our first ev lease cost us $6000 total after 3 years (not to mention saving $100/month on the payment from our previous car)... on top of that, our insurance went up about $30/month and, annual reg went up about $100... but we saved about $160/month on gas. and to your point, we didnt have to buy tires for our…

“hey, north korea..... you know what would really fuck over america... is if you made the back end code you have to these cars public... you know, so modders uhh hackers can turn these cars open source so people can repair their shit. fuck shit up.”

Same on the nexens. The dealer replaced 2 before I bought it, but just replaced the other 2 on my driveway like 2 weeks ago. (Found them for $90ea)

welcome to the bolt club.

Hey Lawrence, I actually did a research paper/report on this recently.

300 miles is still what they “want” id be willing to bet that in most cases, if someone who “wants” a 300 mile EV was handed 150 mile range EV for free, and told “make it work” they’ll make that 150 mile range EV work just fine.

tbh not everybody NEEDS the 240v dryer plug either. we have 2 EV’s that we charge off ONE 12 amp 120V L1 plug at home. Even a 16 amp 240v will get you 80% of a charge on most EV’s overnight.

the venue permitting limited to 15,000. I saw a video from the rally, it looked closer to 5,000 people.... maybe 7,000 max

Ive never owned a hybrid... always had gas vehicles, and I skipped right over to BEV... i dont regret my decision one bit....

Chevrolet Bolt EV.

I can explain the excitement - disclaimer, I dont ever sit down and watch any sort of sports on my own volition, but if someone else puts it on, ill watch.

I used to work in a bike shop, and we had a similar story with a few year old bike. It was a common model, and iirc we actually did get a replacement, but it originally got pushed far back into a corner, and became a parts bike... like if another bike showed up with a part DOA, we’d just snag it from that parts bike…

NGL. Two thoughts cross my mind regularly as I roll down the road in my bolt ev.

same here. we have two ev’s now, and had an ev prior to these two, but I refuse to let them park in the garage. chances are super low, but its just not worth risking losing everything, just so pollen doesnt settle on the car, and it might be a few degrees cooler (they have remote start so its a non issue).

I certainly miss my Volvo seats but not the price at the pump.

I also have a stupid commute till December. I bought a 2020 Bolt for $13k used after rebates taxes and all. It had 20k miles total but a new traction battery at 17k. I’ve saved about $2500 in fuel this year so far.

Yeah. It’s like a low key plastic tub knocking on metal sound. I just jacked it up. Didn’t need to remove the wheel and had room to work. It was like a 10min fix. They’re just plastic nuts.

we had a 2020 ioniq ev limited. it was a fantastic car... we averaged about 190 miles range vs the 170 rated, which was more than enough..

I bought back my 2004 Jeep GC with the AMC straight 6 for $385 after my sister rear ended someone with it. the car only had 85k miles.

the side cameras instead of mirrors is a good one.. alot of folks dont realize that mirrors can easily eat 5% or more of your fuel economy.