"Electric Vehicles are Actually Worse for the Environment than Internal Combustion Cars"

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Like I said multiple times now.... you can literally buy any part the car is made up of on the used market. Anything. The false narrative is that Tesla won't sell you parts and you can't get them anywhere so if something breaks you're screwed. That's simply not how it works.

That's IF you buy new and IF you buy from a dealer and IF you pay their absurd rate for the maintenance. It's a sales tactic. It's not an unlimited manufacturer's powertrain warranty which is what we're talking about here. That also stays with the original purchaser of the vehicle.

All new Teslas came with an 8 year unlimited mile powertrain warranty that follows the car to every owner for free. That's easily the most comprehensive warranty in the biz from ANY automobile manufacturer. Don't believe me? Here's a list: Click me. You'll see that Tesla is the ONLY one on that list that's unlimited powertrain warranty and there's a reason for that. The other best options are only 100k miles with most coming in at the 50-60k range. ICE vehicles will have more problems because they're not as reliable so if manufacturers tried to warranty them with unlimited miles for 8 years for whoever owned the car they'd be bankrupt after about 6 years. That alone should be enough proof of how much more reliable EVs are long term. Hell, the Volt was the most reliable car GM ever made.

Just saying, "on the used market", so you're gambling with used parts? Not that I havent done that before, or new parts aren't a gamble either, but new vs used.

Also, as I said, yes they're not manufacturer warranties, but no you Dont have to go to the dealership to pay their obsurd rates; you just have to go to certified repairshop.

But so it's not a manufacturer lifetime warranty, it's still a dealership lifetime powertrain warranty. What's wrong with an aftermarket warranty? I had an aftermarket warranty on my previous car, wasnt a lifetime warranty, but no issues.

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Just saying, "on the used market", so you're gambling with used parts? Not that I havent done that before, or new parts aren't a gamble either, but new vs used.

Also, as I said, yes they're not manufacturer warranties, but no you Dont have to go to the dealership to pay their obsurd rates; you just have to go to certified repairshop.

But so it's not a manufacturer lifetime warranty, it's still a dealership lifetime powertrain warranty. What's wrong with an aftermarket warranty? I had an aftermarket warranty on my previous car, wasnt a lifetime warranty, but no issues.

Not always used but most are, yes. Lots of new take-offs that are technically new and cost a fraction of what the part would cost new. You also pay a relative amount based on the part and it's estimated life expectancy so in the end it makes it worth the risk unless you overpay. But, again, I can't tell you the last time I walked into a dealership to buy a brand new OEM part at retail price to install on my vehicle. It's almost always used or aftermarket.

Regardless of if you're taking it to a dealership or a certified repair shop you're paying for labor and I don't pay for labor. I do my own work. I don't pay someone else to do things I can do for myself. So paying for labor is hardly free. There are a LOT of caveats to 3rd party warranties and as such I place zero value in them.

As to your question about 3rd party warranties... that's an entirely separate conversation I'm getting into on this thread. You're comparing apples to aardvarks though for purposes of this conversation.