Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
Wouldn't be the first time I've been accused of that....
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Neighbor's Chevy EV is back in the shop again! Just thought you would like to know.
glhs837
Power with Control
Well, its a GM, so..... I've owned two, that learned me my lesson. Problem isnt that its a EV.
I've run GM vehicles my whole life all my business trucks and my personal vehicles were GM and never had many problems except batteries, fluids, wipers and tires about sixty vehicles in all and still have two. Nothing like the problems she is dealing with. Nice try though!
glhs837
Power with Control
So you're anecdotal b******* counts but mine doesn't eh? Nice try.
Oh mine lasted a long time but stupid s*** like door hinges and turn signal stalks and volume knobs and interior of fabrics all fell the s*** long before they were ready for the scrap heap. Hell by 120k to 1999 vehicle could be started by just rotating the freaking key bezel no key or screwdriver required.Must have been hard on it, I will take my experience with GM because I had most likely 20 times the experience with GM than you have. Once again nice try!So you're anecdotal b******* counts but mine doesn't eh? Nice try.
I bet it’s going to be an udder disaster.
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
Looks like it's broke already. Not even moooving.
jrt_ms1995
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I worked for a plumbing company in the 90's .. all Ford E-350's driven all over DC day and day out .... no major issues, basic maintenance units ranged from 85 - 92 302 or 351's hauling 100's of pounds of materials ..
A 1 ton truck is a tough mother, I've had several of them! GM of course but still tough!
glhs837
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Clem72
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If we are going by anecdotes, I put 240k miles on a dodge neon and never had a single repair. Didn't even do the scheduled timing belt change. Just oil changes and tire rotations. Still ran great and got around 28 to 30mpg when I sold it to the junk yard for $500.So you're anecdotal b******* counts but mine doesn't eh? Nice try.
Therefore I must conclude Dodge/Chrystler in general and Neons in particular are the most reliable cars on earth.
glhs837
Power with Control
Exactly my point, anecdotal data isnt. My Neon, the clutch was going by 75K. Of course, the thing had over 300whp, and was pushing 18lbs of boost. My Charger SRT-8 had over 175K when I sold it. Fuel pump and oil pump.
She now has a rental car, may have been a serious repair. I will keep you updated.Sorry, your friends made bad choices buying EVs.
glhs837
Power with Control
I would never recommend the Bolt, which is what a three year old GM EV pretty much has to be. I mean its classic GM econobox (Sonic) hacked up to take an LG battery pack and drivetrain. What's to love? Any car the maker is loosing 7k-8k a unit on isn't gonna get much love.
Although it could be a hybrid Volt? They ended production in 2019.
I am curious to see whats wrong with it though.
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
Need ball joints from the added weight.
glhs837
Power with Control
Well, they did stop them from spontaneously combusting, though, so they have that going for them, which is nice. I wonder if someday we'll ever get a total loss number from the Bolt platform. It was 7k-8K lost even before the fire issue. Figure a billion or two extra just to replace all the batteries. And ever since then, they discounted them by another 6K or so. So figure every one they sold in the last year has cost them over 10K in losses for every single Bolt sold. That's a staggering amount of money.
Three Huge Reasons Why Electric Vehicles Will Never Dominate American Roads
In other words, the elites in government, media, academia, woke corporations, entertainment, and non-profit advocacy communities are doing everything they can to sell EVs, but the vast majority of Americans aren’t buying. That’s the first of three huge reasons EVs will never dominate American roads.
The second reason is seen in a recent analysis by John Eichberger, executive director of the Fuels Institute, a research and advocacy group backed by a coalition of energy and transportation firms.
Eichberger told me in an email:
Think about that. Even under an optimistic scenario of achieving a 100% market share of annual vehicle sales in 12 years, less than one-fifth of the nation’s overall vehicle fleet will be EVs. That means more than 83% of all the cars and trucks on the road will still require gasoline or diesel.
When I asked Eichberger about the Biden schedule, he responded, saying he “did do a 50 percent of sales by 2030 achievement and kept ZEV sales growth constant beyond that date. Results in 6.6 percent fleet conversion by 2030, 100 percent sales by 2035, and 21 percent fleet conversion by 2035.”
Put another way, elected officials and bureaucrats who think they can simply wave their regulatory magic wands to achieve their policy aims might as well order the sun and moon to reverse their courses.
And that brings us to the third huge reason EVs will never dominate American roads: A study recently published by an environmental advocacy group, the Climate +Community Project. According to the study’s authors: