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Buying a car - electric or petrol?

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LaCrepescule Tue 26-Nov-24 14:21:43

I’m 67 and about to buy a car. I live in a street of terraced houses with on-street parking so couldn’t charge an electric at home and there are no nearby public charging points.
I love driving so the idea of an automatic doesn’t much appeal. I’m thinking of buying a used petrol car, no more than two years old. I don’t change my cars often (the last one went for 14 years,) so it may well see me out!
I’m all for protecting the environment but there’s a lot of debate about the harms done when disposing of electric batteries. I’d welcome your opinion!

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Greyduster Tue 26-Nov-24 17:01:52

I wouldn’t go back to a manual gear box now, and yes look at hybrids. We had two before DH died and they were brilliant. Unfortunately the last one was too big for me, so I sold it, but I do miss it.

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NotAGran55 Tue 26-Nov-24 18:20:19

LaCrepescule please come back and let us know what you settle on 🚗

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LaCrepescule Wed 27-Nov-24 06:02:48

I will! Won’t be till the new year but something to look forward to.

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Cabbie21 Wed 27-Nov-24 09:10:56

Last year I broke a bone in my hand. With a manual car it was several weeks to get back to driving because of changing gear and using the handbrake. I changed to an automatic this year, and a petrol hybrid, which does not need to be plugged in. The best of all worlds.

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MiniMoon Wed 27-Nov-24 09:23:55

We live in quite a rural area, the charging points are few and far between. We would need a charging point installed at home.
When we bought our new car this summer we bought a petrol engine car.

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