I'm actually really hopeful that an an all electric (or at least PHEV) Maverick appears in the next 3 years. Not buying any car for at least that long, but at that time that's what I'd like to drive.
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So you pay, or at one time paid, a significant amount of your money for a depreciating asset designed solely to take you to places far and near. And when you go to far places, you leave this depreciating asset sitting in the garage and pay more of your hard earned money to rent an unfamiliar vehicle?On long trips we usually rent. When we get home, our cars are in the garage, clean, full of gas and ready to go. We hand the keys back to Enterprise and say thank you. They clean off the bugs and dig the french fries out from under the seats, we go home and relax.
I was simply trying to wrap my mind around the logic of it all. I don't really understand the idea that since you paid cash, that makes it different. Regardless of how you pay for a car, it will depreciate unless it is something special (like your Mustang, but not your Accord). It's not really any different than buying a separate stove to make a big meal on so you don't get your primary stove dirty.We choose to rent for long trips because it is what we want.
We pay cash for everything. I have not paid interest or finance charges for over 10 years. Dropping $400 to rent a car for two weeks once or twice a year is chump change considering most people pay more than that for a car payment for 60-72-84 months.
I am on PEC electric co op in Texas. Overall rate can vary due in part by the amount usedLots of factual information, misinformation, speculation and opinion in this thread.
Here's my .02, most of my information comes off web searches.
The average one way commute to work is 16 miles. (FACT)
In September, the average new car cost was $45,031. (FACT)
Escape hybrid base MSRP is over 28k, plug-in MSRP is over 33k. (FACT)
Electricity cost is based on what your utility charges. (FACT)
I am on Flint Energy, a co-op. I pay 10.55 cents a KW, 24/7. No peak charges. (FACT)
The electrical grids ability to supply enough electricity to recharge thousands of EV's is based on the region you live in. (OPINION)
Sometime in the future, the current fuel tax will be scrapped as more EV's are sold and less ICE vehicles are on the road. (OPINION)
In our current situation, one EV with a 35 mile range will meet all of our daily driving needs. Anything beyond a "daily driving need" we can own a second vehicle, (hybrid or ICE) or rent a vehicle.
On long trips we usually rent. When we get home, our cars are in the garage, clean, full of gas and ready to go. We hand the keys back to Enterprise and say thank you. They clean off the bugs and dig the french fries out from under the seats, we go home and relax.
If the 2023 maverick EV launches with an 80 mile range I will jump on it and keep maverick hybrid as my Tripper vehicle.I hope it takes a few more years to launch a Maverick Lightning or Maverick Mach-E (Ford has to start consolidating that branding at some point, right?)... so that I don't regret buying my Maverick Hybrid.
I Believe the MSG will implement the milage tax for all, while keeping the gas tax plus adding a "carbon" tax to it and collecting the milage tax possibly daily as reported by your car and deducted from your government Issued and monitored cash free debit card.money sucking government will never stop collecting gas tax, but will surely add miles driven tax.
I often rent cars for drive-intensive trips. When I go to visit family in Texas I usually end up putting about 2500 miles on the car in a week. Until COVID hit, if I planned ahead I was often able to rent a car for less than $200.This seems completely pointless. A car is meant to be driven - that is literally its sole purpose. What are you doing, preserving the car for the next owner? We're about to put 4500 miles this month on our Genesis. We paid for it to enjoy it. I can't imagine paying more to rent a lesser car just to preserve it for no reason.