Help me with this car decision, have nobody to talk it through with

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My car is not safe, passed it’s MOT but does not reliably start and various light on dash intermittently, it’s a miracle it passed.
Test drove two cars this week, one electric and one petrol.
I really want the electric one and it will be so much cheaper to run.
I have two kids learning to drive at the moment. They are learning ina manual car and electric cars are automatic.
so far they have not practiced in my car but I hoped they could. I can’t keep the one I have as I think it is not safe and doesn’t always start.
I usually buy a five year old car and keep it for ten years. Should I buy the petrol one just so the kids can practice for a few months? Or get the one I think will be better in the longer run?

Appreciate any suggestions, feel I might be missing something

From a practical point I would go onto one of the price comparison sites and see how much the insurance is on bot types of car as you may find the EV is a lot more expensive with young drivers than an ICE car would be, although this may depend on the country you are in. I would encourage them to do their manual test, I say this as an employer with vans and they are all manual so our staff need to have a manual licence to be able to do the job.

Well I went for the electric! I love it

All these people saying the battery on an EV won't last I presume are basing it on things they have read on the internet or seen on the news, or someone else has told them this, rather than their own experiences. I work at a small car dealership and we sell all sorts of EVs. We have a Kona EV which is 6 years old and has 160,000 miles on it which we use as a loan car, still going strong and we have sold several 6-7 year old Model 3 Tesla's with over 120,000 miles on them and they're all fine. However something we do have problems with is the fact main dealers don't have the required EV qualified technicians with the required knowledge of their own brands to fix them when they do have battery issues. We have had a Nissan, Hyundai and a Volkswagen sat at main dealers, waiting to be repaired all under manufacturers warranty, for months on end and nothing we can do. They have therefore not been sold and we have lost thousands of pounds through depreciation. That's an interesting point someone mentioned about insurance of EVs for young people as it's not something I've thought about before, so worth considering. Personally I don't think we will all be driving EVs in 10 years time, even though I drive a Taycan myself at the moment.

Ina answer to your question though you should get the car you love