My 10+ yr old Yaris is leaking some fluid (I forgot which), and the dealer said it would be $1k+ to fix it, I didn't know if I could even sell it for $1k, so I said forget it. Thankfully the car is holding up valiantly, but if the leak becomes worse there's a very good chance I'll just throw it away because fixing it is not worth the value of the car.
So.... one might even say my 10+ year old ICE car is just a useless paperweight. One would be exaggerating, of course, but exaggeration seems the name of the game.
You are free to take your Yaris to any independent mechanic to fix that leak for a fraction of that price, probably with the option of using aftermarket parts to boot. The tech lock-in for EV batteries must not be underestimated.
> My 10+ yr old Yaris is leaking some fluid (I forgot which), and the dealer said it would be $1k+ to fix it, I didn't know if I could even sell it for $1k, so I said forget it. Thankfully the car is holding up valiantly, but if the leak becomes worse there's a very good chance I'll just throw it away because fixing it is not worth the value of the car.
I don't understand why you are comparing the cost of fixing it to how much you could sell it for. Shouldn't you be comparing to the cost of replacing it?
So.... one might even say my 10+ year old ICE car is just a useless paperweight. One would be exaggerating, of course, but exaggeration seems the name of the game.