Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to electric vehicles

Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by irrational on Monday July 26, 2021 @05:19PM (#27965638)

Yeah, I have one car that is 21 years old and the other is 17 years old. They still drive great and have no issues. I truly don't understand people that get new cars every 2-3 years. Not having a car payment for decades is great. Plus our insurance is super cheap.

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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by Infinitesimus on Monday July 26, 2021 @05:53PM (#27965966)

2-3 years is leasing territory (which some people do because they enjoy changing vehicles often.)

Car safety is much much better now than they were 5+ years ago however so it is not unreasonable for someone to change cars that often. I'd certainly not want to be in a 10yr old car in a highway accident if I could help it.

(Also, some newer cars are just nicer to drive with creature comforts people care about)

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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by lallysingh on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @12:58AM (#27968810)

if you grow up with old unreliable cars, you dont want to repeat that experience.

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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by irrational on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @02:18PM (#27975670)

That sounds like a maintenance problem rather than an old problem. If you stay on top of maintenance old cars can be just as reliable as a new car (and potentially even more reliable since new doesn't necessarily mean bug free).

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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by vmladenov on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @04:30AM (#27970012)

But old and unreliable are not necessarily dependent metrics.

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