Vermilion Energy Inc T.VET

ITS ALL about THE DIVY

[oilgenious]

and still is as long as the world needs oil and not those battery charged HOTWHEELS that have a hefty cost on changing the battery VET goes to 40s my very last CALL

[prested]

I assume you mean $40 US and not Canadian. Doesn't take a genius (or genious) to see that my friend. EVs are fine in Europe maybe where distances are short  (and traffic jams are long), but in N. America where a daily commute of 5o k is considered reasonable, no one but a fool is going to wait around for 40 minutes to get a recharge, so the infernal combustion engine is going to be around

[clamlinguine]

I've got 300k kms on my $20K 14 year old Toyota. (OMG) How many EVs would I have gone through? So far I have put in a new water pump and changed the brake pads once. That is frikkin unreal when I think about it. What a car.

[Pandora]

My 2002 Camry now has 208,000km on it. I did have to change the timing belt along with the water pump at 140,000 and recently had to change an EGR valve - quoted at $1100 by the dealer - I bought the part for $270 and had it replaced for $159 so saved a few bucks. Since buying my first car in 1957 for $400 I paid $13K for this one in 2007(used) and that is the most I have ever paid for a car. I

[clamlinguine]

I wasn't always as smart as you in car buying Pandora. Finally learned my lesson and figured out its money I love, not cars. I will dump my 2008 manual transmission Yaris for a new Corolla soon I think (Yaris no longer produced). Everything has to go on it soon? If the wife finally gets rid of me, I might go back into a cash-hating show car.

[Nuttw1ster]

410 on a 1998 Camry, suspension, cv boots, water pump and a couple of timing belts, very minimal maintenance. The only way to know ho an electric will pan out is to buy one, or have access to one you can be intimate with. Longevity usually owes much more to the operator's behaviour and maintenance than the type of drivetrain. 

[stockmarket1]

This thread went from a dividend topic to what mileage their car has. Talk about taking a left turn lol

[marketsense]

I have a '09 Nissan Altima 200,000 k and it runs beautiful.  I'm my own mechanic for most things so have done the brakes twice and changed a leaky rad over that time. Only once had to take it in for a faulty transmission sensor which cost a few hundred quid.  And yes, I do baby it by changing oil and fliters regularly and spark plugs about every couple of years.  I think

[Pandora]

I haven't really heard any stories on how the EV's do in a cold snowy winter, which, despite many greenies thinking otherwise, we will get many of.

[marketsense]

Besides freezing cold and frozen roads how about mountainous terrain which is where I live.  BC has lots of mountain ranges to negotiate and in winter you need all your accessories running full out.  Interior heat,  lights and windshield wipers better be able to handle the load because you're going to need all of them.  I would not want to be running an EV on a steep