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My problem is, if EV is not going to work for 100% of my use cases, I need a second car. But if I need a second car then it doesn't make sense to overthink the EV, any will do. What would be really awesome is if I could have one car and swap the power train easily, but that's just fantasy talk.

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Hiring a car for specific trips is probably much better, depending on the % of those use cases. That goes for other factors like towing capacity too.

Cars are already very expensive for something with such a low utilisation rate.

Towing actually seems in practice an awful place for renting. Use case is taking kids trailer camping: UHaul at least offers only trucks with (a) single row seating, and (b) no brake controller. Even if spouse did drive, the lack of the brake controller is a showstopper.

If someone knows where I can rent a crewcab with RV brake controllers, I'm all ears. I'd love to not have to own a tow vehicle.

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