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It is a PITA to switch cars all the time, that is why I downsized. In Europe there are no driveways like in US, I live in a city, so to get out the car from the garage, I have to move the car it is blocking it somewhere on the street, I park the one that was in the garage on another place in the street, I take the other one and put it in the garage.. it is like car tetris.. I had enough.I only mention my garage opener because as you just noted my garage / home is 20 years old lol. It’s on borrowed time. So when I do take out my daily driver I’m like, hope the garage opens when I get home lol.
The plug in hybrids are significantly higher priced than the ICE equivalents, and even with the fuel economy and less tax, one insurance still need about 5 years to pay off the price difference, maybe more. But this added bonus of simplifying everything was priceless for me. I started to do this with many things, my life improved a lot since I started decluttering..
Even for overlanding, got a small fridge, a solar panel, and a Ecoflow, i don't want to hear anymore about dc to dc, wiring and other crap for 30 days per year of camping maybe..