Yes, I bought a Chevy Volt and the EV haters can all suck it. This car makes huge sense for me.
I’ve been wanting a sedan ever since I got rid of the despised BMW in 2011. I’m tired of climbing up into pickups or folding myself into a sports car every time I want to run to the grocery and it would be nice to be able to drive if a client visits and I need to take him to dinner or something. I actually had to rent a car for this once. I’ve also been intrigued by electric vehicles.
In the past year over 90% of my non-work travel has been within 20 miles of home. My office is 8.9 miles round trip, the supermarket 12.3, Lowes/Home Depot are 24 miles. Between us my wife and I spent just over $1800 on gas last year without going more than 20 miles from home.
With 2016 Volts coming out soon and gas at relatively low prices dealers are selling some of their stock at fire sale prices. I got a top of the line demo with 2800 miles on it for $27355. The MSRP sticker said $37985. After the $7500 tax credit it will cost me $19,855 - $18000 off sticker for an essentially new car.
It’s got plenty of leg room and heated leather seats, which were my major requirements. It also came with a bunch of gimcracks and dodads that I don’t really give a crap about (navigation, backup camera, some fancy entertainment system – it’s a rolling video arcade) but so far are kind of amusing.
I can plug it in at work and get my annual fuel bill down to less than $100.
Inside, this is a NICE car.
