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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
How many regen levels does it have? Our Volt has two, plus a regen paddle on the steering wheel. You can drive all over without using the brakes except below about 3 mph.
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I don't know. She said there were several and offered to switch it to "chill" mode which makes it more normal, but I left it in whatever mode it was in, since I didn't want to try to use the touch screen (I hate computers in general and touch screens in particular).
I have a friend with a Volt, her commute is 19 miles. She's had it for I think 5 years (it's whatever the last Gen was), and I bet it's never used more than a couple gallons of gas its whole life. She just plugs it in when she gets home. A nice piece of engineering, and perfect for her.
I had a Ford Fusion Hybrid for my business, which involved a lot of stop and go on our terrible freeways. It was great for what it was, which was a soulless appliance that got almost 40 mpg.
So I have some experience with hybrid, but nothing prepared me for an 11.8 second car that looks like a plain old nice-ish car with kind of an ugly snout. When I was bracket racing 5.0 Mustangs back in the day, I was happy when I got into the low 13s. Cars in the 11.00-11.99 bracket were called "Pro" cars and required a roll bar and fire coat in addition to the helmet.