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Old 11-16-2007, 01:13 PM
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Default The Chevy "VOLT" -I would buy one

I think it would be the perfect car for my wife who drives 7 miles to work, and has a plug-in at her parking spot.Just would like to know how the heater would work in minnesota? How many of you think you would buy one..Joe

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Old 11-16-2007, 02:17 PM
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It sounds like I'll be visiting the local GM dealer several times to test: two-mode hybrid and Volt.

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Old 11-16-2007, 04:00 PM
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I think it would be the perfect car for my wife who drives 7 miles to work, and has a plug-in at her parking spot.Just would like to know how the heater would work in minnesota? How many of you think you would buy one..Joe
I was expecting to take my TCH to 200k miles and 10 years, but the Volt could cut that short.

With 40 miles of plug-in range, your wife wouldn't even need to plug-in at work.

My guess is that GM will use a heat-pump as they did in the EV1. More efficient than a heating element. Although they will probably have to put one in anyway for low low temperatures.

In my TCH I use the seat heater mostly. Last winter I didn't use the heater much at all. The seat heater heats you up faster and is much more efficient. Since I'm already wearing a coat, there is no need to heat the car to 70 degrees.
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We'd ALL buy one, if Chevy actually made the thing.

Right now, they only PROMISE that they'll make it.

Try driving a promise to work.
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Old 11-24-2007, 02:36 PM
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1stpik Thats funny. Whats not funny is how the chevy sales people know we want the Volt and hybrids but they dont have any! I have all ready had a highlander hybrid over two years and sold it shortly after buying a camry hy .I love Chevys but they don't have what I want. I am sure the biggest car company on earth could have built cars I would buy if they really wanted to. What is there problem???????



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