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I’m going to venture to guess that many folks will go the route of Cubans and continuously rebuild their old cars.

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why not? if the spare parts are available and people are willing to endure the horrible fuel mileage, let them.

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You can buy a lot of gas for the premium you’d pay but buying a brand new car.

Every time I run the numbers to buy a new car vs keeping my 2014 Taco, the Taco wins, even with its abysmal gas mileage.

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now imagine that with a 20 year old car whose engine regularly gets 400k km and gets up to 40mpg (around 5-6L/100km). and did i mention that i paid 2000€ for it? why would i now spend 50-100k on an electric car that lasts 20 years tops?

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