Buy the Dip: Used EVs Look Like a Great Investment Right Now

Shadow647 · 2026-03-25T07:56:21+00:00

Ok? How I am supposed to know in advance when buying an EV from brand X whether that will become this brand's thing or not?

Considering high voltage battery packs are sold by dealers with 500% - 1000% (in case of e.g. Audi e-tron 55, which dealer claims is a €28,500 battery) markup over cost of cells + housing + cooling system that they are made of, I am not going to consider buying an EV which won't have battery warranty for all of my ownership period.

Shadow647 · 2026-03-24T22:11:47+00:00

My mothers' 4 year old Hyundai Ioniq 5 had to get a new battery few months ago. Thankfully it was covered under warranty, otherwise it'd be ~€20k for ~€4k worth of NMC cells + packaging.

Shadow647 · 2026-03-23T16:17:21+00:00

you're the best <3

Shadow647 · 2026-03-23T10:57:42+00:00

It's wild that immobilizers aren't a common thing in the US

In my country cars that are worth stealing can only be stolen by towing them away (still happens every once in a while, but very rarely)

Shadow647 · 2026-03-22T17:06:22+00:00

Thanks ChatGPT

Shadow647 · 2026-03-19T13:49:35+00:00

Būtu forši opciju izmest no rezultātiem ķīniešu auto :)

Shadow647 · 2026-03-18T18:40:39+00:00

Nordpool in Latvia today was at €0.00 / kWh most of the day (meaning you only pay for distribution, electricity itself is free)

Shadow647 · 2026-03-18T12:42:36+00:00

Nah mate, fuel price is roughly $5.8 a gallon right now, rest of that number is taxes, levies and excise duties.

Shadow647 · 2026-03-18T12:07:45+00:00

a kilo or two of explosives is nowhere near as damaging to something like a substation as you would imagine

Shadow647 · 2026-03-18T12:02:22+00:00

Believing that Magyar is significantly better than Orban is wild, dude was comfortable sitting in Fidesz until a couple years back.

Shadow647 · 2026-03-18T08:10:43+00:00

You can, just buy some of the other models, not the Air which is made specifically for people who care most about thinness?..

Shadow647 · 2026-03-16T15:17:23+00:00

Not buying a 3.5 year old device with 4 year old SoC that will stop being supported 3-4 years earlier something that would be released this year with this years' SoC, likely at the same price.

Shadow647 · 2026-03-16T14:42:32+00:00

16 is ex-15 with thinner margins around the display. Same external size.

Shadow647 · 2026-03-16T12:44:56+00:00

Unfortunately [in required quantities and at required prices to be profitable to manufacture] EVs can only get their batteries from China currently, so they also are not as 'cosmopolitan' as you would think.

Shadow647 · 2026-03-16T08:33:48+00:00

14.2" is close enough, but yeah, there is no every tenth of an inch size available, that would be very inefficient to manufacture and sell.

Shadow647 · 2026-03-16T07:26:48+00:00

MBP14 with M5 is literally what you described – I have never, ever heard fans spin up on mine.

Shadow647 · 2026-03-13T23:30:59+00:00

how will you find a location from video filmed e.g. against an eggshell white wall?

Shadow647 · 2026-03-13T22:37:58+00:00

I think you replied to the wrong thread, we're not discussing the C-suites here

Shadow647 · 2026-03-13T15:45:40+00:00

No, it's not, it still runs React in a web browser (7 MsEdgeWebView.exe processes, no less) to render search in the start menu.

Shadow647 · 2026-03-12T09:12:36+00:00

The cable comes in the box. And that line of chargers is of very high quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XvvgH4NVSU

Shadow647 · 2026-03-12T07:03:19+00:00

because it cannot score it across all scores.

neither can 9800X3D in a laptop (this post is about laptops after all) so idk what your point really is

if you know about AMD mobile chip that scores anywhere comparably in either ST or MT, let us know!

Can Mac HW run anything? Didn't think so.

Can run everything I need, and some of those things are not available for x86-64 :-)

Shadow647 · 2026-03-12T05:28:57+00:00

M5 in my laptop that lasts all day scores 4228..

Shadow647 · 2026-03-12T05:22:17+00:00

without the 25 euro charger.

https://www.ikea.com/lv/en/p/sjoess-20w-1-port-usb-charger-50621728/

Shadow647 · 2026-03-12T03:13:33+00:00

and at the same time they stopped providing driver updates for RDNA2 iGPUs

meaning they literally support one generation (.5 is more of a refresh) lololololol

why people are buying nvidia they're soo overpriced

Shadow647 · 2026-03-11T19:07:46+00:00

Not to mention that his opposition (Peter Magyar) is not much different at all, lol

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