Electric vs Gas
xkcd.com

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

      • boonhet@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        Plenty of countries out there with lower income levels than the US, including much of Europe tbh.

        • sudoku@programming.devEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          yeah, but all of those 400-500 kkm cars get bought up by Kazakhstan and similar country importers.

          • boonhet@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            5 months ago

            I myself recently went from a '19 car with 220k km to a ‘05 one with 460k km because I realized my car’s getting driven so much recently, the depreciation is killing its’ value. For context, in 2022 when I acquired the '19 car, it had 140k on it.

            I’ll have to do some wheel bearings, brake pads, belts and pulleys, etc, on the old beater, but all that is way cheaper than the depreciation on a newer car.

            To be clear, I don’t advocate most people do this, I already knew beforehand what the engine and transmission are capable of. And if need be, I’ll even do engine repairs or get the transmission refurbished. The ONLY thing I’m afraid of is bodywork because I can’t paint for shit lol

            It’s not all Kazakhstan either. I’m in Estonia and half of those “200k km” German cars that get imported here have had their odometer rewinded.