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
Litten moment.
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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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and it’s 21% more expensive
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“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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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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seriously electric motors are fucking stupid simple to operate and have virtually no wear
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they aren’t the thing that breaks 
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if u dont believe me google search “are hybrids cheaper to maintain than gas cars” and read all the articles saying yes :P
they also tend to have automatic gearboxes
the horror
an automatic gearbox
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in anglo-saxon land that is a horror indeed
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ddoxing daeron based of garage services
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its all about that cvt baby
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I mean yes I’m sure in America they are
my point is that is America
That one local garage I just checked has a markup of 21% for a hybrid service
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like an automatic transmission? are y’all still really mostly on manual over there?
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that’s not my point
the point is that automatic gearboxes are rare in the UK, which means demand for automatic servicing & repairs is rare in the UK, which means that it’s more expensive to service an automatic gearbox
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more proof you live in a backwards land
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a very significant portion of our cars are manual gearbox
getting an automatic only license marks up your insurance tons as well because there’s a presumption you’re a worse driver by the insurance since you didn’t get qualified on manual
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oh that’s dumb as hell
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