I'll be sure to post my experience and "test parameters" when I'm done. I'm really looking forward to driving the car for a whole week and running it through my actual commute. There is part of me that just wants to buy one and put as many miles on it as I can.but I think if I lease I can keep the miles down to 12-15K by driving my motorcycle or my wife's car one day per week. As confident as I am in the testing that has gone into the batteries, I still don't know how the resale will hold as batteries tech improves and costs come down. I'd love a CUV variant with AWD as an option (probably never be available since this is GM we're talking about here). I'm hoping that in 3 years I will have some additional options to choose from as the Volt doesn't check EVERY box that I have for a vehicle. I tend to drive too fast anyway, so maybe having a Volt will slow me down as I concentrate more on making the trip using batteries alone.ĭonC - As of right now I'm still leaning toward the lease. Unfortunately, the highway is the most direct route, so driving on back roads or side streets is not an option. The above posts are very informative and back-up what I suspected.that I'll be fine when it's warm out and likely use a small amount of gasoline when the temps drop. For rush hour, at least around the metro area, there's always a better way. I see people stuck on the freeway and I look at them like suckers. I get more out of my battery range that way too. But I MUCH MUCH prefer the consistent commute time instead of rolling the dice and sometimes being a little faster. I don't know if your situation is similar at all. I'd run out about halfway back and start burning gasoline. On the freeway, if it was cold and I had to use the heater, no way. Plus, even if it's cold out, I'll make it there and back on battery no problem. If the roads are bad, it's about 45 minutes. With my new route, it's a very consistent 35 minutes. On the freeway, each way would be anywhere between 25 minutes to an hour of road conditions were good. And with a little help from the nav's 'shortest route' feature, I found a 13.5ish mile route that skips the freeways for 90% of the trip. After I got the Volt, I started researching alternate routes. I didn't think anything of it before I got the Volt. I have about a 18-20 (depending on the route) freeway mile commute in to work in the morning.
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