26262nd poster gets a cookie (cookie thread (Part 7)) (Part 9)

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#20356

wdym

#20357

the repair costs for EVs are way more expensive here
and also you’ll have much less choice in garages as a significant amount don’t work on EVs

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#20358

right

but I’m not talking about EVs

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#20359

there’s little difference in terms of vehicle maintenance
if you have the infrastructure for EVs you likely have the infrastructure for hybrids as well

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#20360

no that’s very wrong

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#20361

how

#20362

hybrids by and large are just ICE cars with a battery and some motors slapped in

the vast, vast, vast majority of times something goes wrong with a car drivetrain it’s a moving mechanical part, not one of the motors

so the odds you ever have to actually touch the electric drivetrain are low, and if anything goes wrong with the ICE components then every shop ever should be able to address that

however, what’s notable is that because you have the motors and battery, the mechanical parts of your car are actively under significantly less stress in normal operation than if you didn’t have the motors to do the bulk of the heavy lifting

this allows your mechanical parts (including stuff like brake pads even) to last way longer because they just experience so much less wear and tear

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#20363

i guess if u total your car itd be harder to fix but ima be so real that should not be the metric by which we determine which car to buy :joy_cat:

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#20364

(and if that is a serious concern for you maybe you should rethink owning any car tbh)

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#20365

in other words, the outliers where something does go catastrophically wrong are probably more expensive for hybrids than ICE cars, but the expected value of maintenance costs is much lower for a hybrid than an ICE-only vehicle

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#20366

Litten moment.

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#20367

I’ve just had a look around the garages for my area and a single one offers petrol, diesel & hybrid servicing but not electric

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#20368

and it’s 21% more expensive

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#20369

“hybrid servicing” is fake as fuck because if something is wrong with your hybrid it’s almost certainly not the electric shit so you just go to a shop that doesn’t advertise hybrids specifically and have them take care of your generic-ass mechanical issue

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#20370

like I know multiple people who own hybrids (including me) and I have never once heard of any of them having an electronics issue that required any kind of specialized EV mechanic to fix instead of just whichever shop was cheapest

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#20371

seriously electric motors are fucking stupid simple to operate and have virtually no wear

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#20372

they aren’t the thing that breaks :joy_cat:

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#20373

if u dont believe me google search “are hybrids cheaper to maintain than gas cars” and read all the articles saying yes :P

#20374

they also tend to have automatic gearboxes

#20375

the horror
an automatic gearbox

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