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Windshields are my highest cost per mile

A not so serious cost of ownership post after 3 years and 30k miles:

Cost Cost/Year Cost/Mile
Charging $2,270 $757 $0.08
Tires $2,130 $710 $0.07
Windshields $3,300 $1,100 $0.11

Knowns and assumptions:

Charging assumed the total KWh consumed by the truck in its life muliplied by my local retail rated. I then added $500 for fast charging expenses as a quick SWAG after checking some past charges.

Tires are Toyo A/T III EVs, that I only put on 2500 miles ago, so their cost per mile should go down dramatically since they have a 50k warranty.

I've had my windshield replaced twice. It cost nearly 1800 when done by Rivian and a little over 1500 when done by Safelite. One crack happened on the highway and the other when I driving on some gravel roads regularly for a few days.

Anyway, if the truck was gas and got 15 mpg (a decent estimate for a 7,000 lb vehicle) and gas averaged $3/gallon, I would have paid $6,000 on fuel alone, plus had 4-6 oil changes for another few hundred bucks.

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u/Debas3r11 — 7 days ago
▲ 529 r/ar15

8.5" 300 BLK

8.5" .300 BLK

  • Criterion Core barrel

  • Surefire SOCOM762-MINI2

  • DD Lite rail cut to pistol gas FSB style

  • DBAL A2

  • Samson Grip

  • Surefire E1E in Wilcox mount

  • Aimpoint T1 on LaRue mount

  • MA Tech BUIS

  • Intl Mil Co lower

  • LMT PDW buffer tube

  • Chopped CAR stock

u/Debas3r11 — 18 days ago
▲ 63 r/Rivian

Bull elk checking out my truck

(very tiny in the background. I just wanted to share my truck)

u/Debas3r11 — 1 month ago