justinm001
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39k for the top of the line Mercedes thats only 2 years old?? The closest gas is the GLS 450 which isn't nearly as nice and still 65k+ for a 23.I don't see how 39k is considered "cheap"
Maybe compared to 120k, but that's absolutely insane.
Although that said, $16k trade in on a $30k car that was only 5 years old is horrible.
EVs are good - functionally - for a particular market, but not good for a lot of people (anywhere cold, or rural). And still not cost-effective, if you're on the early adopter train. Ouch.
I'll stick with my gas-powered cars for now. An EV would be a total waste of money here, for me.

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I'm not really sure how its a waste of money. EVs are cheaper than gas cars, much less maintenance and electricity is 1/3 the price. Even if you charged at stations its still the same/cheaper depending on where you go. There's a few spots in columbus where I can DC fast charge for free. Run over there for 15 minutes and grab 200 miles charge.
The Tesla app says I spent $2000 over the past 365 days and saved $900 over gas. Would have been a lot more but 63% was from superchargers which was when my daughter had it in college. The goal was for her to use one of the 25 free chargers in the city but when dad pays for superchargers I guess no point. Must have been about 20k of the 30k miles and in the total time we owned it I spent $315 in repairs which was 1 service because a coolant leak or something on the engine. They even gave me a loaner
