From: ScottW48@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 8:12:33 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:   
   > On 12/6/23 9:54 AM, ScottW wrote:    
   > > On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 10:02:23 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:    
   > >> On 12/5/23 10:30 AM, ScottW wrote:    
   > >>> On Monday, December 4, 2023 at 12:25:16 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:    
   > >>>> On 12/4/23 10:03 AM, ScottW wrote:    
   > >>>>> On Monday, December 4, 2023 at 5:12:51 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:    
   > >>>>>> On 12/3/23 7:21 PM, ScottW wrote:    
   > >>>>>>> "Sticker shock" has taken on a whole new meaning when new electric   
   vehicle owners get their first repair bill following a simple fender bender.   
   The Wall Street Journal reports that a San Francisco resident got in a minor   
   accident with his    
   electric truck. He thought that repairs would be "a couple-thousand-dollar   
   bill from the repair shop and to be without his truck for a couple of weeks."    
   > >>>>>>>    
   > >>>>>>> Instead, the first-time EV owner was shocked to get a $22,000 bill   
   for repairs that took 2 1/2 months.    
   > >>>>>>>    
   > >>>>>>> One big issue.....potentially damaged battery packs have to be   
   treated like a ticking time bomb.    
   > >>>>>> What a sad anecdote. Good thing EVs are so expensive only people who   
   can    
   > >>>>>> afford to repair them can buy them in the first place.    
   > >>>>>>    
   > >>>>>> In more typical cases, minor accident repairs for small EVs are "27%    
   > >>>>>> more than the average for roughly comparable non-EV models," and 53%    
   > >>>>>> more for SUVs according to sources quoted in Forbes.    
   > >>>>>    
   > >>>>> You forgot to include the damage caused to other vehicles due to the   
   EVs fat mass.    
   > >>>> No, you did.    
   > >>>    
   > >>> Why do I have to do everything for you?    
   > >> So not only do I have to make your argument for you, I have to    
   > >> anticipate and make arguments you think you should have made?    
   > >    
   > > Simple facts. Everyone will suffer the crushing weight of the EV   
   conversion.   
   > Where were you when CAFE loopholes led to the present market domination    
   > by 6000-pound trucks and SUVs?    
   >    
   > https://www.thedrive.com/news/small-cars-are-getting-huge-are-   
   uel-economy-regulations-to-blame    
   >    
   > I'll have more respect for your concern over EV curb weight when you    
   > come out against the Ford 150, etc.   
      
   Where on my priority list is your respect?     
      
   Let me guess.....it's somewhere between the bug squished on my pickups grill   
   and some crap mexican food you stuff with french fries.   
      
   ScottW   
      
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