So, my husband has a 2014 Chevy Malibu that has the auto start feature. It also has two batteries; a main battery under the hood and an auxiliary battery in the trunk. To my understanding the aux battery runs all the electronics in the car. The aux battery went out and we replaced it two weeks ago. Case closed- right? NOPE. A module that sits on the main battery went bad and the main battery is now shot. So we get to pay just about $1K with my military discount to replace these two things. 

Not to mention the ABS module is also bad. That costs another grand that's going to have to wait because the part is backordered. 

A few months after we bought the car (used) the starter went bad and it cost $700 to replace. 

NO, NO, NO. I don't want to hear any damn thing about how awesome electric vehicles are. His car isn't an EV and we already pay out the [BLEEP] when something electrical, which is nearly everything, goes out. I don't want to know how much stuff in an EV would cost to replace. My 2002 Silverado had better last until I die because I'm not buying a vehicle that costs more to maintain than the monthly payment or whatever. You can't even buy a battery that has less than 900 cold cranking amps. 

When the alternator went out in my truck I replaced it myself. I've replaced the battery. The serpentine belt. The dash light module. And several other things. When you lift the hood you can see everything. My husband's car? All you see is plastic. I don't even know how to get to his battery or I'd replace it and the module myself. 

So no. I don't want to hear jack about how awesome EVs are and how they're going to save anything when what they'll do is make personal transportation unattainable for a lot of people. It's already absurd, the cost of vehicles. There is absolutely no reason to pay $44K for a used Dodge Challenger. I saw that one in a used car lot earlier this year. I don't care how nice it is, there is no reason it should cost $44K for a used car. 

I guess I wouldn't be so pissed off at the sticker shock if we weren't still paying off thousands in medical debt. And we have insurance that paid 70% of my surgery bill but there were other costs like diagnostics (MRI, CAT scans, blood work, etc.) that was not included in that payment plan. 

I'm gonna stop before I get too fired up. I just had to rant.

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