“There will be no 20 year old EVs
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A friend has a newer model but probably five-year-old Mustang. It took Ford eight weeks to send his mechanic a new control computer. The thing that will prevent any modern car from being here twenty years from now is the electronics. The driver of a rollback taking my 1952 Pontiac home showed me photos of his “new” Mercedes. It was twelve years old, and he had taken it and its elderly owner to the dealership to get it fixed. It had twenty thousand miles and looked like a million dollars. The dealership wanted $28000 to make it run. On the way home she signed over the title to the rollback’s driver. He said, “How can I fix it?” I said, “Pay Mercedes $28,000.”
The nearby pick and pull has a double row of top-of-the-line luxury cars. It looks like a high-end dealership. I asked why they there and the guy said, “That one needs at least one computer but they’re not available. A used one can run three grand and there’s no guarantee. If it doesn’t work, you’re out the money. Then, it might say that the problem is really in this other computer. That one needs a new transmission which is fifteen grand, and the next one needs an engine...a used one is fifteen grand. The owners said, “F*&k this, and there they sit.”
Similar to farmers going after older equipment that can be fixed by them
Just for fun my 61 Willys is running just fine with its t-90 trans and f head 134 😎😂