Lisa Jones wrote on Jun 5
th, 2023 at 8:33am:
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My eldest daughter is pushing for an electric car because of course all her friends are getting one sigh. I’d like to text her some information from this topic before she commits her money if that’s ok.
Lithium batteries last for 2500-3000 cycles before they die. It doesn't matter if they're in a laptop,phone or car lithium batteries have a defined life.
Electric cars would be lucky to last 10 years before they're worthless.
Most late model cars would last around 15 years before they get expensive to own. The engine-gearbox etc will be fine it's all the electronic stuff like touchscreens etc that will die.
The AEB (automatic emergency braking) systems newer cars run will cause problems in future. A Mercedes a friend owns broke a windscreen in the country Obriens replaced the screen. They couldn't recalibrate the AEB camera so the car had brakes jammed on couldn't release them had to winch it onto a truck and tow it 300km+ back to Mercedes dealer.
My next new car will probably be Subaru WRX or BRZ in manual because they don't have that rubbish like AEB. Manuals are cheaper long term auto services can add up over the years.
If you want a cheap car to run get a Toyota Hybrid Corolla (sedan) or Camry.
My SS Torana is 45 years old much cheaper to own than any newer car very little to go wrong. It's now worth 10X what i paid for it. My most adored vehicle.
I owned an LX hatch once, and sold it cheap, even had the hatch hutch.
I regret it every day.
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