@WashedOutGundamPilot@bronze thinking about the paint huffers who sold their dieselgate VWs back only to get bought by someone else a year or two later (if it was in good shape) and then kvetching that their new shitbox gets 20mpg.
@kf01@bronze@Eiswald@JedKron1248@justnormalkorean@Hoss gas car owners in the usa: oh no I hit a curb it's totaled time to buy a new one diesel car owners in the usa: why yes I'm buying this car back and I'm going to do the repairs in the basement and get another 200k miles
@Eiswald@Hoss@JedKron1248@bronze@justnormalkorean The other problem with EVs is they're extreme fire risks. Sure, some Tesla shill on a forum will say "oh but the gas car catches fire", ignoring that with the gasoline car the fire is either from a fuel leak, electrical system, or exhaust fire.
You don't hear about gasoline cars catching fire over and over again in salvage lots, like EVs do. But there's an intense lobbying effort for them, as seen with shitbulls and the like. For example in NZ; an EV fire was covered up by the fire department who claimed it wasn't started by the cars.
But aside from fires, there's also the whole scandal with the battery replacement costs being unreal. Just recently the Hyundai Ioniq had one that cost $60k to repair, even higher than Tesla charges.
Just look at the used diesel truck market. Diesel trucks from before 2006 and especially made in 05-06 hold their value extremely well. Sure they have EGRs and some other emission components, but they are nowhere near as problematic as the DPF/DEF systems, and due to their lower production numbers compared to say a car from that year, they hold their value extremely well compared to a gas truck of the same year.
Or the "Glider Kit" loophole with trucks, or why a lot of diesel car companies had emission scandals at the same time (the DPFs on modern diesel cars need highway driving), or why big block gasoline engines made a comeback. The Ford 7.3 is for school busses as a "diesel replacement" and the like, not Mustangs.