(March 13, 2019 at 7:08 pm)dyresand Wrote:(March 6, 2019 at 11:27 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Interesting stuff. I've long believed that continuing on with an older vehicle was usually better than purchasing a new electric car.
I would rather buy a used electric rather than a new electric car.
Yep. They depreciate quickly first few years. We bought a 2014 Leaf with 21K(?) miles two years ago cheap. Whatever ends up replacing it will also be a used electric - as soon as I can get one with a couple hundred freeway miles range.
We recently decided one of our cars had to go, we opted to keep the Leaf over a newer much nicer car that we like a lot. It's just too damn cheap to operate, even considering eventual battery replacement.
That aside, I seriously doubt I'll ever buy another new car, regardless of fuel type. Let someone else take the big depreciation hit and enjoy that sweet low TCO on a two year old car with low miles. I can't say that my experience with new cars is any better than a quality lease return.
