Yeah, I’ve read these new gen wheels are very robust. The main issue is replacement cost, since they’re an $8500 option when ordered new so with typical parts markups I’d guess replacements are somewhere north of $5k each if you do manage to break one.

(also, some corrections - a company rep says explosive…

The CF wheels I’ve seen doing damage estimates from accidents or potholes have cracked, shattered or torn. They don’t dent like a metal rim and they’re not repairable for anything more than surface finish damage.

You, too can make hitting a pothole cost more than this month’s mortgage payment!

The B2000/B2200 was a Mazda truck with a Mazda engine, the B2300 was the (completely different) rebadged Ford Ranger, with the Ford engine.

TourX is indeed the answer here. I bought one new in 2018 for $28k, and it’s been pretty great. Comfortable, quiet, decent mileage, handles and stops well and it’s quick enough to be interesting, especially with a trifecta tune (which also tightens up the transmission shifting, a welcome addition).

I’m 6' tall and I…

Considerably too expensive even before the salvage title kiss of death.

Yup, and that’s before you rebuild the 4L60E transmission in that S-10, which I’d bet it will need sooner rather than later. Or fix the rust it probably has, being a former PA vehicle now being sold in NY, where the annual state inspection isn’t as strict for rust ( I was a licensed state safety inspection mechanic in…

Well, except that the S-10 is already 20 years old, wrecked at least once and has 100k on it. So the chance of it lasting another 15 years in regular daily use is pretty slim, whereas the new Maverick hybrid has pretty good odds of lasting a long time.

Not to mention the 4L60E trans in that S-10 is due for replacement…

Sure, but (so far, anyway) most people who own EVs charge at home the vast majority of the time and don’t DC fast charge unless they have to, because it’s so much more expensive than charging at home.

It’s not hard to quantify, you pick a time/miles target and go from there.

And as far as making it to 100K without a major repair? Maybe, maybe not with all the tech in engines and transmissions these days.

There’s stacks of broken PowerShift automatic Focuses and Fiestas out there on their third and fourth trans…

You don’t charge your EV during peak hours, you charge it at night and in the morning, off peak. And with the discounted rate of the SCE or PG&E EV charging plan, your whole house electric usage is charged at that much lower rate, so if you’re running your A/C during non peak hours (typically from midnight alll the…

Sure, you can rebuild engines and transmissions. But that’s expensive, and that is a big parts of why ICE vehicles (including hybrids) are likely to have a higher total cost of ownership over the lifetime of the car.

And with the complexity of modern ICE cars, even regular cars and trucks are now frequently very…

I’m a professional mechanic and I get mine done at my dealership because my car is still under warranty. I have service managed three major market multiline dealerships in the past, and having a complete service history at (preferably one) dealership can make a big difference when you have a substantial powertrain…

Sometimes. DC fast chargers are 99% efficient, according to Car and Driver’s article. Level 2 home chargers usually see about 10% to 13% losses in normal use, more if its freezing out in the winter and using power for battery conditioning.

But even with, say, 20% charging losses it’s still substantially cheaper to run…

Which SCE EV charging rate plan are you on?

Because it’s 24 cents per Kw then, off peak (off peak is 19 hours per day- from 9pm all the way to 4pm, every day). And your cost for A/C in your house has nothing to do with the cost of charging your car, BTW - in fact, with a SCE EV rate plan, your A/C cost will likely drop…

He IS wrong, though. I’m a PGE customer, and I pay 25 cents per kwh to charge my Bolt (that’s the entire cost, power, distribution charges, etc).

Any EV owning PGE residential customer can get the EV2A rate plan for their entire home just by sending in the VIN to their EV and asking. All off peak power from midnight…

Unless one of you is driving 200 miles per day, you’d only need one charger at a time. We charge our Bolt about once a week when we drive 200 miles per week. And the level 2 charger we use tops out at 32A @220v, because that’s all the car will take off a level 2 charger. It’s a roughly similar draw to the electric…

What new cars use conventional oil?

It really depends on where you live and what you drive. Rural is often cheaper, and something like my old ‘13 Fit could run 10,000 miles between oil changes just fine while my Buick hits 10% oil life left in about 7,000 miles if you drive it a lot, or as little as 2,000 miles once yiu hit 12 months and the monitor…

The real facts are that 62 cents per Kw is bullshit for PGE home charging EV customers.

We are PGE customers, and we pay 25 cents per Kw to charge our EV. They offer a whole house EV charging plan for 25 cents per Kw, from midnight to 3pm 7 days a week, just by sending them the VIN of your EV. No charge, no second…