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[-] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Wish I could empathize, but I refuse to trust a car I can't fix myself. There's entirely too many computers and entirely too many points of failure-- it's a good thing that I'm medically 'advised' not to drive. I wouldn't be able to switch over until someone released an EV with the kinds of home-maintainability that like. A 60's Mustang once had.

I'm not tryna have to have the shit towed to a Firestone-- or god forbid the manufacturer themselves-- just to have to pay hand-over-fist to fix the errors borne of their shoddy fuckin work.

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 15 points 3 months ago

I refuse to trust a car I can't fix myself

Isn't that basically all cars nowadays? It's not about the type of engine, cars have gone "no serviceable parts inside" for at least a decade.

[-] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah, and my last car was from the 80s lmfao. After seeing the way my coworkers were practically beholden to mechanic shops just to keep their cars running like every six months, I said 'no thank you'.

[-] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

Good news, oil changes on electric cars are not a thing. Wiper blades, wiper fluid, air filters, rotate tires is about it. Maybe brakes and brake fluid at some point but haven’t needed it in over 5 years yet.

Only thing I’ve needed at the mechanic is rotate/balance tires and replace cracked windshield as I don’t want to own the equipment for that.

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