Q: I'm thinking of replacing my electric car with a gasoline powered car and have some questions 🤔 :
1. I have heard that gasoline cars cannot refuel at home while you sleep. How often do you have to refill elsewhere? Will there be a solution for refuelling at home?
2. Which parts will I need to service and how often? The car salesman mentioned oil in the engine and timing belts that need replacing and a box with gears in it. What is this? How much will this service oil change cost and how often – and what happens to the old oil? Also apparently these gasoline type cars generally stop on the brakes alone – so the brakes wear out much faster – how long will they last compared to my current car which lasts over 100k miles?
3. In a gasoline or diesel car, do I get fuel back when I slow down or drive downhill?
4. The car I test drove seemed to have a delay from the time I pressed the accelerator pedal until it began to accelerate. Is that normal in gasoline cars?
5. We currently pay about 2 cents per mile to drive our electric car. I have heard that gasoline can cost up to 8 times as much. Is this true?
6. Is it true that gasoline is highly flammable?
7. I have also been told that we pay unstable foreign governments for their oil, and end up fighting wars to keep the oil flowing. My current car uses electricity generated in America using coal, wind, and hydro power.
8. I have been told that these internal combustion engines make a noise when you start them – so early starts can wake people up, and driving a lot of internal combustion engine cars in towns makes towns noisy. It hurts my ears just thinking of it!
9. Is it true people can steal the fuel from your tank?
10. What is the drop in range in cold weather, I've been told a car that does 45mpg can drop to 37 mpg in winter – just curious on that one.
11. What is a catalytic converter? A friend told me that people are sawing off catalytic converters in the middle of the night for their platinum.
12. I was also told – that the exhaust gas isn’t good for you – and if you leave the car running in a confined space – like a garage – you will die – surly that isn’t true is it?
13. Guy next door told me – these gasoline cars – carry around 40 to 60 litres of highly flammable liquid which is pumped into a steel cylinder, and its then exploded to generate expanding gas to move a piston, and turn linear motion into rotary motion.
Why would anyone want thousands of explosions happening within a few feet of where you’re sitting? Sounds dangerous to me.
14. A guy at work told me – he has a gasoline powered car, and it leaks oil. When he parks it – surely that’s not right is it – leaving grease all over the floor of his garage and driveway. How long before this happens if I change?
15. Is it true – gasoline and diesel are so dangerous, that you can only buy the fuel at a special filling station, and not anywhere (hotels/Car parks/Home/Work)?
16. While technology is advancing, will I ever be able to refuel my internal combustion car for free using only the sun?
17. That 19th century technology sounds too complicated for me. Maybe I will buy a horse!

(Copied from Tesla Owners Club Australia)

Blessings,

Muskrat Love

I better have the wife make some popcorn. This should be a good one!

I'd recommend the change.

Take the HORSE!!! I use one to hunt all,over the Mountains and it goes places Four wheelers will not and I don't need any Solar Air or Gas. Plus my horse lets off Gas that can be ignited if the Libturd Demonrats would just pay for it!!!

Sounds like you deserve to stay with the electric car

I can't tell if this is BS or really true

Don't really need either, got plenty of horse power lol.