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Keeping it doesn't make you a hypocrite. You already own the car so just keep it and make a different decision once this car is done.
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Keep the car for as long as possible. If you need a car then better for the environment to keep that one running. I see no hypocrisy here
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When I stopped buying animal products, I wore some leather shoes and belts until they were done, because the damage had already been done and it would have been wasteful to bin them. Gave some to homeless charities as well, as they often have needs for sturdy shoes for street homeless and smarter ones for people looking to get back to work.
Didn't feel this was hypocritical at the time, and think you'd be doing the right thing in using the car until it's done.
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I don’t see this as being hypocritical at all.
I have some wool jumpers and leather belts that I bought before going vegan. I’ll continue to use them until they eventually wear out.
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A question for you people: since I went vegan, I have donated all my existing leather and woollen clothing items, including my sofa, to charity shops . The only thing I have left of this nature is my Volvo 940, which is 25 years old and has half leather seats. I bought this secondhand for £500 before I went vegan (in fact, bought it before I even went veggie).
I will no longer buy new or secondhand non vegan items because I just can’t bear the idea of it now, but in the case of my car, is it generally accepted amongst vegans that you keep it until it eventually expires, then buy a cloth interior car next, on account of the higher cost to replace it, environmentally better to keep an old car going, there’s no such thing as a 100% vegan car anyway, selling won’t bring the poor animal back etc arguments?
I only buy secondhand cars anyway so forget dealers/cost of new car manufacturer aspects here etc.
Besides the half leather interior, and the fact I cycle more miles annually than I drive, I love the car. But I don’t want to be a hypocrite by keeping it.