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  • Exactly this.

    First they came for the immigrants, but I did not speak out, because I was not an immigrant.
    Then they came for the students who protested Israel, but I did not speak out, because I was not a student, and I did not protest.
    Then they came for the Hispanics, but I did not speak out, because I was not Hispanic.
    Then they came for the trans people, but I did not speak out, because I was not trans.
    Then they came for the gay people, but I did not speak out, because I was not gay.
    Then they came for the Muslims, but I did not speak out, because I was not Muslim.
    Then they came for the people claiming benefits, but I did not speak out, because I did not claim benefits.

    Before all of this, they came for the black people who smoked a little weed, or shouted at cops who were shouting at them, and they locked them up and made them work for nothing or a nearly nothing wage, in prisons that profit from people who suffer for skin that’s not pink and parents who were poor.

    And when I asked my neighbour to not let his dog poop on my lawn, and he informed the authorities that I was disloyal to the president, they came for me, and my wife, and my children, and there was no one to speak out for me, and no one to defend me and no one to care because we had all run out of care, tired of turning our eyes from the despotic travesty of everything America was supposed to not be.




  • However the vast majority of those problems are not related to the ICE

    That is the complete opposite of my experience. In my experience the most frequent and expensive problems are related to the engine in an ICE car. Here are some problems I’ve had, and I don’t think they’re super rare, just a regular car showing its age:

    • clutch seizing up (no gears in an EV),
    • wheezy starter motor not starting the engine (no starter motor or engine in an EV),
    • stalling way too often (after years of trouble-free hill starts) (EVs don’t stall)
    • alternator failing (no alternator in an EV)
    • coolant boiling (no coolant in an EV)
    • fan belt screeching (no fan belt in an EV, but admittedly that one was a long long time ago)
    • squeaky brakes (only use the physical brakes in emergency braking in an EV)

    Other problems I’ve had that could happen to any car:

    • blown lightbulbs
    • blown fuses
    • tracking is off
    • tyres wearing out
    • proximity sensor failure
    • aircon failure

    Even the bottom two, which weren’t cheap, were still not as expensive or as complicated as the ICE shit I’ve tolerated over the years. My services cost me significantly less and there’s rarely any work to do.

    A EV or ICE makes no difference to the body or suspension system.

    I’ve literally never got rid of a car because of body or suspension problem - the engine has cost me too much stress, money and time, way, way, way before the body is shot or the suspension is failing. My uncle got rid of a car because of a bodywork issue, but he had had so much work done on it and had so many failed MOTs I don’t know why he didn’t trade up years earlier.


















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