Hi...had my new 2018 Silver Volt now for (almost) 2 weeks. Loving it so far! Driven totally on electric other than a short highway drive where I tested the ICE. It's very fast and no squeaks or rattles. I've had some questions and issues, but nothing really major (see my other posts here). I'm actually trying to find reasons to go out and drive it...like "Honey, do we need anything from the grocery store?" ? LOL!
Weird though my wife doesn't want to drive it! She has a Nissan Rogue and loves her SUV! I love the fact that I am not visiting the gas station!
Right now I'm showing an estimated range of 98 km (60.89 miles) (fully charged). Colder weather coming soon so we will see how that goes.
My commute to work (both ways) is about 26 km (16.15 miles) so I am easily on electric all the time. Even if I have to run errands on the way home I'm well within the 85 km (53 mile) range. I'm hoping with colder weather I'm still going to be OK, although I have heard that in really cold weather the ICE may come on (like -20 C / -4 F)...if we have a cold winter here in Southern Ontario those temperatures are possible.
I'm parking the Volt in my garage overnight and it seems the connection to the MyChevrolet app is very bad. I also tried myvolt.ca and the Onstar Android app...but all are the same... Most of the time it times out trying to connect to the Volt.
I will see next week when I am parked outside at my work if the connection is better.
I'm wondering if I should get rust proofing done on it (lots of salt/sand poured on the roads here during winter. My previous car - a 2002 Nissan Maxima, was totally rusting out...wheel wells totally rusted away and under the car it was all rusting. But I am worried about spraying and oil spray on my new Volt. Worried about a rust proofing company drilling holes into my Volt or taking things off (fear of later squeaks and rattles).
Also wondering about pre-conditioning in my garage, which normally doesn't get below zero unless it is extremely cold out. Usually all the snow and ice is melted off my car (at least my old one) by time morning hits. Worried that thawing/freezing cycle will promote rust. :-/
Darren
Weird though my wife doesn't want to drive it! She has a Nissan Rogue and loves her SUV! I love the fact that I am not visiting the gas station!
Right now I'm showing an estimated range of 98 km (60.89 miles) (fully charged). Colder weather coming soon so we will see how that goes.
My commute to work (both ways) is about 26 km (16.15 miles) so I am easily on electric all the time. Even if I have to run errands on the way home I'm well within the 85 km (53 mile) range. I'm hoping with colder weather I'm still going to be OK, although I have heard that in really cold weather the ICE may come on (like -20 C / -4 F)...if we have a cold winter here in Southern Ontario those temperatures are possible.
I'm parking the Volt in my garage overnight and it seems the connection to the MyChevrolet app is very bad. I also tried myvolt.ca and the Onstar Android app...but all are the same... Most of the time it times out trying to connect to the Volt.
I'm wondering if I should get rust proofing done on it (lots of salt/sand poured on the roads here during winter. My previous car - a 2002 Nissan Maxima, was totally rusting out...wheel wells totally rusted away and under the car it was all rusting. But I am worried about spraying and oil spray on my new Volt. Worried about a rust proofing company drilling holes into my Volt or taking things off (fear of later squeaks and rattles).
Also wondering about pre-conditioning in my garage, which normally doesn't get below zero unless it is extremely cold out. Usually all the snow and ice is melted off my car (at least my old one) by time morning hits. Worried that thawing/freezing cycle will promote rust. :-/
Darren
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