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[–] Maalus 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But you can still buy a 20 year old car with 250k on it for really cheap and drive it for the next 10 years till it completely craps itself.

[–] partial_accumen 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The last thing I would call a 250k mile car driven for another 10 years is "cheap". Large expensive things will be breaking left and right.

[–] Maalus 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, but people with no choice buy them and ride them till they break. And some take a while to break.

[–] partial_accumen 1 points 1 year ago

In that situation they'd likely be better served with a 250k mile EV and whatever range it has left or purchase of a subpar pack from a wrecked EV of the same model to keep it on the road. EV just have so many fewer moving parts. The moving parts are what wear out over time.