenance, and tires. OP’s post is pointing out a distinction between EVs and ICE vehicles.
- Yeah, was thinking more the “2 cars” vs 1. And $70/month to have backup transport may be worth it if it’s paid off. But yes, the EV would be cheaper to run.
- You know what "EV" doesn't need insurance, and has vastly cheaper maintenance and tires? An E-bike!
  E-bikes are the real "EVs," outselling electric cars by a wide margin for several years now.
- EV's need even less maintenance since they don't need oil changes. They also rarely need brakes replaced due to regenerative breaking

The EV is definitely a money improvement. A new battery and the Subaru will sell for a pretty penny, though.

I'm not against them, but I wonder how EVs will hold up in the long haul. Like in 20 years will there even be a feasible used market or will the batteries and motors be too shitty without a crazy expensive replacements to keep them practical?
And then there's the scrapping process for batteries too. Can batteries be refurbished, scrapped or recycled in a way that most regions can do it?
Like LEDs I know they CAN be built to last a long time, but I know companies often don't
- https://www.api.org/-/media/files/oil-and-natural-gas/fuels/ev%20battery%20reuse%20recyc%20api%20summary%20report%2024nov2020.pdf
  page 9 goes into battery reuse and recycle <3
- EV batteries last a very long time when implemented right. Post-2015, and on cars not named the Nissan Leaf, batteries can last 10+ years and well over 200,000 miles. A Hyundai recently went in for a battery at 389,000 miles... all of which were not well maintained miles, as in, overnight to 100 percent, fast charge, drain to empty, etc. Hyundai bought the battery for Science reasons.
  As for recycling, a company recently developed a system to turn used ev batteries into grid storage by literally plugging them into a special adapting charging controller.
  This is in addition to recycling the batteries.
- Yeah these batteries are like 95% recyclable

I have a friend with a Subaru he didn't drive much. Battery kept dieing on him. He determined that with the car of there was a small drain on the battery. Took quite a bit to figure out that the issue was the old 3g connection for starlink. Even though he hadn't ever paid for the service, the car still kept trying to connect to the cell network. With 3g retired, it had nothing to connect to.

I also have a Subaru with a 3g connection I never replaced, but it's a daily driver. From what I can tell on forums, this only became a problem once there was no longer a 3g network. Just curious that even without the subscription the car was connecting to something and now that there is no connection, it will continuously try to connect.

There is a bypass module that can be purchased, because apparently if you just pull the fuse, you lose Bluetooth and the front speakers. You can keep Bluetooth by having an aftermarket headunit which bypasses the manufacturer Bluetooth.

God, I really wish Subaru would just make their own EVs in-house instead of slapping their logo on a bunch of Toyotas

How they gonna put a boxer engine in an EV though?
- They would lose that beautiful 60/40 weight distribution and their target audience would not allow that.
- there are ev crate engines, is that close enough?
Not just that, but a Toyota that is the most "eh, good enough" EV there is.
Have a bz4x because we got a very, very good deal on it. Do not recommend unless you also get a very, very good deal. It's aggressively OKish.