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PoindexterOglethorpe

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2. Exactly.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 31, 2024, 09:08 PM

Jan 2024

If you live in a city, and never go on a three hour drive, and EV is probably wonderful. If you can afford one. I can't. I'm horrified at the cost. I have always owned cars that don't cost a lot: VWs, Hondas, and a couple of Subarus which were by far the most pricey I ever had, and they were still not in the category of an EV.

And at that, I can afford a lot more than many people can.

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Exactly. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2024 #2

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