"macanamera" (macanamera)
09/24/2014 at 08:43 • Filed to: None
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Spotted on the morning commute.
StingrayJake
> macanamera
09/24/2014 at 09:19 |
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Saw KCK GAS yesterday. Can't get potato pic to attach for some reason.
nucciOMG
> macanamera
09/24/2014 at 09:26 |
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Saw one the other day that said: PSNGGAS
Had to do a double take-
Sam
> macanamera
09/24/2014 at 09:31 |
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There is a Tesla Roadster that parks on Monument Circle in Indy occasionally. It's vanity plate? TESLA
deekster_caddy
> macanamera
09/24/2014 at 09:32 |
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I wish MA didn't charge more than double to have a vanity plate. My Volt is asking for something creative back there. Fortunately "EV" plates are free. (well not free, but they don't cost anything extra)
PushToStart
> macanamera
09/24/2014 at 09:57 |
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I've never seen the emblem light up before...
Hooker
> deekster_caddy
09/24/2014 at 09:58 |
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How do you like your Volt? I'm thinking it might be my next ride once my Cruze runs it's course. Thoughts? I always like to hear/read about actual ownership experiences. If you mildly hypermile, how far can you go on a charge?
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deekster_caddy
> Hooker
09/24/2014 at 10:08 |
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The furthest I've gotten on a warm day was 46 miles. The newest models have a slightly larger battery. I know one guy who cruised around a closed airfield at something like 20 mph to get 80+ miles from his battery, just as a test to see if he could do it. But that's not "real world"
Real world driving I get 35-40 depending on speed. My commute is just under 30 round trip, so even in the winter most days I make it without using any gas. That said, I drive a lot more than just to work and back, so I do have to fill up with gas every 5-6 weeks (about 1100-1200 miles per tank). It's a 9 gallon tank, so I'm usually filling up about 7 gallons. On average I spend $25/mo on electricity and $25/mo on gas.
It's the most impressive car I've ever driven. I should start some kind of blog or do a Jalop style review I can refer back to when people ask. I've got 27,000 miles on it now and my average was 100 MPG until this summer when I had a family medical emergency trip and decided to drive, putting about 4,000 straight gas miles on and pulling the "Lifetime average" statistic down to 80 MPG. When I do drive all gas, it gets 35-39 mpg. I could probably get better, but when I am using gas I have places to be and usually going above the speed limit of interstate highway speeds... otherwise I would probably get better than 40 MPG on gas.
edit - here's a wonderful site full of statistics on the Volt. This link is to my car but you can get to the main page and see a lot more group averages and such.
http://www.voltstats.net/Stats/Details/…
Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
> macanamera
09/24/2014 at 10:12 |
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A guy here has the Roadster and Model S and his plates are NOMOGAS and NOMOGAZ
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Hooker
> deekster_caddy
09/24/2014 at 19:21 |
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The stats are impressive. Also, thanks for your user experience! Yes, you should do a complete writeup. I would read it. I feel like I love my Cruze and it being on the same platform as the Volt, I feel like I would love it too.