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Originally Posted by slodave
My time with the Model S is just about up. One last fun drive in the mountains in Agoura, met with a photog friend that wanted to take some pix. A bit spur of the moment, so we really didn't have any good locations scouted out, but he managed to get a few pix.
One goal was to make the Rated Range bar go up by 1 mile. I hit that goal plus 2 more this evening!
All in all, I still love the car and would buy one in an instant if I could. As with any car, it has it's minor quirks, but I could live with them.
Until next time, Model S!
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Great shot of the S -
So slodave - now that you are back with a gas powered vehicle - are you missing the electric 'love'?
The first thing I notice as I get into one of my 'regular' vehicles after being in the Volt for a week (or longer) is the noise and the 'busy-ness' of the gas powered car. Unless I want the rumble of that big V8 (or the whine of the flat 6) I find very quickly I get tired of the noise level if I am just getting from point A to point B. I also oddly find that I get irritated more easily in the gas powered vehicle, for some reason I am more willing to 'go with the flow' in the Volt.
And another thing - I have no idea of what gas costs - I haven't been at a gas station in months (however, I will have to fill up the gas beasties this weekend, so I will find out in a big hurry). My kwh is .046 in the winter and about .07 in the summer - so a 'tank' of electricity (13 kwh) right now is $.91 and I get about 45 miles to the charge - can't beat fuel costs of .02 a mile... in the winter, it is almost 1/2 that... Plus, I almost always just charge at work - so, my fuel cost is basically nothing....
I know electric vehicles or even EREVs aren't a good choices for everyone - but, they certainly make sense for many commuters.... and isn't having choices sort of what America is all about? If an electric car makes sense for you - buy it, if a gas powered vehicle is a better option for you -then do that....