“In many cases, it makes more sense to keep (or buy) an older fuel-efficient vehicle than to buy a new one.” Hear, hear! We had a brief scare last September with my wife’s car so we flirted with an eGolf or a Bolt, but the fix turned out to be pretty inexpensive… whew.
Her ’05 Mazda hasn’t even reached 100k yet. My ’04 Hyundai hatchback is about to hit 151k. Frankly I hope these are the last cars we need to own. They have great visibility (due to more lenient federal rollover standards), engine bays that I can understand, widely-available parts, and proven reliability.
Oh, and they also don’t report your habits back to the manufacturer and whoever is buying that data from them:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/12/17/what-does-your-car-know-about-you-we-hacked-chevy-find-out/