New red Premier 2017

I am in a similar situation as you. Except my case is a bit different.

I had a 2016 civic with low km, had to trade it in cause wife wanted me to have an SUV for our baby. It was a 2013 GMC Terrain with a V6, financed it, we both loved it except it was a guzzler for gas (<20 MOG on highway). Drive it for about 7,000 km, and the transmission starts to slip from 2-3, Power steering pump goes, the "new" brakes dealer put on we're already wearing, AWD transfer case was acting up, problem after problem. Tried to change fluids and all that with no luck.

Not only that, but the dealer I bought it from hid a bunch of rust that was just awful. Tried getting GM to warranty transmission and got denied due to "misuse" and lack of maintenance records, and pump was going to be $600. Rust was so bad that it was going to rot through in a couple years at most. The vehicle only had 70,000 km. I got screwed on my trade, since I had no other option (had to get a vehicle because I drive 110 km round trip every day) Learned my lesson. Bought the SUV from a VW dealer, which of course wouldn't acknowledge me after I started to complain.

I was upside down quite a bit by the time I figured out my trade value at the GM dealership, and thank god they had the $14k incentive in Ontario, which they applied to the sale of the vehicle. I was considering the Malibu or the Volt, but decided that electric would be better for my wallet, and the incentive really enticed me.
So basically, it's like I paid MSRP for the car and didn't get the incentive, and putting about $1.5k down, so still not too bad. I don't care, I'm going to pay the Volt off ASAP and hopefully put 400,000 km or more on it so it's not a big deal for me.

The reason I told my story, just letting you know you're not alone. Though if there wasn't anything wrong with your 2013 Volt, I would have kept it to be honest, if I was in your situation lol. I test drove a 2015 gen 1 and a 2017, and didn't mind either.


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Hi klondikejimbo, I also have a Siren Red Premier and get compliments on the color regularly. Also plenty of praise on the Gen 2 body style. My favorites are "it doesn't look like an EV" or "Leaf" or "Prius".

I got it last year in August and did fair on my deal and of course would have done better to wait...but I needed it before my old truck with over 225K miles went kaput.

This was the first new car purchase of my life and was a reward for making it to 50. And if you knew my history...I was lucky to see 25!

I saved my butt off. However, I still got a llninja spanking. It is part of the love hazing with this crew. Welcome to the party. I was able to get a 0% interest loan and with every payment have no regrets. Even more so as we watch this fed tax credit go the way of the Dodo bird. With the current climate in DC, we may not see that kinda fed incentive again.

All this to say...Congratulations! Enjoy your bad self in this phenomenal car. No Regrets.

Jernigan said:

I saved my butt off. However, I still got a llninja spanking. It is part of the love hazing with this crew. Welcome to the party. I was able to get a 0% interest loan and with every payment have no regrets.

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We all got our quirks. And we all got different circumstances.

I was one of those folks that avidly followed the development of the Volt and swore I was gonna buy one right until the point where Chevy announce actual prices instead of the $25k number they'd been targeting. At which point, since I didn't have anywhere near that and had been laid off, I sunk half the severance into a much newer used car than the one I was fixing to the tune of $3-4k a year. (Late 90s is when Chevy figured out how to keep a car from rusting away faster than things like tie rods and control arms and brake lines fail.)

Then in 2015 my house burned down, no-longer-newer used car with it. Savings goes into replacing things, like "clothes, bed, pans, and professional reference books" and SOMETHING had to be financed. It was either going to be a car (at 4.5%) or the mattress and nightstand, couch and computer desk were going on credit cards at 18%. I picked "car" and after seeing a very nice Subaru Legacy Outback sold literally the afternoon before I was supposed to test drive it, there was a grey Volt on the lot. For $14k. With less than 25k miles on it. And a terrible, terrible decal on the sides. You know the one. That one.



They took off the decal, and I've paid the loan off as fast as I reasonably could. The household lives, and I've got a car at the same time I have socks and a drawer to put them in. The credit union holding the loan just sent me a statement saying "You know your next payment is due in August 2020, right?" and no, I'll be calling next month to get the payoff balance. Things happen. Circumstances are what they are, and seldom are they exactly as you or I would have them. Don't sweat the grumping from people that say "You did it all wrong!" They're probably speaking from a different position than the one you find yourself in. You're the only person that gets to decide what you need and which things you just want.

Agree with the latter posts whole heartedly. My circumstances are decent and I treat myself with nice things on occasion. Never walked out of a car deal without feeling some buyers remorse, and I have owned quite a number of cars. Longest I I need was the 2013 volt, and my new 2017, I find myself happier I took the plunge every day. My 2013 my drive to work left me with 10 miles if range. I side trip and I was on gas. My drive to work today, 37 Mike's range left and I splurged on comfort blasting ac. Love the red, my polish and wax job last weekend just makes me drool. I may cry if it rains. I got my husky floor liners today, and my replacement garage door opener clipped to the visor. Would have preferred homelink but can't beat 15 dollars, plus remotes are smaller then they made them like my old one. I did curb hop going out parking garage, dinged a rear rim. Sigh...overall, living my decision.