We have had our Volt now for about 20k miles and we absolutely love it. Not sure we'd do it anyway, as we already have enough cars, but it almost seems like the Volt could nearly pay for itself in fuel savings. How efficient would the Volt be at doing a drive like this? What kind of range and mpg would I be able to expect? Then it clears up for 5 miles before I get off the highway and drive the 8 or 9 miles of suburban roads back to my house. I spend the next 30 miles of "highway" driving going between 0 and 30mph in heavy traffic. Coming home it's 15 miles of that same highway cruise.
That's followed with 45 miles of 80mph highway cruising.with maybe one or two spots where I slow to 60mph. My commute is as follows: In the morning, it's about 8 or 9 miles of suburban back road driving to get to the highway. But I was curious about how it would handle my commute. For the stuff my wife does and what I do on the weekends, we could probably get by on mostly electric range (I think they can get like 40 miles on a charge, right?). Volt prices have really come down, where you can pick one up on the cheap. I've owned a Prius and respected it for what it was, but hated the driving experience. As is any pure electric car that we can actually afford. Alas, with my commute being 55 miles each way, the Leaf is out. Now that we've been here for a while, and my job situation is now very stable, we have a clearer picture of what life is going to be like. In fact, when we moved down here to Georgia, we had our new house built with a 220 line in the garage specifically so we could get another electric car.
I'm a former Leaf owner, and as much as I like sports cars, I loved my Leaf. Just for E36 M3s and giggles, question for you current and former Volt owners.
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