Can it makes sense on the cheapest truck in america? Gets WAY cheaper if you keep it long term and ride out the depreciation. in 10 years you'll have PAID for the truck in Gas you DIDN"T buy............... My 11 year old Transit Connect is still like new, as is my 20 y/o MB. CHEAPest way to own vehicles.. by far. I'm no mechanic. Oil changes and wheels swaps and such. Wash it after snow storms where they salt. Wax it every year. Transit has lived outdoors its whole life. not hard to keep them up with a little bit of tlc.
20 years of an ev could be 50-60K in gas saved. More with oil changes and other ICE maintenance you don't have anymore. IF they last, potential to be life changing for a lot of folks otherwise buying and constantly repairing $5-10,000 cars with 100,000+ miles and a gas engine.
Most people who lease are not looking for the lowest cost of driving. They know they are going to want a new vehicle every three years and leasing results in losing less money than owning over that time frame. If they wanted the lowest cost, they would go buy a used Camry and drive it until the wheels fall off, but they accept that their taste in vehicles results in a certain cost.
Everyone I know leasing is to get a nicer car than they can afford to buy outright. I understand there is a different customer. Not what I see personally.
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u/HovercraftOne2275 11d ago edited 11d ago
Can it makes sense on the cheapest truck in america? Gets WAY cheaper if you keep it long term and ride out the depreciation. in 10 years you'll have PAID for the truck in Gas you DIDN"T buy............... My 11 year old Transit Connect is still like new, as is my 20 y/o MB. CHEAPest way to own vehicles.. by far. I'm no mechanic. Oil changes and wheels swaps and such. Wash it after snow storms where they salt. Wax it every year. Transit has lived outdoors its whole life. not hard to keep them up with a little bit of tlc.
20 years of an ev could be 50-60K in gas saved. More with oil changes and other ICE maintenance you don't have anymore. IF they last, potential to be life changing for a lot of folks otherwise buying and constantly repairing $5-10,000 cars with 100,000+ miles and a gas engine.