That's funny cause not more than an hour ago a gentleman walked in here and test drove a Volt. He said he has owned three Prius's in the past but now is going to buy a Volt or Ford electric vehicle.
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First off, anyone with an alias like yours is someone I figure I have to have an affinity for. Dog lovers are simply better people.
Now, you have to realize by now that anything Obama is in favor of is something these characters on ET have to be against. It's simply brainwashing, facts have no meaning to them.
Glad to hear your honest results from your car.
1)What repairs would be out of warranty? The Volt is covered by a 5yr/100k powertrain and an 8yr/100k battery warranty.
2)Another poster asked for a cost comparison between the Volt and a regular car. The Cruze ECO is as close a comparison that you can get. I was happy to oblige.
Edmunds shows a 5 year 75,000 mile total cost of ownership is $38,587 for the Volt.
Although of course there may some be differences in the calculations.
http://www.edmunds.com/chevrolet/volt/2012/tco.html?style=101388714&zip=30114
The Cruze: $40,471 for 5 years and 75,000 miles
http://www.edmunds.com/chevrolet/cruze/2012/tco.html?style=101390881
The Prius: $37,975 for 5 years 75,000 miles
http://www.edmunds.com/toyota/prius-plug-in/2012/tco.html?style=101384757
Ford Fusion: $44,893
The electronics? You mean the same electronics used in the Cruze, 2013 Malibu, Camaro, Equinox, and Buicks and Cadillacs. You forget who you're dealing with here. I sell this stuff for a living. We have already established the battery components are covered for 8yrs/100k miles. If your concern is the electronics, you shouldn't worry. The bluetooth, nav, OnStar and software is virtually identical to every new car that GM has come out with in the past 3 years. So if it could go wrong on a Volt, it could go wrong on a Cruze, which you don't seem to be worried about
I'm not saying anything goes wrong with the Volt because it has and does happen. But that's why they have warranty's. Things have gone wrong with Volt's I have sold. But in the end, it was fixed and the customer was happy. Probably why the Volt has the highest customer satisfaction rate of any new car.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/12/01/survey-finds-chevrolet-volt-owners-most-satisfied/
See, now we are starting to cross the line into a reasonable discussion. Watch this thread suddenly lose interest.
So my calculations were pretty close to Edmund's, although I did mine for 100k. But I included that total price of the vehicle while they just used depreciation. Not sure how they calculated theirs. As I outlined, I tried to use a method for which a real person buying in Maryland could go by. I used real EPA MPG figure. The price at my local gas station. The price I pay for electricity and the maintenance as outlined in the prospective owners manuals. They predicted a value of $15000 at 75k miles. I guessed it would be $7879 at 100k. Pretty close.
They could do the consumer one favor and actually include the destination charge in the MSRP. There's no way of not paying that so I'm not sure why the don't include it. They also publish invoice prices that are not accurate because they do not includei invoice ad fees.