My DD will be my Challenger SRT392 and my Bronco. 
But luckily my commute is only 1.2 miles. So when the weather permits I ride my bike.
But luckily my commute is only 1.2 miles. So when the weather permits I ride my bike.
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Agree 100%. My daily driver is a Model S that we bought new in 2015 when we lived in California not because we are tree huggers, but because it allowed my wife to drive while alone in the car pool lanes while driving down to the Bay Area 300 miles round trip for work about 35 times each year. It saved her about an hour each way. She’s been driving a diesel Range Rover since we moved back to MN in 2018 so I took over the Model S and it’s been my favorite daily driver ever. It’s fast, quiet, reliable($2.5k in total maintenance for 130k miles) and the 200 mile range is plenty as I’m retired and never drive farther than the 140 miles north to our cabin. It’s way more fun to drive than the Range Rover but my wife 100% prefers the Rover and I love that her favorite vehicle ever because it eliminate the need for a dedicated tow vehicle. It pulls our 5,000 and 6,000 pound boats easily for the handful of times each year I need to tow them.
The Bronco will be a completely different, fun, 3rd vehicle but I’m guessing I’ll still drive my Model S at least half the time. It’s acceleration is addicting and it has a way better aftermarket stereo and listening environment than the Bronco ever could. The fact that it costs me about $3 to drive it 100 miles is not really a deciding factor, especially when the boats both get about 1.5-2 mpg which added up to 2,400 gallons of fuel last summer.
I do occasionally get someone who assumes that I’m a greenie because of my Tesla and I love to remind them that the power plant that gives us electricity(at out cabin) is coal fired and the majority of the others in MN are natural gas. I love the look on their faces when I tell them it takes about 32 pounds of coal to charge my Tesla.
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I will not purchase a BEV under any circumstances, maybe a hybrid if no other alternatives. Living in a rural area that loses power when a butterfly farts makes BEVs an absurd choice.
I have a R1T and a Bronco reservation, and I'm kind of just waiting to see who can deliver their vehicle sooner (and I may take delivery of the other just to resell it for a profit). Fuel vs. electricity costs are the least of my concerns; I suspect depreciation will be BY FAR the greatest difference in ownership costs:
In 10 years, a 7MT Bronco with 100k miles could well be worth half what I paid for it (possibly a good bit more, depending on inflation/economy/supply chain/etc.). If history is any indication, a 10 year old BEV is practically worthless, potentially having NEGATIVE value if the battery pack is dead and I'd have to pay to recycle it (a very real possibility by that time).
But Rivian and Ford seemingly keep one-upping each other with incompetence, so maybe I'll ditch both of them and get the upcoming 4Runner or something.
In 10 years, a 7MT Bronco with 100k miles could well be worth half what I paid for it (possibly a good bit more, depending on inflation/economy/supply chain/etc.). If history is any indication, a 10 year old BEV is practically worthless, potentially having NEGATIVE value if the battery pack is dead and I'd have to pay to recycle it (a very real possibility by that time).
But Rivian and Ford seemingly keep one-upping each other with incompetence, so maybe I'll ditch both of them and get the upcoming 4Runner or something.
We have an EV and just got the Bronco. It’s a pretty good combo.
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