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I'm a petrolhead and recently purchased an electric car. I didn't think I'd like it, but I DO! (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
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I'm a late 30's bloke and have always had a love for cars. Japanese, European, American, don't care, I love cars. Recently though, petrol in my country absolutely skyrocketed in price and I had to give up my wonderful dinosaur-juice powered vehicle for an electric car. I thought I'd hate it, I really did, but my word it's fantastic! Quiet, comfortable, heaps of bells and whistles to keep me occupied, and it's genuinely quick. There are a few things I miss, but that pales in comparison to the $100 a week I'm saving in gas.

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's awesome news! Just goes to show that you don't need to be loyal to the fuel, you can have a kickass car that runs on anything

[–] FatalChessInjury@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eventually I'll get myself a project car which will be petrol, but for a car to get from point A to point B, I don't think I'll ever get another ICE powered car.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 points 1 year ago

I think it makes complete sense. We're a 2 car household. We're getting an electric for 95% of our trips, commuting, going to town, whatever. It's just so stupid to be stopped on the highway during rushout literally burning money. Then we'll have an ICE car just for farther destinations, or when we don't know if we'll be able to charge, but honestly expecting that to be <5% of trips