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Old 08-23-2022, 10:58 AM   #117 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Varn View Post
For the average person owning the hybrid, will not budget for the replacement battery and will be SOL when the battery fails.

With gas only you have an idea of how much your expenses will be.

I have always liked the idea or a hybrid but the idea of replacing a multi-thousand dollar battery is a total turn off as I always buy used vehicles and never have a car payment
Either you are a person that has an emergency fund for these types of expenses or you aren't. Someone that doesn't have money to replace a battery won't have money to replace a transmission or an engine, or the A/C. Expanding that out, they won't have the money for a new roof, furnace, stove, water heater , etc, etc. They will have to fund any of these normal costs of life with credit.
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