Bryan

Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.

Keep my old ICE car or get an EV?

My car is 13 years old and recently turned over 150,000 miles. I got it used in 2013 with 55k miles on it, so I’ve done fewer than 10k miles per year, including several cross-country trips. It’s been a great car with very few issues, but it’s showing its age and I’m debating if I should put the $4k in repairs it needs into it or get something else. I’ve loved not having a car payment the last 5 years, but I also don’t want to keep sinking money into it. Keeping it would cost $6k over two years, including gas. An electric would cost $10k after incentives over the same period.


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Bryan is an urban planner, musician, writer, husband and father. He lives with his wife and two young kids in Portland where he enjoys sampling the region's food scene and exploring the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest.



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