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[–] Jalfred_prurock@lemmy.today 0 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Does anyone have a good basic tip on how to buy one at a discount?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 8 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Buy used, they devalue like rocks

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 3 points 16 hours ago

I wouldn't call them super cheap though they depreciate a lot from the new prices. Lots of quality ICE cars of similar age at lower prices, i.e. they are still expensive cars.

You can get fantastically good deals on used Fiskers. The company is bankrupt but there's a lively community of owners and getting stuff like repair parts isn't hard. I'm slightly tempted but only slightly. What I really want is an EV conversion for an old cargo van, so it would have very few computers inside.

[–] Jalfred_prurock@lemmy.today 0 points 17 hours ago

What about the idea of the battery degrading or getting worn out or whatever? I've never owned one and I have sort of zero concept of that. I think they're warranty covers through 150k or something like that?

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 3 points 19 hours ago

Theft. Dealerships hate this one weird trick!