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Would you buy a new car if you knew the engine would only last about 10 years?

Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:22 pm
Posted by Ramblin Wreck
Member since Aug 2011
3908 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:22 pm
Also the gas mileage will drop on an average of about 3% every year. It only has a 10 gallon tank, so you can't drive it very far without filling it up again. You also need to know that the gas mileage drop will be even worse if you don't wait until it gets about empty to fill the tank back up. The gas tank has a special connection, so you have to use a specialized pump that takes all night to fill your car back up. There is a rapid gas pump available, but using it will shorten your engine life prior to the expected 10 year period. This car also doesn't do well in hot weather, so the life of your components will be even shorter if you don't park it in the shade and avoid hot climates.

Sound like the car for you?
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
32627 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:23 pm to
Are you trying to use a pretend scenario to bash electric cars?
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52315 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:23 pm to
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Would you buy a new car if you knew the engine would only last about 10 years?
Yes, I would trade it in at 8 years
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
30034 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:23 pm to
Damn, you really showed all those soy tesla boys with this thread.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
70926 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:24 pm to
Let me guess a Tesla?
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
15055 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:25 pm to
I really don’t know where to start with this and I haven’t drank enough tonight to really get into it.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
74456 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:26 pm to
Does that thing go Mach.Jesus and frick up any kind of knuckle draggin' V8?

Hell frickin yeah I'd buy it.


Also, your scenario is absolutely wrong, but you know it.

Just for starters, hypothetically, if it takes 4 hours to fully charge your Tesla, how much charge can you get in 1 hour?
This post was edited on 8/19/21 at 9:28 pm
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
38534 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:26 pm to
Relax boomer no one is taking away your truck
Posted by csorre1
Member since Apr 2010
6824 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:27 pm to
This'll get bites, but mostly just because people will want to argue with the numbers proposed.
This post was edited on 8/19/21 at 9:32 pm
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68123 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:27 pm to

No. I would lease an electric for max 36 months, though. Why deal w service when it can be mitigated
Posted by down time
space
Member since Oct 2013
1914 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:29 pm to
Yes, look up model s plaid 0 to 60 in 2 seconds with 1000 hp
This post was edited on 8/19/21 at 9:32 pm
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
15055 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:31 pm to
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but mostly just because people will want to argue with the numbers proposed.

Well, they’re all wrong so that’s a decent reason to argue it.
Posted by csorre1
Member since Apr 2010
6824 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:32 pm to
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less than 3 seconds


2 seconds.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
74456 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:32 pm to
For 150k or so I'd probably go with a commuter and something fun as hell to drive.

Gotta respect what Tesla is doing with that Plaid though.
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
58482 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:33 pm to
Depends on how much the car costs and how much the fuel costs….either it is a good deal or it is not. It’s a matter of simple arithmetic.
Posted by Wendell T. Stamps
Member since Jan 2013
397 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:37 pm to
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less than 3 seconds


quote:

2 seconds


...I mean, technically these are both correct...
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
28476 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:39 pm to
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I really don’t know where to start with this and I haven’t drank enough tonight to really get into it.


There is a point where people are so willfully ignorant it is better to laugh and close a thread.
Posted by Grievous Angel
Tuscaloosa, AL
Member since Dec 2008
10317 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:39 pm to
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Are you trying to use a pretend scenario to bash electric cars?


I mean, maybe. But I have a relatively new Tacoma. The gold standard. No way it's gonna last 10 years.

No one. NO ONE. Makes them like they used to.
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
60736 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:44 pm to
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But I have a relatively new Tacoma. The gold standard. No way it's gonna last 10 years.


If you can’t get more than 10 years out of a vehicle, you are either not taking care of it or putting a shitton of mikes on it
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
30034 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:46 pm to
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No. I would lease an electric for max 36 months, though. Why deal w service when it can be mitigated



Because you get a huge tax credit for purchasing it?
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