The front wheel bearing was 200€, had to do that last summer, the car sounded like it would take flight soon.
Definitely favour physical buttons and no excessive electronics. Sure a map on a big screen would be nice but that is all one would need a screen for in a car. I remember when I was a kid and my dad had an employee, probably 20 years old, who had a stereo with an LSD screen with a dolphin animation jumping across it, that was so fucking cool! My car doesn’t even have that now!
I have no interest towards electrical cars, I’m pretty sure it’s all a scam 😝 Having to plan your route so carefully for stations with charging, the waiting(!!), and the car is all a heavy battery and if there is any issue, you are fucked, there is probably nothing you can do yourself. And what about the fact that batteries loose charge, and eventually will have to be replaced, that has to be crazy expensive right? How much money does one have to put in for repairs to get to 400k km? What are you hoping for in terms of the ”next generation” of electric vehicles?
PS. Why would you want a car to be quiet? 😅
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