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Comment by Nursie

6 days ago

I’m not in a rental home, and wouldn’t be anyway.

I want solar and a battery (don’t have it yet, it’s on the list) to cut my energy bills and guard against power cuts anyway.

So neither of these things is an ‘extra’ expense for me getting a small EV.

There are a total of 5 corollas available in Australia for $2k or less. Each one is ratty, beat up and 19+ years old, I wouldn’t want to chance taking any of them on the freeway, and you’d still have to fuel them.

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rightnutwingjob  5 days ago

No one cares about you.

You’re good mate, you’re rich.

Choose a different car for under $5000 then.

It’ll still be cheaper than having to buy a new car, plus house, plus solar & battery.

Also won’t work for anyone living in a unit / flat / appartment, whether they rent or own.

  • Nursie  5 days ago

    > No one cares about you.

    Then why respond to a post in which I say what I'm thinking about doing? You don't care.

    > You’re good mate, you’re rich.

    I'm not rich, I'm just a homeowner, 66% of the Australian public live in houses they own, so your cost-of-owning-a-house discussion points are irrelevant to most people.

    > It’ll still be cheaper than having to buy a new car, plus house, plus solar & battery.

    Which most people won't have to do, as they live in houses they have already bought, solar is subsidised, and is useful far beyond EV charging so a lot of people already have it. Plus maybe they can take advantage of the free electricity period tariffs on offer in a lot of states now. Makes this car very cheap for a huge number of people. And that's before we get into the possibilities of novated leasing with zero FBT on EVs.

    > Choose a different car for under $5000 then.

    No thanks, they're still all shitboxes at that price and they still need to be fuelled. Given that's probably in the range of $2-3k per year on average mileage and current fuel prices, and that I wouldn't expect a $5k car to last all that long, it'll be pretty quick to make up that price difference.

    > Also won’t work for anyone living in a unit / flat / appartment, whether they rent or own.

    Charging at public points, in car parks etc is still cheaper than petrol mate.

    Seriously, why so weirdly bitter about this?