My 2015 Volt got totaled. It got rear ended. I only owned it for 8 months and it only had 33,000 miles on it
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Finding a Volt was and still is super hard in my area here in Arkansas. Looking for a replacement online and there is literally only 1 used one within 100 miles.
But it is very similar to the one I had except that it is a 2014 model. Same features as my old premium model everything. Bad thing is that they want more for it than what I paid for my 2015. The 2014 does have a little less mileage at 17000.
I have a few questions on it. I was looking at the car fax for the 2014 and it shows it sat on the lot for basically 2 years straight without being purchased. April 2014 to May 2016 How badly would this hurt the car and/or battery sitting for so long you think?
I went to test drive it this weekend. They wouldn't budge on the price whatsoever... I did notice though that the battery range seemed maybe a little lower on the guessimeter than mine... I used to see 40-42 miles on my 2015s battery when full yet this one was at like 90% and was only showing 28 miles. That worried me. Can the guessimeter be off that much? I asked about if they ran tests and things on the battery and they said they did and it came back that it was "with-in spec" what ever that means.
Also. I noticed a big difference with the backup camera with the 2014 and 2015. The guidance lines were missing. Does anyone know if that can be fixed somehow with a software update to the computer to add them back in? or is it just impossible for the 2014s to have that.
Thanks for any help anyone can provide.

Finding a Volt was and still is super hard in my area here in Arkansas. Looking for a replacement online and there is literally only 1 used one within 100 miles.
But it is very similar to the one I had except that it is a 2014 model. Same features as my old premium model everything. Bad thing is that they want more for it than what I paid for my 2015. The 2014 does have a little less mileage at 17000.
I have a few questions on it. I was looking at the car fax for the 2014 and it shows it sat on the lot for basically 2 years straight without being purchased. April 2014 to May 2016 How badly would this hurt the car and/or battery sitting for so long you think?
I went to test drive it this weekend. They wouldn't budge on the price whatsoever... I did notice though that the battery range seemed maybe a little lower on the guessimeter than mine... I used to see 40-42 miles on my 2015s battery when full yet this one was at like 90% and was only showing 28 miles. That worried me. Can the guessimeter be off that much? I asked about if they ran tests and things on the battery and they said they did and it came back that it was "with-in spec" what ever that means.
Also. I noticed a big difference with the backup camera with the 2014 and 2015. The guidance lines were missing. Does anyone know if that can be fixed somehow with a software update to the computer to add them back in? or is it just impossible for the 2014s to have that.
Thanks for any help anyone can provide.