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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
There are some extreme range guys out there who think its some kind of sin to use the ICE. One guy had been driving around with the same gas in the tank for 2 years! He was advised to have the tank drained and put fresh gas in it and USE it once in awhile.
There are several trains of thought about using "L." There are lots of opinions on the Volt forums.
I don't use L. L switches to strong regen as soon as you take your foot of the pedal, so to travel a city block light to light you have to stay on it and keep burning amps until you are close to the stop light. In D you can take your foot off the pedal and coast with minimal regen a little before hitting the brakes or the paddle. To each his own.
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I thought the Volt forces the gas to be burned before it gets too stale. I believe this is the case with the gen 2s, anyway. I'm not really sure about the D or L deal. It seems to regen when slowing or braking. I suppose the actual brakes get used if you use the pedal at least some of the time. The off-pedal use in L provides a scalable regen braking effect, wheras in D you get a gentle coasting or the nearly full-on slowing of the paddle. I can't see driving around town with just those choices. In L how much I lift off the accelerator allows a variable amount of braking. Not sure how much difference it all makes and agree- go with what you like. The car is a lot of fun in L and Sport mode!