God, I really wish Subaru would just make their own EVs in-house instead of slapping their logo on a bunch of Toyotas
It’s nice not having to ever worry about car stuff. I just have to worry about this high horse instead.
Damn, you let your horse smoke weed?
Is the horse doing alright? Like … how high is it?
It’ll probably be fine, just don’t let it eat too many ding dongs.
EV + solar panels on my house == free charging. i am so happy with this combo.
New battery is cheap. Subaru headgaskets are not.
I’ve known plenty of people with Subarus and none have had head gasket issues. I think the problem is exaggerated because it’s memed.
Thanks for that diagram of shot zones on planes that returned to the bunker. Got an argument to make? Are you suggesting that my friends would cease to be my friends if their head gaskets blew? I don’t get the relation. Since I have an equally good chance of meeting someone with a Subaru that has a good head gasket vs a bad one, I don’t see any selection bias. What I’m suggesting is that there is selection bias on the internet. No one makes a post about how well their Subarus head gaskets are working— they only post on the internet when there is a problem.
Mhmm, because no one gets rid of cars because they’re too expensive to repair and everyone feels the need to mention to you all the repairs their car had before they got it.
Idk what to tell you, they are all still driving their Subarus after many years. Some of them WRXs. I like cars, so when someone has a Subaru, I do ask them about any problems they have had because I’m curious. So far, no head gasket failures. Maybe some of them had cars that previously had head gasket failures and were repaired before they purchased the vehicles. That’s not so likely, as folks don’t tend to sell their vehicles after doing expensive mechanical work like a head gasket change. Plus, if they’re replacing a faulty head gasket for the exact same Subaru head gasket, why have the head gaskets in their cars not blown again? They’re just putting in the same shitty gasket design, right?
You should look into the specialist forums on the topic if you’d like to see the real(ish) numbers. The tldr is it’s around a 15-20% premature failure rate for certain engines from before 2002.
Brand reputations are built off those twenty year old events, and it was a problem for a decade. In Suburu’s case it was noticable precisely because it was reliable enough that the owners would keep it for twenty years and then say things like “ran like dream except for that one time…”
That’s great. I understand that the real premature failure rate is higher but only for certain engines. The idea that one could then go and apply it to all Subarus is what I’m talking about. We’re not talking about an old model of WRXs that had that problem, we’re talking about all Subarus.
I think his plane has chicken pox
My Subaru spun a rod bearing, which is apparently also a well-known problem.
Sorry about that. My Mazdaspeed3 has been running with no problems since 2013 despite all the concerns about VVT/timing chain problems and bad turbo seals you see all over the internet. Another Chevy of mine I once had was rife with problems even though I did all the proper maintenance.
The gas is almost the cheapest thing. Insurance, maintenance, tires, etc
Yes, but an EV also needs insurance, maintenance, and tires. OP’s post is pointing out a distinction between EVs and ICE vehicles.
EV’s need even less maintenance since they don’t need oil changes
Thanks, genius.
You know what “EV” doesn’t need insurance, and has vastly cheaper maintenance and tires? An E-bike!
E-bikes are the real “EVs,” outselling electric cars by a wide margin for several years now.
I mean folks buy more bicycles than e-bikes a year, and they are even cheaper to maintain. I don’t see your point when a majority of people’s needs would not be served in the US with e-bikes. Perhaps in other communities that don’t require as much car dependence, sure.
Yeah, was thinking more the “2 cars” vs 1. And $70/month to have backup transport may be worth it if it’s paid off. But yes, the EV would be cheaper to run.
The EV is definitely a money improvement. A new battery and the Subaru will sell for a pretty penny, though.
I’m not against them, but I wonder how EVs will hold up in the long haul. Like in 20 years will there even be a feasible used market or will the batteries and motors be to shitty without a crazy expensive replacements to keep them practical?
And then there’s the scrapping process for batteries too. Can batteries be refurbished, scrapped or recycled in a way that most regions can do it?
Like LEDs I know they CAN be built to last a long time, but I know companies often don’t
EV batteries last a very long time when implemented right. Post-2015, and on cars not named the Nissan Leaf, batteries can last 10+ years and well over 200,000 miles. A Hyundai recently went in for a battery at 389,000 miles… all of which were not well maintained miles, as in, overnight to 100 percent, fast charge, drain to empty, etc. Hyundai bought the battery for Science reasons.
As for recycling, a company recently developed a system to turn used ev batteries into grid storage by literally plugging them into a special adapting charging controller.
This is in addition to recycling the batteries.
page 9 goes into battery reuse and recycle <3
American Petroleum Institute… and the page is 404
Yeah these batteries are like 95% recyclable
