I have a very hard time seeing the wisdom of not having one (or all but one) of those cars be a BEV.
After a few months in this scenario, I have to wholeheartedly agree. The only non-EV vehicle we have right now is a minivan … and that’s only because there aren’t any EV minivans yet. It’ll need to be replaced sometime in the next 1-3 years, so I hope it’ll be replaced by an EV. Right now we have 2 EVs, both generic 4-door sedans, one purchased new and the second purchased used. One EV is used for commuting. We also have one minivan, used for transporting kids and sometimes for long trips, though for the last 2 long trips, when only 4 of us went, we took an EV, and other than the limited storage space, it was an absolute pleasure (including charging that was very easy).
… spend about $500 a month on (average) fixing the stuff that keeps breaking
If you’re spending $500 a month ON AVERAGE, it should have been replaced already! I don’t know the word for it, but it’s kind of the opposite of “marginal utility”, the PITA factor of having to bring it in, be without that vehicle, PAY for costly repairs repeatedly, etc. And then there’s the “expense creep”, let’s say you are willing to pay $500 a month to repair it because “no new car will cost $6000 a year” … but what if suddenly one month it needs a $1700 transmission job? Then you need 3 1/2 month of no repairs to meet that psychological number. And what if suddenly there are 2 months in a row of $1000+ repairs? That can easily happen with an older vehicle.