When was the last time you had to take a modern in for any mechanical work anyway?
We no longer have the 3,000 mile service requiring an oil change (filter at 6,000), umpteen grease points, plugs and points, tappet adjustments, drum brake adjustments, decokes etc., so over the last 30 years, the amount of mechanical input has been reduced dramatically anyway.
Apart from disc pads and windscreen wipers, very little seems to need attention these days for maybe 10,000 miles/16,000kms.
3tomany,
Jun 21, 10:43am
Spark plugs and oil are all you will save on. EVs are full of fluids still that need replacing at service intervals such as transmission, coolant, brake fluid, and with the extra weight tyres and suspension parts do not last as long. Then there is updates that may or may not be free. Maintenance will be a little different but if you think you will save money on it with an EV you are deluded.
3tomany,
Jun 21, 10:47am
Camchains, last the life of the car and i can not remember the last time tappets got adjusted. Even spark plugs are 100,000km intervals now. Apart from the ice engine everything else in an EV is much the same.
houseofdad,
Jun 21, 11:56am
I take it he didn't take any of your shite either!
houseofdad,
Jun 21, 11:59am
Look you teeth pullers you should be all dentists!
I didn't even bother reading all your posts fully.
5 or so moving parts in an electric motor, hundreds in an ICE, it's a no brainer that's if you had a brain.
loose.unit8,
Jun 21, 12:05pm
Boom you've got it.
And you can factor in a far simpler transmission as well
franc123,
Jun 21, 12:57pm
No, couldnt take it because he was equally ignorant, but, you know, easy enough to put in his place. Some people can't accept cold hard facts, its always easy to pick the ones who are totally pig ignorant of how the motor industry works. By golly you have demonstrated that, like many have before.
franc123,
Jun 21, 1:07pm
Yet if you buy late model vehicles from certain places its still essential to seek out an "independent specialist" who is prepared to do this minimal amount of work at something thats not considered to be an extortionate cost as soon as its out of warranty! Hmm, BMW, Mini, Range Rover?
absolute_detail,
Jun 21, 1:20pm
Oh, so if my pos korean work van was an ev it wouldnt need a new steering rack, rear wheel bearings, shocks and the abs sorted because nothing goes wrong on an ev.
houseofdad,
Jun 21, 4:06pm
"Now there is a thinking man".
houseofdad,
Jun 21, 4:20pm
Yeah yeah scared you're not going to have a job is all it amounts to. Another has dropped a ton of cash on an Everest Titanium so no doubt worrying about how much money he is going to lose with SUV EV's coming on tap more and more. The biggest . probably worried he can't be a targa co pilot in a fossil fueled car. (Electric be twice as fast anyway) Lots of invested interest as to why some don't like EVs.
alowishes,
Jun 21, 4:45pm
So, if I’ve got this right it appears if I buy an EV tomorrow I’ll never have to do anything to it except fit new tyres every year or so.? And it will never ‘cease to proceed’.
That’s the impression certain EV proponents have given.
loose.unit8,
Jun 21, 4:51pm
Did I say that?
harm_less,
Jun 21, 4:52pm
Denial and blame are all too often the default reaction to imposing harm. Witness those myopic coastal property owners who despite seeing their neighbourhoods being claimed by the waves as sea levels rise and destructive storms become more common over the past few decades. They expect their local council to construct barriers in an attempt to literally hold back the tides but are oblivious to their own folly in paying top dollar for that beach front haven with a front lawn that shrinks by the year. Did they not get the message when insurance companies and regional councils started walking away from responsibility for such areas.
The EV situation is very similar. It is a tidal movement coming to our transportation systems is undeniable and driven by global factors. Our government is all too aware of this and are starting to nudge us in the right direction. We can choose to either change direction or be swept aside by a technology that is more than able to solve the minor adjustments required for it to become mainstream. The choice of either following or being pushed increasingly harshly is ours.
houseofdad,
Jun 21, 6:24pm
You speak the gospel.
sr2,
Jun 21, 6:36pm
Please tell us you are johnf_456, we miss you so much!
franc123,
Jun 21, 7:16pm
Lol Ive got plenty of work and I look forward to the EV revolution. Vehicle manufacture and component quality isnt going to change much and theres still going to be plenty of people who are hopeless with any sort of technology who are going to get into strife with them. As manufacturers attempt to take cost out of EV's it will generally lead to more silly things going wrong with them. Im not sure what your silly story about Everests and Targa has to do with anything. As for EV acceleration, not sure why some people need to drive something that is just going to just make their brain hit the back of their skull with more impact. Remember the Govt who is rubber stamping all this consumer manipulation wants to slow you down not speed you up. 80km/h blanket open road limit anyone? It could happen!
franc123,
Jun 21, 7:20pm
Lol exactly. They are generally the same people who don't know how to fix their ICE car either, or even understand how it works for that matter.
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