05-16-2023, 02:53 PM | #381 |
Solving problems
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I'll consider myself lucky in that our cars have largely been trouble-free and when I've dealt with dealers the experience has been mostly positive. Except for the annoying and dumb policy of no loaner if you didn't buy the car there.
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05-16-2023, 05:49 PM | #382 |
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Loaners are hard to come by these days, even if you did buy the car there. SO may were sold during the shortages. It takes weeks to get an appointment with one.
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05-16-2023, 06:06 PM | #383 |
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Knock on wood, I've had zero issues with our Alfa Romeo and our Volkswagen. (The other cars are old enough that I'm not holding their issues against them.)
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05-16-2023, 08:40 PM | #384 | |
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05-17-2023, 09:05 AM | #385 |
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05-17-2023, 12:14 PM | #386 |
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05-17-2023, 12:17 PM | #387 | |
Oh, are they?
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Much, much worse stuff has come out the legislature this session.
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05-17-2023, 01:05 PM | #388 | |
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Fuck Tesla
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+1 with the intent Practically speaking though, looks like gas tax is in TX is $0.20 per gallon. $200 EV fee = revenue generated from tax on 1000 gallons. At 20mpg average that’s equivalent to gas tax revenue from someone driving 20k miles per year. Even worse comparison for high MPG cars but better if comparing to fuel economy of a full size truck. Feels like in general there is a bit of an anti-EV “F-you” surcharge built into the $200 EV fee.
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05-17-2023, 01:37 PM | #389 | |
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That said, if you really want to be precise about it, I think the heavier weight of EVs needs to be factored into that calculation since higher weights factor into highway wear, etc.
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06-08-2023, 03:48 PM | #390 |
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