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  1. ccap41
    Bullsh!t you have. there's zero in my town, closest is 20 miles away at a city hall to a neighboring city. that's nowhere near convenient in any plausible way. When have I ever stated that I do not WANT to charge at home? That doesn't even make sense. If I owned a Volt, that's the only place I would charge it. I'm impressed that you're the 1% that legitimately needs an AWD setup. I bet that's absolute hell getting out of when it's real nasty...
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    AWD isn't required. snow tires. Or are you buying it for the "what if" you get too much snow..? Snow tires on a FWD car are better than all season tires on an AWD car for snowy/slippery conditions. I literally give examples of distances of me to charging stations and have said multiple times that if my infrastructure around me was better it would be more viable. Until then it's basically a charge at home or not at all and I just don't want that. Rationalism? Giving legitimate reasons as to why an EV isn't practical for everybody? I'm not just bull$h!ting lies.
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    Yeah definitely not talking about overall capacity of the battery, sorry I didn't catch that in my response.
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    All of these damn auto unions need a little slap on the wrist letting them know they're employees and lucky to have a job. Manufacturing can be moved anywhere they please and other states would gladly accept the manufacturing jobs(I understand logistically it isn't that simple, at all).
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    I said we don't get enough snow for winter tires. We will get 7-10 days at a time in single digits-teens temps. It definitely gets plenty cold to lose range..because anything under like 50 you start losing range but much less extreme. When he reconfigured it, it jumped 10 miles. 154/238 = still only 64.7% of your supposed range. Well, when you go out and put your money where your mouth is, all you and deflt have is a bunch of fanboyisms... Find a factual argument showing me a zero to 10% loss for the cold then. THAT'S the biggest drop off, cold. Heat isn't so much, but it's there. Whether it's just having to crank the A/C up to 10 or not, your range is decreased. I've already posted links to owners of Teslas and a Bolt review stating, what I would consider, a massive loss of range. I get worse mileage in the winter in my car but I have never lost 50% range or had my fuel mileage cut in half.
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    Cold and heat are now out-of-the-norm scenarios, where EVs lose between 30-50% of their estimated range? Gimme the one that has a gasoline generator.
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    What exactly has been "FUD"? We've already been over this... A Volt's range would be perfect and I'd only use gas once per week without the quirkiness of 100% EV.
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    Ford mod motors? GM LS motors...
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    But you know exactly what I mean, in all seriousness... instead of a compact car.. they opted for a compact SUV... instead of the compact suv with the base engine they got the next engine up.. I didn't say they jump to the extreme but they justify the next purchase up based on "what if i need this".
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    I would definitely rather fly but if it's only a 4 hour trip you're really not saving much time and then you'll still have to either Uber/Lyft/cab everywhere or rent a vehicle. For me, the airport is about 50 minutes away, get there an hour and a half early, fly for 45 minutes to Chicago(4-4.5 hour drive from home), then I have to wait around for my bags.. how much time was really saved flying?
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    Not like that but absolutely on "what if" scenarios. Bigger vehicle, larger trunk/hatch, more towing, bigger engine, more efficient engine, etc. People will spend a premium thinking they'll save money with better fuel economy when really it'll take like 20 years to actually benefit from that..
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    Yes, I know. Full tank. Did you miss the "emergency" part? Or we could just say this is middle of the summer and 98 degrees outside or winter and 15 degrees outside and you no longer have 220 or so miles of range.. Pick and choose the scenario as there are more than 1. 144 miles of range in the cold? That's only 60% of it's perfect weather capability... https://www.slashgear.com/5-things-we-learned-on-our-chevrolet-bolt-winter-road-trip-19485525/ (interesting read BTW) Tesla owners say almost the same exact thing losing roughly 30-50% range in the cold. https://forums.tesla.com/forum/forums/cold-weather-range-loss Isn't that one reason we buy the cars and things we buy? What if.. I need this or that? Phones, we buy the larger capacity just in case we fill up the smaller one, We buy the larger engine for the 3 times a year we pass people but justify it as a 'what if I need it', we buy the house with 2 more rooms than we NEED because "what if we need the space".. most everything. We buy the larger hot dog or the meal for the "what if" I'm still hungry after just the hot dog...
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    Jesus Christ, Olds.. Like Drew was saying... if you're regularly charging just a little more than you need to get from A to B(chargers) meaning you're not approaching this scenario with a full charge because..I don't know.. it's a got damn emergency and unexpected..
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    If you're in a hurry a 30 minute wait isn't what you're looking for, regardless of the vehicle you're charging. Hopefully a charger is available too. That's game-changing type of charging right there.
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    It came out in 2016, 2018's are on lots. All of them are the same car, no updates.
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    miles* 90 miles in 30 minutes. http://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-model-3-chevrolet-bolt-specs-comparison/ Which is still much slower than a Tesla on a SuperCharger. 130 miles in 30 minutes.
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    Are you talking about the Bolt? That's like a hybid of a suv/car/van thing. It sure as heck isn't a "car". The Volt is a car but it's a plug-in. I'm not hating one bit but the Bolt is ugly compared to the Model 3. Had GM went with a genuine CAR I'd likely like it a heck of a lot more. Its tech and abilities are awesome. It just doesn't look very good. By the way, it's easy to click the top link of a google search. I wouldn't say the top link was "Googles hit heart out" but you don't like to hear anything negative about The Mother Ship...
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    A few things from my opinion book... First, CLASSIC AMERICANS! Going through a McDonald's drive through.. Second, I hope this is a Caddy because I think Caddy needs it more for their stable than Chevy does for its first year. Third, I think those wheels look sweet but I think it's kind of funny when you zoom in on them it looks like they couldn't decide between two wheels and just said, "fck it, let's do them both". ( Split 5 spoke with a 5 spoke on top. )
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    I chastised you for thinking every vehicle on the road today is ugly? Please tag me on that post.
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    All you like is soul-less EVs and huge vehicles. Everything else is "jelly bean", "derivative", "hideous", or "too small". It appears GM is still learning how to build EVs as well. Nobody is perfect... https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/26/chevy-bolt-ev-battery-issues/ Malibu EV would be fantastic and I guarantee that size vehicle is one of their upcoming EV's that they said would be out by like, what, 2020 or so?
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    That's my point... It's been 2 model years worth of vehicles since you liked anything.
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    What was the last vehicle you didn't say that about?
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    That's because you have poor taste in vehicles...
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    If you have 271k to spend on your vehicle you have the money to replace/repair those things you listed though. WE care about those things because we couldn't afford to fix them now and we would want it in pristine condition. If you have the dough though, you'd do anything you want in this that you would in a Range Rover or something. I don't think owners care about what platform their Bentley is on...
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