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jonnymoon5 t1_iu3ypcr wrote

Reply to comment by stickman07738 in Seen earlier today. by ThanksNew9906

I’ll never understand this talking point. Have most people never had to pay for a major repair on a gas car before? An engine ain’t cheap either

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akleit50 t1_iu3zi5r wrote

Yeah, but you can take your car to a local garage. You don’t need some “authorized” repair person to come pick up your car. Also, a lot of us know how to do routine maintenance and repairs on our cars. Save a bit of cash….

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JaredBanyard t1_iu4qesj wrote

I get my wheels/tires done at my local shop with my Tesla.

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angusshangus t1_iu4mjsw wrote

Most new cars are sealed black boxes now though. An Indy servicing a modern automatic sequential 8 or 9 speed transmission? Not going to happen.

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akleit50 t1_iu4on1u wrote

Except my local garage has serviced my modern Volvo transmission. They’ve also replaced the clutch and hydraulics on my not as modern manual gearbox on my fiesta. But hey.

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stickman07738 t1_iu46697 wrote

All car have an estimated $5-6K repair /maintence cost over a 10 yrs life. The issue with EVs are battery replacement costs of $10K or more. I have a friend battling Tesla now - I egg him on about how it was good buy.

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