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I'm going along with Donald here. A 'first' car is the universal car, the one you'll keep if you are restricted to one. Even if the second or subsequent cars are used more often, if they are restricted to niche vehicles they aren't 'first' cars. For example, when I owned my Datsun 2000 Roadster, I drove it most of the time and it was my primary car, not my first car. The '65 Impala was my first (literally), secondary but universal car even though I used the Impala much less, because it could haul people and gear that the 2000 couldn't (I was a scoutmaster at the time) and could be used in road and weather conditions that the 2000 couldn't handle.TickTock said:I don't see it that way. My ICE gets used at most once a month. Even though it (K2500 Suburban) has far more functionality, I can't see calling it my primary. I think it goes by which you get the most use from - which the Leaf wins hands down.donald said:Possibly. But it is also reversed in that it is the EV with the 'limited functionality', which would have previosuly been the characteristic of that 'second car' sports convertible, or whathaveyou.
The shift with EVs is that they are designed to perform the greater number of commuter miles, albeit within the 'limited functionality'. I think people might still think of the EV as 'a second car', for the functionality reason rather than the mileage reason.
So, even though the 2000 was far more fun to drive, more economical and easier to park, if push had come to shove it would have gone bye-bye and I would have kept the Chevy, because the Chevy could be used without a thought and the Datsun couldn't. I ultimately replaced that two-car combination with my first Subaru wagon, re-combining first and primary cars.