gnop1950
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- Gary
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- 2022 Taycan 4s
This actually makes sense to me. I mean, theoretically, EVs should require a lot less maintenance than an ICE car. The first recommended maintenance on the Taycan is 2 years or 20k miles. Even the brakes should last much longer without maintenance. What ICE car could you drive for 2 years before doing any maintenance?Yes only on new ICE model purchases.
Dealers are struggling with the low maintenance of EVs. After all, maintenance is a major moneymaker for them. I'm not suggesting that the costs quoted aren't high, but over time it would seem our ICE cars will cost a lot more for maintenance even with the high costs I'm seeing quoted for the first maintenance.
P.S. As an interesting aside, way back when, 1970s, when I was still doing most of my own maintenance, a friend asked me to look at her car to see if I could tell why it was smoking and seemed to be losing power. It was a Ford Pinto. The first thing I checked was the oil, which was low and had the consistency of very very thick molasses. I asked her when the last time she had changed the oil. The answer: never. The car had over 100k miles. I put some oil in and told her it was time to trade it in ;-) It would probably have made a good Ford commercial.
I actually owned a Pinto at the time, go ahead and make fun ;-) Cragar mags, eight Track and all.
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