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>>mikela+(OP)
This is what makes Teslas sustainable and other car cos, like Porsche, not.

A battery pack for a Model 3 is $10K. So even if the whole car is only worth $20K, it's still worth keeping on the road.

The Porsche Taycan battery pack is $70K. The moment you have any issue at all with it, the car will be considered totaled.

>>mvkel+cu
> The moment you have any issue at all with it, the car will be considered totaled.

Huh? The taycan has an 8-year/100k mile battery warranty. How many 100k+ mile carreras do you see for sale on eBay?

>>tw04+Tw
It's like the S60, VW W12, old V12 Continentals, etc. If it's expensive to maintain no one wants to buy it off you so you get hit with massive depreciation costs. You can get a 20y/o 'no issues' 500+hp V12 Continental for 10k where I'm at. They've had a brutal cost/year and cost/mile.

>>lan321+KE
Huh? S60? Can you clarify?

I've driven a 2003 Volvo S60 (plain 5 cylinder, no turbo), which matches your 20 years - and most diy repairs were quite straightforward. I suppose you're talking about some Mercedes or other brand I'm less familiar with?