Posted on 04/15/2012 9:04:00 PM PDT by DallasBiff
"My husband (JDHCalif) wrote a lengthy review and I wanted to add my 2 cents. We are actually now getting nearly 130mpg per day because his company installed an electrical outlet in his office parking area.
The car costs about $2 to fully charge at PG&E rates and each full charge takes the car about 45 miles. Even though we drive 130 mile+ daily commutes we are burning almost no gas...not insignificant in CA where gas is now $4.63 per gallon. The Volt is proving to be more than twice as economical as our Prius...and it drives so much better - even the regen brakes feel better. We are going to sell the Prius and get another fully loaded Volt for me (which net/net costs less than a comparably loaded new Prius)
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“Oh yeah? I’m in fag land aka Hollywood and never saw one. Lib clowns here drive their wuss mobile called the Prius and even most of them are ashamed to drive this clown car.”
Was watching “Terrible Bosses” as the guy in a Prius was being interrigated by the police...
“You were drag racing in a Prius???
“Well, I don’t win a lot...”
My nuclear powered Hummer will crush you!
I've seen a few Leaf's driving around San Diego. Only 2 Volt's thus far.
I googled this and it is indicating that the replacment cost is 8,000$.
I can’t find any official price listing for it on chevy’s website. Seems like important information to have prior to purchase, however I cannot find it, perhaps someone else can.
Seems like taxpayers should probably be on the hook for the cost of these batteries though, because democrat cars are good for democrat car company owners who donate to the DNC and such!
If you overinflate your tires by about 30-35%, you can significantly improve mileage as you will reduce rolling resistance. Just don’t do it in the winter.
Anyone catch the flaw here? 45 miles per charge means they are only getting 90 miles on the batteries, the other 40+(she doesn't say how big of a plus)is run on the gas engine which, from what I've read, gets only 20 MPG due to the weight of the volt, therefore it is costing them 4 bucks for electricity(according to her)and another 9.3 bucks for 2 gallons of gas making a total of 13.3 bucks a day. Hardly 130 MPG as she claims. I also have my doubts as to the 2 bucks for recharging.
Further more, if they didn't have the charging station at work, he would have to drive all the way home on the small, underpowered gas engine, which would be the case in most situations. Not only that, summer is coming on and when he uses the air conditioner(assuming it has one)he will drastically reduce the distance the battery will take him.
Try driving across country on one of these machines, you would be on the gas engine most of the way, which would mean no savings at all.
The government is in full court press with volt ads, hulu is saturated with volt ads, makes a guy want to puke.
I estimate that my weekly gas costs are at $8-10 / per week for the two beers I buy for my buddy who owns the car.
We had an 18 wheeler lose its load of steel during rush hour in Houston a short time back. The freeway was shut down for most of the morning. Can only imagine what an acid spill would do. But I’m sure BO and the Energy and Transportation wizards have all these plans in place so not to worry. Right? Kind of like those stupid light bulbs. When Ike hit down here we didn’t have any power in some areas for weeks as well as no or limited gas availability. Can hardly wait to see what those clowns that buy these do then. And those Smart Cars are just as bad. If anyone who wants one of those ever saw one that had tangled with an 18 wheeler they might think twice. People’s brains are sometimes just totally AWOL.
A short time on the 610 reveals that quite well.
I’d rather have the BMW 335d...
But your right with the diesel cars. Simple, cheap, reliable...
Something you can’t say about hybrids.
Call AAA? /:))
On the public dole?
The new BMW 320 ed here in the UK market does a combined 68.9 MPG along with 0-60 in sub 8 seconds and 143mph top end, although UK gallons are a little larger than US ones, it’s still impressive.
I’m surprised diesels aren’t more popular in the US.
Just don't be surprised when your tires go bald in the center of the tread.
People remember the auto-destruct diesels that GM built back in the 80s, and they think that diesel cars still smell like a city bus.
“..and each full charge takes the car about 45 miles.”
Bullshit.
My company bought one to tear apart to ensure GM wasn’t further violating our patents and IP.
We’d drive it around and when we plugged it in, the dashboard read, “9 hours until recharge”. That was a 110 volt outlet. The 240v station was a little less than half of that.
Nice car, that Audi. I can fit my 6'2", 220-lb. self into it with relative ease (the seats slide *way* back. I just wish it was offered with a manual transmission, as it is in Europe.
Debunking a Mileage Myth: Can You Really “Pump Up” Your Fuel Economy?
http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/4199963
The door placard on the Honda recommends 32 psi in all four tires. The sidewall says the maximum pressure for the tires is 50 psi. So for the trip to Arizona, we inflated the tires to 45 psi. We figured 5 psi under that maximum inflation pressure would reduce drag enough to boost our mileage by some measurable amount. Before reaching Phoenix’s West Valley, we were able to travel 394.1 miles, then filled up in Glendale with 9.34 gallons and recorded 42.19 mpg. That’s the best mileage we’ve recorded so far in this car.
Two days later, we dropped the pressure back down to the recommended 32 psi and pointed the Fit’s nose home toward L.A. This time, over the exact same route, at the same speeds, the Fit went 411.3 miles. At the Chevron station in Santa Monica, our Fit drank 9.76 gallons, translating into 42.14 mpg—nearly the exact same mileage.
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