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Keyser Soze

On 3/11/17 9:02 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 11 Mar 2017 07:21:21 -0500, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

On Sat, 11 Mar 2017 03:34:56 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Last week went to LA for a sports show. Looked at a 2014 Chevy Volt as a
3rd vehicle, so I did not drive the crew cab truck around town and look for
big parking place, and wearing out a truck that costs 80 grand to,replace.
Car was in Hanford, couple hundred miles from home. Liked the car and
color, not white or silver, and bought it. So far very happy. Have
plugged it in twice to charge. Takes a long time on 120V. So may put a
240v outlet in and buy a level 2 charger. Have not used the gas motor
since purchase. Did Uhaul trailer the car home. Quiet, smooth running.
Signed up for the EV electric rate. 11 cents a Kilowatt hour at night,
instead of 47 cents. VIP stickers for single person use of the carpool
lanes. Thanks neighbors for subsidizing my electric use. So far happy
with the car.

Your Volt takes the place of my motorcycle. I hate using the truck for 'around town' trips. One of
these days I'll get serious about taking the motorcycle to the golf course. Then the truck would
just sit until it was time to go camping somewhere.

I used to take my Harley skeet shooting. I did get a few looks with
the shotgun rack on the front fork. I imagine I would get arrested in
the current People's Republic of Maryland.
I use my Prelude for errands but I could not justify the expense of an
electric conversion for the little I drive. The payback was decades.

As my wife doesn't usually drive to work, I use her Camry for errands.
Six speed auto, 36-38 mpg on the highway, 31-33 mpg around town. Truck,
six speed manual, gets 21 mpg around town, 24-27 mpg if I'm careful with
the accelerator on the highway. Less in the occasional bumper-to-bumper
traffic I encounter. Only had one opportunity so far to use the truck's
4WD in snow, and it was just fine, better than I had anticipated for a
pick-me-up truck. If we lived in the real south, I would have skipped
the 4WD.