That’s assuming they even read the message and don’t just close out of it instantly.

Thats assuming that people are actually going to throw their computers in the trash when the OS reaches end of life.

Most people running these old machines probably won’t know or care.

It doesn’t matter if it’s a parallel or series hybrid. The electric motor does the most work in stop and go traffic, and thats what also hurts your engine the most. The electric motor allows the gas engine to not have to stress itself as much, and run in much more optimal load ranges.

Gaskets and seals almost never have change intervals, it’s replace them when they leak. Air filters are $30 and take 10 minutes to change so the labor rate is stupid cheap for those. Synthetic oil changes aren’t that expensive, and last a lot longer than most people think. Many German (regular gas) cars suggest 1-2 year and 10-15k mile intervals for their oil changes, and even dealers will do those for under $100. In 5 years I’ve spent less than $1500 in maintenance on my regular ass gas Outback, and that’s doing work way ahead of schedule, not waiting until Subarus prescribed times. Maintenance costs are not that big of a concern for new gas cars.

What holds people back from EVs is range anxiety. A phev gives them exactly what they want.

6 years ago someone submitted a contact us form with the name Fuckwit McBumcrumble at work and we found it really funny.

Hybrids shift all of the hard work to the dead simple electric motors, and allow the gas engines to stay in their happy zone. There’s a reason why priuses and other hybrids are know to be stupid reliable. Maintenance is also a lot less frequent because of that. So while you technically have to do it, you go MUCH longer in between doing them. I’d be comfortable doing 15k mile oil changes on a hybrid, but not on a gas car.

Granted this is GM so I’d expect them to fuck something up about these cars. But it’s their trucks and those are like the only good things GM makes.

They’re the perfect stepping stone for those who are curious, but afraid to make the leap.

FOSS devs/enthusiasts

hang out IRL

I forget what car it is, but there’s a car radio that has a “max volume on startup” option to avoid this issue.

Why is this feature not standard on everything? If every time my radio defaulted to a medium low volume, and I slowly turn it up then that’d be perfect.

meters

Ya lost all Americans.