Anyone else having a change of heart?
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Anyone else having a change of heart?
P.S. I like many neighbors do not have a garage
As for the private car, we have 13kW of solar and extending to 20 which with a 25-30kW battery and the sun will charge the car overnight. With current fuel and energy prices the break even has come down to 5 years or less.
I read enough EV forums now to not be concerned by battery failure out of warranty. And like my ICE car new EVs plumet in value so you can find something appropriate at a good price. Bro in law just bought a 180K Jag for 30k AU with 30k km.
Lastly, I was at drift school last week and there were 2 evs there. Initially they just went around in circles as they put too much power down to sharply. But after 4x 10 minute sessions the owners were starting to piece it together. So they are not bad, just different. Definitely fast. The staff members twin cab ute does 0 to 100 on 5.7 sec making my BMW look a bit tardy.
On December 10, 2021, during the idiocracy, I paid $4.81 for Shell premium (adjusted for inflation). Yesterday, April 3, 2026, I paid $4.99 for Exxon premium. Same regional area.
HUGN*RDS wroteI claim the charger, installation, car repayments, insurance, tyres, any out of warranty servicing/needs. The staff member pending how you see it gets 10 - 20K pay rise. The business needs to spend money on something otherwise it just goes in tax. I don't feel like dropping 330K on a new truck, I don't need a new car so bought him one. He gets to sell his and have no running cost. No skin off my nose.Would be curious if you drive an EV for work if you get reimbursed expenses like you would with fuel. If you’re charging at home on solar, are you netting some profit?
But a hybrid with manual is unbeatable!
JeffinOregon wrotethe moment I got myself an EV i realised how silly it was to drive an ICE (unless you do tracking).The current oil crisis/kleptocracy has made me reconsider EV ownership. On a BMW owner’s survey, I indicated that I would hold out for internal combustion engines basically as long as possible, and sadly that’s no longer the case.
Anyone else having a change of heart?
it's just better in every way (assuming you have access to electricity/charging)
the unfortunate thing was I had a M340i and a M550i that i no longer drove, sold the M340i (still miss her) and my 2021 M550i has 6000 miles on it.
it's a no brainer. if EVs were invented first (actually it was!), and an engineer said hey i have a new motor that explodes and grinds metal on metal and has 1,000 moving parts, and only gives you power from 5,000-6,000 rpm.
you'd think he was crazy. but as it is, there is nothing wrong with ICE other than the fickle supply and the entire world is held ransom by a few big corporates. more importantly, there is nothing wrong with EVs. been driving it 99% since 2022 and not going back to ICE.
i didn't drive EVs to save the planet. i drive EVs because it's better than any of my BMW ICEs.
here's my garage list which is a mixture of ICE and EV and how much i like driving them from best to least
- Kia EV9
- Kia EV6
- BMW M550i TTV8
- BMW M340i I6-Turbo (sold)
- Nissan Leaf (EV)
- Toyota Sienna NA V6
JeffinOregon wroteDo you have 20 solar panels on your roof? If so, then it makes sense to go with an EV. Otherwise, you'll be fueling with same fossil fuel that an ICE uses.The current oil crisis/kleptocracy has made me reconsider EV ownership. On a BMW owner’s survey, I indicated that I would hold out for internal combustion engines basically as long as possible, and sadly that’s no longer the case.
Anyone else having a change of heart?
dcstep wroteI have 20 panels on my roof, EV’s need more range and there needs to be more fast chargers before I’m replacing my ICE stuff.Do you have 20 solar panels on your roof? If so, then it makes sense to go with an EV. Otherwise, you'll be fueling with same fossil fuel that an ICE uses.
JeffinOregon wroteAbsolutely not. I despise EV's with a passion.The current oil crisis/kleptocracy has made me reconsider EV ownership. On a BMW owner’s survey, I indicated that I would hold out for internal combustion engines basically as long as possible, and sadly that’s no longer the case.
Anyone else having a change of heart?
Do the math on what your car is worth vs what you paid for it vs the 1.50 or whatever your gas has gone up and then add the depreciation of your EV you will inevitably trade back in for a huge loss when your miss your ICE and gas prices come back down. You should probably keep your car and pay for gas.
Depreciation is a long term solution for a short term problem.
