Hello Scotty, I bought a used 2008 Ford Fusion SE 2.4l manual transmission in 2015. I do my own repairs and change the oil about 3-4 times a year. I use the recommend 5-20 synthetic oil. My car runs great. It has 176,000 plus miles. The only major repair was the clutch and I let the pros install that. Brakes, oil change tune ups, any minor repair on me. The car just runs great. My concern is I am getting up in age and it is harder for me to get around the car now. I know soon that California will want everyone to get an electric vehicle. I know this car will last a least 2 years more but if I need to buy another car should it be electric or a petroleum vehicle?
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When the time comes for another vehicle, stick to just gasoline, not electric, not hybrids.
If you decide to go all EV, just lease one.
I recommend you wait it out till the last minute.
Your present vehicle is running fine, so cross the bridge when you (or the government) get to it.
Who knows there may be a lot more cheaper EV options in the market, in future..
Not just cheaper, but better. Look what's happened with cell phones and laptops - what you bought early in their evolution was not just more expensive, but barely functional by later standards.
Very true..
I don't think CA will go down that road regardless how braindead Newsom is. Californians are already leaving to seek life in better states.They don't need to hand them another reason. The law seems little, but there are consequences to it such as changes in infranstructures. How will people who live in apartments charge their cars? Charging stations need to be built. Electric vehicles are expensive. Not everyone can afford them, given that the living costs in CA are already high.
If a BEV suits your lifestyle, then sure, give it a thought. California probably offers all kinds of incentives to own one. Gas prices only seem to go up, not down. In their efforts to reduce fuel consumption, car makers are actually making combustion engines less reliable. I see more and more charging stations popping up all over the place, and at businesses.
Just understand that the electric or hybrid vehicles cost more to repair when they get older. Hopefully, that will be offset by the fuel cost savings.
Maybe some of us gasoline diehards will get a big subsidy to trade them in on down the road.
Perhaps, but I won't go for it. (I also did not participate in the previous "Cash for Clunkers".) What the politicians want to do and what they can actually get away with are not always the same thing.
I know soon that California will want everyone to get an electric vehicle.
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Ah, California. Electric cars! From my in-box this a.m., Morgan Stanley’s monthly update on electric vehicle sales, … snip:
“Global BEV [battery electric vehicle] sales (exc. hybrids and plug ins): 272,054, up 226% year-over-year, and down 27% vs last month’s 373,974 BEV sales … Ford sold 2,550 units of the Mustang Mach E globally in the month of April and it was the 4th highest selling BEV model in the US, behind Tesla’s MY and M3 and the Chevrolet Bolt … US BEV Sales: Up 276% Y/Y to 29,314 in Apr-21 vs 7,796 last year and 53,125 last month.”
This sounds like electric vehicles are taking over the market, …but, … but even with the sharp year-over-year growth, they still account for less than 2.0 per cent of total U.S. vehicle sales. Hence, commanding Pffft! to electric cars, … at least in my leftover lifetime! fwiw.
F.S.
Same here, I don't expect I'll ever own one unless "Mr. Fusion" becomes a reality for a cheap price. Really if electric vehicles were actually better than their gasoline-powered counterparts there would be no need for "incentives" to lure people into buying them.