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Old 05-17-2024, 12:37 PM   #103 (permalink)
redpoint5
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There's speculation about auto loan defaults and repossessions, as well as people simply selling vehicles they can't afford. We might see a glut of used cars down the road, which would push prices down.
Wow, I'm very bad at prediction. The exact opposite happened. I was getting close to purchasing a used Chevy Bolt, but holding off with the assumption the battery fires and recalls would drive prices down, and then used car prices spiked 40%. Then, inflation debased currency 30%.

I should have spent all my money in 2020.

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Update: After trashing the looks of the car here, we bought a used 2018 in white a few years later.

There's still about a little less than a half tank (weirdly holds only about 7 gallons total).
Too bad it doesn't have a 10 gallon tank like the Prius PHEV. It made estimating range extremely easy and accurate because you just look at what the average MPG has been, then add a zero to that to get the total range for that tank. At 50 MPG average, the car would go 500 miles on a tank.

Looks like for those that don't plug in, their range might be somewhere near 280 miles on a tank. You need the battery to break the 300 mile threshold.
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