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On Sat, 11 Mar 2017 07:21:21 -0500, Poco Deplorevole
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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.



The cost was not much different than most 2014 decent model cars. And
since we have car pool lanes everywhere in the Bay Area and Los Angeles
where our kids live, figured the car pool stickers were primo. Or as some
call them VIP stickers.