• 4shtonButcher@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    Big oil forced that shit onto you instead of going the far superior EV route from the beginning. Now EVs are finally taking over and I’m happy my kids never have to get fuel grease on their hands and suffer those nasty fumes at gas stations. Shifters were needed for an inferior technology to work. I liked it as an experience when I learned to drive. But cars are mostly transport due to failure of better public transport infrastructure. I don’t care whether they’re fun. I drive for fun on the Xbox or maybe in a GoKart every few years.

    Oh that felt good to rant.

      • Nomecks@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        You know that there’s shops all over the place who will fix cells in bad packs? Replacing the whole battery is FUD similar to warning someone they need to replace their whole engine if there’s any issue.

      • bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
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        1 year ago

        IME, (2019 Volt) maintenance costs are lower with a PHEV. I have needed to take it to a dealer to deal with a OBD2 code that neither I nor my local mechanic could resolve, but the replacement part and labor was reasonably priced.

          • bss03@infosec.pub
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            1 year ago

            Eh, I had to take my Saturn (previous vehicle) to the dealer several times. The car before that was ruined by a “shade-tree” mechanic, so when I lived in the same city as the dealer I preferred that.

            I’m with you on right-to-reapir tho. It would have been better if the diagnostic methods and parts were available from other than the dealer (and maybe they were and the local guy just didn’t want to mess with it, doesn’t do a lot of EVs at his shop). But my experience with cars is mostly that dealers have that advantage whether you go electric or not, and I prefer electric.

            Still let me know if I can do something to improve right to repair for me or others.

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s been difficult to find manual transmisssions for a couple of decades here in the US. That ship has sailed.

    While most of my life I vowed my kids would learn manual, I gave up on that idea because

    • manual transmission cars are rare and disappearing
    • automatics now are more fuel efficient
    • CVT are reliable and even more efficient
    • EVs don’t shift

    My kids started driving in a world of automatics and will soon be in a world with no transmissions