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Re:German government expands subsidies for electric cars by 24gttghh on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @11:48AM (#21454076)
No offense, but what hypothetical car are you buying for $5K that will last another 100K miles?

You can get used Nissan Leaf's in the price-range you're wanting. In Spokane tho I guess...

https://www.cars.com/for-sale/searchresults.action/?dealerTy...

Or used Prius's in Missoula:

https://www.missoulanissan.com/VehicleSearchResults?search=p...

edit: I am genuinely curious about the $5K car good for 100K miles.

Re:German government expands subsidies for electric cars by nicpottier on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @02:42PM (#21455897)
All sorts of post 2000 cars from reliable brands. Cars last well into 200k miles these days. I drive a 2001 Outback with 198k miles on it. Purchased 5 years ago for ~$3700 and besides brake pads and oil haven't spent any money on it.

This is the biggest barrier to electric IMO. I'm planning on getting a Tesla but it makes absolutely no economic sense.

Re:German government expands subsidies for electric cars by notJim on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @12:12PM (#21454335)
I bought a 2007 Rav4 for around $5k in 2017. Had 130k miles on it. Now 2 years later it's at around 210k and still no serious issues. I doubt it's gonna have much trouble going another 20k. I would imagine any Toyota or Honda would be similar, and probably lots of other cars too.
Re:German government expands subsidies for electric cars by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @12:21PM (#21454424)
Pretty much any old POS with 100k on it will last to 200k if you change the fluids on some semblance of a schedule. Somewhere north of 200k is where most automatic transmissions wear out.
Re:German government expands subsidies for electric cars by C1sc0cat on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @12:27PM (#21454479)
Toyta Hilux :-)