#cars Did you learn anything from buying your electric car

[stenpett@mstdn.games]

@clew @Myphatself @ohmu Blinking yellow hazard light on the roof. Job's a good'n.

[portlandy@pdx.social]

@ohmu we had a Chevy spark for a few years and loved it despite its limited range. But gm stopped manufacturing parts for it, so when it stopped working last year, they just shrugged and tried to sell me a new one.

Lesson: if you buy it used, make sure the manufacturer still makes the same car with the same parts and plans to continue doing so.

Also fuck gm what the fuck

[portlandy@pdx.social]

@ohmu oh be sure to take a look at https://linh.social/@qlp/115891689704472587

[irrationalmethod@social.coop]

@ohmu @clew @Myphatself @stenpett

This is why I've been keeping an eye on the Slate Truck. (Sadly funded by Jeff Bezos.)

But we're planning to go test drive a Leaf sometime in the next couple of weeks.

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@portlandy
Manufacturer support. Yesss. Thank you!
This is one thing pushing me into the arms of Honda. They are great at that.

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@portlandy

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@IrrationalMethod @clew @Myphatself @stenpett
We're text driving my friends' Bolt next weekend

[finitum@mastodon.social]

@ohmu going through a broker was cheaper than any advertised price I could find through a dealership. Leasehackr.com exists, wound up using a broker I found there.

Free charging largely doesn't exist, I think its down to luxury brands & VW Buzz.
There's going to be a LOT of leases coming off 2 year leases this year, 3 year leases next year of people that got EVs to take advantage of tax incentives before they went away & i've seen some really decent deals on low mileage cars coming off lease.

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@Finitum
I had never even heard of a broker for used EVs! Thank you!

[kevin@mastodon.km6g.us]

@ohmu Yes... the ability to leave home with a full energy tank every time is life changing.

[irrationalmethod@social.coop]

@ohmu @clew @Myphatself @stenpett

text driving! My goodness! I thought that was illegal!

[greg_harvey@tooting.ch]

@ohmu So many things! Thing number one, maybe not a Leaf? Perfectly good cars, but needing to find a CHAdeMO charger is a pita... My neighbour has one and this is his single, but quite major gripe.

[brightstardust@mastodon.social]

@ohmu My cousin had a Leaf and it bricked itself while he was driving (no one got hurt thankfully). I forget the details but apparently the Leaf (specifically the Leaf, so not all EVs!) engine/electrical/something is complete shit.

[alextheuxguy@fosstodon.org]

@ohmu positives are I love regenerative braking, almost no maintenance needed, free chargers are awesome and not going to gas stations is great. Negatives are battery degradation (lost 50 miles in 6 years), insane registration fees (Ohio) that are 2-4 times more than the gas tax they are “making up” for, massive resale depreciation and frequent charges on road trips.

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@brightstardust
Ooh. That's the first I've heard of this.
My employer has a while fleet of Leafs. I'll ask if any of them have had this issue. It occurs to me it might be a particular model year.

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@greg_harvey
You're the third to mention the charging plug type.
I'll keep an eye on that. Thank you!

[eedly@mindly.social]

@ohmu Leasing our Mach-E turned out to be a better deal than buying it (spouse's car, so I don't know the details). Ford paid for most, if not all, of our charger installation too.

I currently use a 60mpg motorcycle with about 100 liters of luggage space for most around-town stuff*; I'm considering swapping it for a Can Am Origin (electric motorcycle), but that's still very hypothetical.

___
* Teenager sometimes allows herself to be shuttled from place to place on it, but not as often as I'd like.

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@eedly
All good info.

[sarae@ecoevo.social]

@ohmu still loving the Bolt, glad I got the most-rapidly-charging one I could

I am glad to have a level 2 plug at the CB house but use the 110 at the other house and yeah, if you're parking it overnight you should mostly be fine, but a 50amp/220volt plug isn't too expensive and should be forward compatible

my range issues are mostly days when I want to go to Eugene and back in a single day in the winter, because there aren't a ton of non-Tesla rapid chargers near restaurants I like

[kevinfreitas@mastodon.social]

@ohmu AND conversations can be much easier when not competing with engine noise. (at least it was for us coming from a 2002 Subaru to a 2018 EV)