I understand that yes- its possible. But seriously, taking 2,000 mile trips is not what the i3 was designed for because on long trips the owners would need to literally stop every hour or so to fill the teeny gas tank. Either that or carry jerry cans full of gas along with em’. Yes, I understand that you don’t go into…

The car monitors the oil and basically since the engine doesn’t run much the suggested oil change interval is every 2 years and you need to use full synthetic. The first time I changed the oil the monitor still said there was about 70% left for the life but I did it anyway.

We’ve talked before about this but basically the i3 and Volt arent the same car. While the i3 has an engine its intended more as a sort of emergency. It has a 1.9 gallon gas tank and so made for you to get off the freeway and get home to charge. That is very different than the Volt where it holds almost 10 gallons of…

Yeah, sorry but I didn’t percieve the sarcasm. But anyway, sorry bout dat’

Yup. I’m actually a former Prius owner too. Keep in mind that when the battery runs out you still have a normal 4 banger engine in there that will go 350-400 miles further. The reason we got it was because my wife does take occasional trips up north and she could not use a pure EV as it would run out.

well, the new Volt has more HP. But evebn so, I own the first gen and it more or less behaves like a normal car when the battery runs out. Its not like the BMW i3 and its scooter engine. The Volt still has a conventional 4 banger under the good. It is a tad less quick off the start line but not by much.

I have a ridiculous 80 mile a day commute and own an 11' Volt. These are good, practical and cheap commutin’ machines. Primarily because stopping for gas on the way to work is a pain in the ass and these elliminate that need.

Well, to be fair, compare the old Volt design to basically any of the other affordable EVs and plugins. The Prius and Leaf are both hideous. The rest are simply existing conventional cars that got batteries stuck in em’.

There is not a single US automaker that was not in some way subsidized by the US government during the recession. None.

I own an 11' Volt I bought used 2 years ago. The new Volt will be on my shopping list once they become... “ used enough” to drop the prices.

That's a whole lotta dough for something that looks like someone stuck on one of those cheap plastic body kits.

Ha ha! Ex Tennesseean here and yes- similar thing there too.

Well, the last gen lacrosse was also... “not bad” but not great either. I remember looking at an 08' Lacrosse at a local dealer because I was bored one day and the fit and finish was good, the interior was nice, but it just did not really have the punch. Especially when you look at what Cadillac has these days.

The reason the brand is around probably for one thing. China. They sell a absolute ton of Buicks in China and furthermore, some of the models there don’t look half bad. Oh- they sell Cadillacs there too. So I’m not sure why Buick is so bland in the US. Hell- I even wondered if maybe GM just turned Buick into some kind…

Or at least something remotely close to that. GM is probably too afraid of a “nice” Buick interfering with Cadillac. But they’ve dumbed down Buick so much why even try?

GM needs to make more of an effort with Buick. I feel that after coming out with a slew of new designs in the 2007-09 era the brand has languished. So much for making it a competitor to either Lexus or Audi, which is what they claimed they wanted to do back then. I could totally see Buick in the US market go away and…

No need to be all Cavalier about it, I’m sure that some Chinese Celebrities will be in some of the ads.

Maybe they will resurrect Oldsmobile

Yes I’m crazy but in some ways I sort of miss some of those cars. Amazing that they sold seeing as even when I was a kid and the cars were new they seemed like the damned most boring designs. Just boxes on wheels. It was like there was a period at GM to reject design.

Yup. Its amazing the statistics of people who are in that industry who might make serious money- as in 150k or more- and then in turn go totally broke.