Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4

Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by holoduke on Friday April 23, 2021 @06:01PM (#26919702)

I an in a fortunate position to earn much more than a average salary. Yet our family car is a 2005 10k infinity fx35. Car is reliable and modern enough. A perfect fit for my family of 4. I considered buying a 80k Tesla model X, but went for a 15 year old Ferrari f430 (same price). Still have the practically and a lot of extra fun. I never understood why people would buy a car younger than 15 years old.

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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by PragmaticPulp on Friday April 23, 2021 @06:13PM (#26919812)

> I never understood why people would buy a car younger than 15 years old.

15 years typically translates to 180K - 200K miles for average use cases.

15 year old cars are generally not in great shape. Finding low mileage, well-maintained unicorns is not as easy as it sounds.

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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by URSpider94 on Friday April 23, 2021 @10:12PM (#26921635)

The difference in safety between a 15 year old car and a new car is breathtaking.

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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by _ph_ on Saturday April 24, 2021 @02:34AM (#26922741)

There are several reasons. First of all, cars that old usually have a quite used up interior even to the point of being unpleasant.

But the big thing is maintenance. If you can't do repairs on your own and with cars just 15 years old that gets increasingly more difficult, maintenance and repairs will kill you. At a certain point the upkeep will exceed the amortised costs of buying a new car.

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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by oblio on Friday April 23, 2021 @06:05PM (#26919753)

Safety features.

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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by 2trill2spill on Saturday April 24, 2021 @09:20AM (#26924660)

15 year old cars might be better economically. But if your in a car accident, your definitely going to want to be in a modern vehicle.

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