I think I got you all beat. I bought my EV in 1976 and still driving it today. I bought a new 1975 Chevelle in 1975 and do not drive it much when I got the EV. I also have the Chevelle today and it has less than 3700 miles on it. Drive the Chevelle about once a year for about 2 to 4 miles in the summer only, on clean roads and not raining.
Only put a quart of gas in it per year to keep the gasoline fresh. I think I still have some $0.55 a gallon gas in it. With the EV, I put about 1 gallon of distill water in it about once a month which at that time cost about $0.39 a gallon. Today people ask me how much mileage that it gets, I say about 1 gallon a month which now cost $0.89 a gallon. One day I was in the checkout lane at Wal Mart and had the whole shopping cart fill with 1 gallon jugs of distill water that was on sale. A guy said, what do you use all that water for? I said, I run my car on this water. Add it to a secret solution of H2S04 and Ionize with electricity and the way I go. Roland ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Ross via EV<mailto:ev@lists.evdl.org> To: Peri Hartman<mailto:pe...@kotatko.com> ; Electric Vehicle Discussion List<mailto:ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 6:21 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Why EVs are awesome Surely you don't mean only maintenance. Isn't there even a little fuel in that? My Scion xB has used up about $18000 in gasoline if I call it an average of $3 / gallon times 6000 gallons. The only repair that is ICE related is $250. I have maybe 35 oil changes in it at $25 (I do them myself), call it $30 to cover air filters and stuff - $1050. I won't add in the tires and brakes, they are in ICE and EV. Never tallied the fuel cost before - that is frightening. At a purchase cost of $11,900 with 9000 miles on the clock I think you don't get a much less expensive ICE. I guess the power for an EV might be a quarter of the gas cost. If I hypothesized an xB EV then I would have saved $13500. Still, there are no EVs comparable that would compete with the xB on economy and utility. I have a deal at work where I could get a Leaf for dealer cost, maybe $23K. That is in the neighborhood, but not as flexible as the xB due to current charging options. Still it is getting close. Here is wishing for dependable used leafs that will go 200K+ miles. If I paid show room prices for an xB the Leaf then looks nice. But, I would be more likely to get an used xB for maybe $8K. On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org<mailto:ev@lists.evdl.org>> wrote: > I just looked at the total maintenance costs for my ICE vehicle (Honda > Odyssey 2000) and it is just under $20,000. Grant it, I take it on long > trips which I can't do with the Leaf but from a cost perspective, even if I > need to replace the battery every 6-7 years in my Leaf (and it will likely > be 10-12 years), I would come out probably about half that cost. There are > just too many things to go wrong with ICE vehicles. So far I've spent $21 > on the Leaf, for a tire repair. > > And the $20K doesn't include fuel! > > Peri > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub<http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub> > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org<http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org> > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/<http://groups.yahoo.com/> > group/NEDRA) > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * Tell me what it is you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver, "The summer day." To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html>> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones<https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones>> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk michael.e.r...@gmail.com<mailto:michael.e.r...@gmail.com> <michael.e.r...@gmail.com<mailto:michael.e.r...@gmail.com>> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140728/0936e584/attachment.htm<http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140728/0936e584/attachment.htm>> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub<http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org<http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org> For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA>) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140728/1f9d8e07/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
