r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Jun 22 '26

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u/IronLover64 Jun 22 '26

Economy is fucked, guns are getting banned, and now big brother is watching. At least cars are gonna be affordable again.

https://www.reddit.com/r/foreignmarketcars/s/nQtoxOLwTM

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u/IronLover64 Jun 22 '26

Also, the Geely EX2, MG4, and BYD Seagull are 13k CAD in China and the only cars that are 7k CAD are the Wuling micro cars. If you want an average sedan like a Seal 06 or SUV like a Sealion 05, you're looking at paying around 22.8k - 32k CAD for the China price. Higher end cars like the BYD Han start at 37k CAD. It's still a bargain compared to the Canadian car market as far as high end cars go, but it's not like you can get a brand new EV land yacht for the price of a beater.

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u/HappyCan7250 Jun 22 '26

I believe the Chevy Equinox starts at 32k for a north American built EV. Also some Kia's (ICE) are around 25k CAD. The Chinese EVs won't be much cheaper than the cheapest existing options, although may have a few more options than a base model from a conventional brand.

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u/IronLover64 Jun 22 '26

Plus, an EV is cheaper to run and maintain than an ICE. Battery replacements are also much rarer than they used to be, and watching some of the AI translated Chinese EV repair videos I see online, a lot of the cars the shops get have around 300k km. That's probably more than the Kia ICE cars can do without crapping out. I dunno if they're as reliable as Toyotas and Hondas in our climate and salted roads, but it's not like you can get a new Toyota with Chinese EV prices anyway with the dealer upcharges.

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u/Nilotaus Jun 23 '26

I dislike EV's for the same reason I dislike modern ICE vehicles: Enshittification.

Everything from UI/UX to repairability. EV's just got a head-start compared to petroleum-fueled vehicles slowly getting to the point where you need to lift the fucking body in order to change a headlight.

I heaviliy dislike the big screens on many EV's that replace dashboard instruments, on top of touch-controls replacing physical buttons & dials which are objectively safer to use while operating a vehicle. But that's also not entirely specific to EV's either.

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u/IronLover64 Jun 23 '26

Yeah the enshittification of EVs in terms of repairability isn't pretty. If something gets under your car while you're driving somehow and punctures the battery, it's a pain in the ass to replace: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYyZwurIr-B/

But also, depending on the fault, replacing an electronic part can be the price of a literal peanut: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXtiZQPDT80/

I dunno about other cars, but this BYD Seagull (13k CAD in China) seems to have headlights you can replace without lifting up the car: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z8_uAw7sogU

As well as the BYD Seal U: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1GcCNPmj0d4

I haven't watched the full video, but it looks like it's possible to repair these EVs even in a head-on collision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxSXpelkw0Q Although I have no idea how well the repair in the video is done (I'll let you be the judge). Bad repairs can be the cause of your EV exploding or shitting out on the road like you see in all those videos on social media.

I'm kinda surprised there are this many videos about Chinese EV repairs online, not gonna lie.

Also, apologies for the annoying AI dubbing in the instagram videos. Those are all I can find that are in english and explain the process.

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u/Nilotaus Jun 23 '26

seems to have headlights you can replace without lifting up the car:

It's a dig on Found On Road, Dead. Also not entirely unique to ford specifically, every brand has something more or less just as absurd. Kia's for example aren't any better with how ridiculously easy it is to steal one.

Bad repairs can be the cause of your EV exploding or shitting out on the road like you see in all those videos on social media.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto

Also, apologies for the annoying AI dubbing in the instagram videos.

It's more instagram in the first place, I will not ever use anything facebook/meta-related. Not with all the evil they have wrought, ai only accelerates what they have already done & have enabled in the past.