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Originally Posted by foxpaws
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....
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Yes, I miss it.
I was reunited with the Model S briefly yesterday.
When I dropped the car off, I had to shuffle cars around at my parents. First I moved my Camry - got in and promptly turned the windshield wipers on. Wiper stalk is where the drive/park stalk is on the Tesla and Mercedes. Moved the car and promptly turned the wipers on again trying to put it in park. Then I got out of the car without turning it off.... Into the Mercedes. No problem with drive/reverse/park, but when I put it in reverse and put my foot on the accelerator, the car didn't move. Okay, did I not put it in reverse? Nope, in reverse... Push harder on the accelerator and the car moved. Got the cars moved around and now off to the airport in the Mercedes.... Damn thing wouldn't slow down when I took my foot off the accelerator! Oh yeah.... I have to put my foot on the brake pedal to slow the car down.
There was a bit of a learning curve to get adjusted to a gas car again.