Electric Car experience

[HuskyHawk]

So I'm planning on getting a new or new to me vehicle now that I'm back driving to work every day. I have a hip/sciatica issue that means that a whole range of vehicles either cause me pain (including my current BMW X5 to some degree) or are at risk of it. Mostly this involves pedal placement too far to the left due to a large/wide tunnel area combined with the seat comfort. I've now tested well over 20 cars. I'm not really an EV guy, and there are a couple of ICE models that I like and which probably won't cause pain. Genesis GV-70 (gorgeous but highest risk due to price and pedal), Lexus NX-350 (fairly safe, fairly nice) and VW Tiguan (slow, low features, new one comes out soon) were best.

While testing an Audi Q5 (which flunked) I also tested a 2022 Audi e-tron, because it's a great looking car and I'd never driven an EV. Not only was it incredibly comfortable, but I'm 100% sure it would be pain free. Seat is awesome, pedal well to the right and with regenerative braking you don't even reach over to the brakes as often. Massive depreciation in EVs has made it fairly cheap. However, it's a lower range model (220 miles) and that was new and not in winter. I have looked into chargers and installing one is no problem. But I am concerned about real world range in winter, with the heat on, being dramatically lower. Also probably summer with A/C. My wife is concerned that in 5 years when the battery warranty is done residual value would be close to zero. But that's not really different than leasing. My drive to work is only 17-18 miles, so I know that will be fine, but can I take it to Falmouth (70 miles) and back?

Any EV drivers out there who can provide useful information to help on the decision?

 

[mussels]

Are some of you planning on bench pressing your cars?

 

[CONN78SEJ]

All the front wheel drive vehicles I owned starting with my Datsun F-10 in 1978 had to be flat bedded. Most AWD also should be flatbedded. Your argument doesn't hold water.
If you don't like EV's fine don't buy one.

You don’t know what you’re talking about. Towing angle is everything. Some very small vehicles like 10 had to be flatbedded simply because the towing angle would cause the short vehicles rear to be too close to the ground and very likely would cause some damage. AWD cars can be towed but requires special attention to avoid damaging the drive train. EV cars absolutely cannot be towed no matter what the angle is.

 

[Fishy]

The only people who tow cars these days are the ones who are repossessing them.

Your roadside assistance folks are coming with a flatbed.

What a weird angle.