As a German, many of my countrymen and -women are rather embarassing.
this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2026
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Germany has done a lot of good with green energy too, so it's not all bad
Muh big machine vroom vroom. Some people are so dumb π€¦π»
It's not "emotionally hard to accept" it's financially hard to purchase.
While I would agree, many people really do hate the idea of electric cars for no other reason than nostalgia for combustion engines. But it's changing.
On first perusal of the title, my mind read "combustable cars."
Our electric car is currently in the shop and we got a IC one as a replacement. I can't even express how much it annoys me to feel the car shift (at least its an automatic) and make noise when I accelerate. And that's a quality car, so it's muffled already.
Every time I drive: "Why can't my car be more quiet?"
Me, constantly, about everything: "Why can't it all be more quiet?"
We really get spoiled in our EVs, ngl.
after riding in an electric car, every IC engine sounds like a tractor
That's very endearing, Germany. Now be big boys and rip off the bandaid. You've been through worse.
I'd argue that a lot of Germans are rightfully nostalgic about the quality of cars from before the automotive industry pioneered enshittification in the mid 2000s. Electric cars weren't even viable back then because of the state of battery technology. That only became decent well after all cars had already been thoroughly enshittified, so there is no way of buying a non enshittified electric car, because nobody is even making one.
Just add speakers that do the vroom vroom sounds.
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I get it somewhat, just not the intensity of their emotional connection to combustion engines.
The combustion engine's character, flaws, sounds, cancerous wonderful smells. Tuning culture. Shitbox culture. Wrenching. All of that.
But I'm not spiralling into despair because EV is the hot new thing. It's different, yes, but keep an open mind and you'll age slower in the head. You can take EV battery safety courses and learn to wrench on them. Tuner and shitbox EV culture is already thriving on YouTube. People will learn EV have character too. The loud fart sounds shall be missed (many of you won't of course lol) but oh well it's not that big a deal.
My next commuter is going to be used EV. I am lucky to have a garage, so my big shitty V8 1994 Chevy trugg will continue doing the occasional dirty job until I can't buy gas at a reasonable price any longer or it's illegal to operate. I keep it nice minus the bed, so if I live long enough maybe I DIY EV swap it πΉ.
And that is something they can look back fondly on.
Why though? EVs have way, WAY less maintenance and "fuel" cost.
It is a car. you will be calling it junk and replacing it in a few years. So don't get emothional.
I get it - a stick shift ICE may not accelerate as fast/smooth - but it is a lot more fun. However driving is a serious task with potential to kill people. You can't treat it like a game