{"id":347,"date":"2012-03-30T09:39:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T16:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daryllafferty.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/30\/volt\/"},"modified":"2012-03-30T09:41:21","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T16:41:21","slug":"volt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daryllafferty.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/30\/volt\/","title":{"rendered":"Volt"},"content":{"rendered":"

After buying my Acura MDX a year and a half ago, I had buyer’s remorse. One comment I made below this post<\/a> was that I could have bought a Chevy Volt instead, since it looked like I was going to keep my Honda mini-van anyway. Well, I finally did just that. I traded in my Acura for an electric car.<\/p>\n

I’ve been following the Volt since it was just a concept car at Chevy, several years ago. It caught my imagination right from the start: A plug-in electric car that had a back-up generator on board that would power the car if the batteries were exhausted. This solves the main kick against electric cars — range anxiety. <\/p>\n

There are a few things I’m going to miss from my Acura. It was a very nice car. I will miss:<\/p>\n

-Adaptive Cruise Control (I used this all the time, even around town)
\n-Blind spot detection (I also depended on this a lot)
\n-5 Adult + 2 Children carrying capacity (But I have my van if I need to carry more people)
\n-Rear seat air conditioning
\n-All Wheel Drive (never used after the first six months)
\n-Crash Mitigation Braking System (which I’m glad I never had to use!)<\/p>\n

But here’s what I get with the Volt:
\n– Cost per mile around 2.5 cents, vs 25 cents in the Acura
\n– Acceleration (The Volt is the fastest car I have owned from zero to 45)
\n– Maintenance schedule:
\n   + Every 7500 miles rotate the tires
\n   + Every two years change the oil
\n   + Every 55,000 miles change the engine air filter
\n   That’s it! Even the brake pads don’t wear, since braking is mostly regenerative.
\n-Keyless entry and start
\n-Remote “start” (starts the climate control)
\n-Smart phone “start”, and charge monitoring
\n-OnStar
\n-Designed and built in America
\n-Just plain cool<\/p>\n

According to Consumer Reports, the Volt has the highest owner satisfaction level of any car on the market, with the Porsche 911 running second.<\/p>\n

I’ll post some pictures when I get a chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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