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[-] Mechanite@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

How do you like your bolt? I've been thinking about getting one or maybe an equinox when that comes out

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Best car I've owned, without a doubt. I charge it overnight, and never have to even think about range (it'll do 300 miles in good conditions if driven carefully). Keeping it charged costs a few dollars a month most of the time, unless I'm on a road trip and need to pay for charging on the way - which is still far, far cheaper than paying for gas.

The only downside is that road trips require more planning, because you need to know where you're going to stop for a charge beforehand, and you need to plan out the time it'll take to get a decent charge. But that just means making sure you're going to have lunch or take a break to stretch your legs and walk around where you'll be charging. Long-distance trips are definitely doable, you just plan them around charging locations.

And it's impossible to beat the maintenance costs: Nearly $0. Very few moving parts and an electric motor means no oil changes, engine maintenance, and general wear-and-tear are much lower.

It's a great car.

[-] Mechanite@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Maintenance is something I've been thinking about a lot, thanks for mentioning it. I know it's supposed to be a lot cheaper than other cars but at the same time I'm curious what maintenance looks like 10+ years out, in other words older than probably most of the bolts out there. I appreciate the comment though!

[-] saigot@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I love my bolt euv, but they are hard to get, high demand and discontinued. For me the autopilot is a huge feature, makes moderately long trips way less fatiguing. It has great set of camera for maneuvering and isn't too big (still I would prefer smaller). Range is fine for everything I do, 400km in summer, 275 in winter. That's what the gauges say, but with good driving habits and practise you can get that significantly better. A full charges costs me about 5 bucks and its very nice to not have to think about it unless roadtripping. It charges slowly compared with some evs but I don't find a 1hr to full charge on a fast charger particularly problematic. My wife did toronto to ottawa (about 500km) twice now and the stop for charging was shorter than the time it took her to grab lunch. Cooled front seats are very nice and the price was much more affordable than cars with similar ranges. Almost No maintaince is great, although chevvy will message you for an oil.change (lol!).

On the downsides, the bose sound system is crap and there's no front trunk like many evs.

[-] Mechanite@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah if any dealerships near me ever had any in stock I probably would have bought one by now on impulse, I wish you could purchase it without any kind of dealership intervention though

[-] murderisbad@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, you'll probably have a hard time finding a new Bolt at this point. They've just stopped making them and dealerships haven't really been able to keep any in stock for months in my neck of the woods. Apparently they will eventually come back but the timeline hasn't been announced so probably several years.

[-] Mechanite@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I'm pretty split right now between getting a bolt while they're still available or waiting and hoping the equinox is as good as they are saying it will be. I definitely want an EV at some point though my current (ancient) car currently does the job for short trips

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