• prole
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    8 months ago

    Not yet, no. Still in the market. Looking at hybrids too. I have transportation for my job taken care of, and I’ve gotten comfortable not having a car so I haven’t been in a rush.

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      8 months ago

      I actually envy your position. I don’t live in a populous enough place to live without a car in America and I live outside city limits anyway, so the shitty, very limited bus system we have here doesn’t even get near my subdivision (which is massive), let alone my home.

      My next car will be an EV or a PHEV (definitely NOT a Tesla). I have a hybrid now and I plan to drive it into the ground before I buy another car. Maybe I will be living somewhere else and won’t need it by then though.

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        I had a Bolt for 3 years. It’s a great little car. Only reason I didn’t replace it with another Bolt was because I was doing construction at two places (wanted more cargo space) and mostly working from home (not driving enough to justify the EV upcharge). I ended up getting a hybrid Maverick. Bolts are definitely worth looking into when it is time for your old car to make it’s way across the oil covered bridge.

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          8 months ago

          I think PHEV is probably going to be my next choice just for emergency “out of charge” reasons if nothing else.

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            My only issue with PHEV is carrying around the extra weight of two power sources, plus the complexity of running both means more can go wrong and there is more maintenance. EVs are so much easier to maintain. However, I get why people want them. If my truck came in a PHEV I would get it over the hybrid. If my truck came in an EV, I would get that over either; but I’m not getting the F-150 EV because it’s the size of my house.

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              8 months ago

              My Prius has been maintenance free aside from standard things like oil changes and replacing filters since 2016.

              It’s probably the most trouble-free car I’ve ever had.

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        8 months ago

        My situation isn’t ideal, and I basically never go anywhere or do anything as having to ask for a ride every time sucks. I walk a lot more though, which is good. I’m not in the most walkable city/area, but there’s enough near me. Plus there are like a million food places of various ethnicities nearby that deliver.