Better drive an EV then. Fewer moving parts, practically no maintenance to forget to do. Every ICE car I’ve owned has required unexpected roadside repairs at one point in time.
Well, I had a muffler partially fall off. Fuel filter clogged (twice) intake manifold cracked and caused a misfire. O2 sensor went haywire and put the car in a limp mode… I’ve never run out of gas, but I’ve heard that isn’t uncommon for other people. Ignition coils went bad… Consider yourself very lucky.
Sounds like you just dont do maintenence on your cars lol.
Speaking of ignition coil, i did have the ECU fail and stopped sending siginals to a coil… but can really include a computer failure when talking about ICE reliability vs EV?.
Ford made it out of resin and it was an issue. Point being, ICE cars are mechanically more complex, and more likely to strand you due to failures that are beyond your control.
Absolutely, but that being said breaking down on the side of the road is pretty damn rare for properly maintained ice engines. Your personal experience not withstanding. I’ve been driving for 35 years and I drove way more than the average person over that time.
I’ve had 2 break downs during that time that an average person would have needed a tow truck for. One on an unmaintained service van, that blew a water hose. The other was a bad starter on a 99’ neon which was a manual so I push started it for 3 months :p
In fact, for anyone that takes a reasonable number of long trips. An ice engine, is going to crush a EV in time efficiency of travel time even counting rare breakdowns.
EVs are statistically more reliable and require significantly less maintenance. Even more so if you exclude Teslas.
They’re absurdly simple compared to gas guzzlers and cheaper to run, especially if you can get a cheap overnight electricity tariff.
My EV costs me 20% of what my petrol car cost me, and my service plan is roughly half the price.
And it’s so, so, so much more fun to drive. I love it. Best car ever, by far. I zip away from gas powered mercs and BMWs at the lights and I can just floor it on the motorway and zip past anything when I want to. All in my unremarkable family car EV.
EVs only use physical brakes under sharp breaking and parking, so they wear down less.
In over 30 years driving I only ever had a breakdown away from home because of a gearbox failure. (I buy all my cars second hand but young, so that someone else has done the expensive bit of depreciation, and I don’t buy American cars.)
Better drive an EV then. Fewer moving parts, practically no maintenance to forget to do. Every ICE car I’ve owned has required unexpected roadside repairs at one point in time.
Funny thing. Only time an ICE has failed me on the road is either the brake caliper locked up or the battery died…
Well, I had a muffler partially fall off. Fuel filter clogged (twice) intake manifold cracked and caused a misfire. O2 sensor went haywire and put the car in a limp mode… I’ve never run out of gas, but I’ve heard that isn’t uncommon for other people. Ignition coils went bad… Consider yourself very lucky.
Sounds like you just dont do maintenence on your cars lol.
Speaking of ignition coil, i did have the ECU fail and stopped sending siginals to a coil… but can really include a computer failure when talking about ICE reliability vs EV?.
No, I maintained my cars. What’s the maintenance schedule on an intake manifold?
Low/old oil causes higher friction and higher temperatures. And low coolant reduces how well the system keeps the engine cool.
If you have one crack, thats bad luck in manufacturing defect… having two… either your really unlucky, or doing something wrong.
Ford made it out of resin and it was an issue. Point being, ICE cars are mechanically more complex, and more likely to strand you due to failures that are beyond your control.
Absolutely, but that being said breaking down on the side of the road is pretty damn rare for properly maintained ice engines. Your personal experience not withstanding. I’ve been driving for 35 years and I drove way more than the average person over that time.
I’ve had 2 break downs during that time that an average person would have needed a tow truck for. One on an unmaintained service van, that blew a water hose. The other was a bad starter on a 99’ neon which was a manual so I push started it for 3 months :p
In fact, for anyone that takes a reasonable number of long trips. An ice engine, is going to crush a EV in time efficiency of travel time even counting rare breakdowns.
EVs are statistically more reliable and require significantly less maintenance. Even more so if you exclude Teslas.
They’re absurdly simple compared to gas guzzlers and cheaper to run, especially if you can get a cheap overnight electricity tariff.
My EV costs me 20% of what my petrol car cost me, and my service plan is roughly half the price.
And it’s so, so, so much more fun to drive. I love it. Best car ever, by far. I zip away from gas powered mercs and BMWs at the lights and I can just floor it on the motorway and zip past anything when I want to. All in my unremarkable family car EV.
EVs only use physical brakes under sharp breaking and parking, so they wear down less.
In over 30 years driving I only ever had a breakdown away from home because of a gearbox failure. (I buy all my cars second hand but young, so that someone else has done the expensive bit of depreciation, and I don’t buy American cars.)
Wana buy me one?
Because I can’t afford a new car.
Neither can I, that’s why I got a used one, and TBH I can barely afford that.
This is the way.