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That doesn't do any good when I want to keep driving. Not a problem for 99% of trips, but the rare cross country trip liquid fuel is a lot quicker to get back going with.

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Then you can rent a war, a perfectly viable solution for a problem people might have one every few years.

More like a couple times a year for me. It sound viable, but it really isn't because the cost is so high - it is cheaper to have a (used) car that works for everything than to spending $800 to rent a car for a week. I visit family out of range of an electric car for many holidays - cheaper to buy a car just for those trips and park it than rent a car for those trips!

I'm not against renting a car, but it is far too expensive in practice to do for a regular vacation.

If you take 2 trips a year, each time staying a week, that's going to cost you $1,500 a year.

For that much money you could just buy another car.

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