Or working with an electric car.

Not much to say here, I did run into one snag with the car, and that this is one of the ones with the 80% limit on the battery. Outside of that, nothing really of note.

I do with is had heated seats and wheel, regular heat in an electric car can take up to 40% of your range, so those would be nice. So would smart cruise control, but once again, nice but unnecessary. Regenerative braking is great, and easy to use, at least for me, having driven stick a lot over the 35 years I've had a license, it's not that much different than engine braking. Miles per KW aren't real good, average on the dash is 3.2, though the app says 4.1, but that's still a bit underwhelming, but may change.

Car runs great, it was a lemon due to charger issues, but those have been sorted, and it gets me a limited 12mos, 12K warranty along with the battery's 8 year warranty. Aside from a couple of glitches with the infotainment system, reverse guidelines rarely appear, and two of the messages, one a start up message(don't stare at the screen while driving), and one a shut down message (power usage), randomly appeared yesterday, and I hate the limited number of presets on the radio, the only other thing is that I swear it smells like a pencil eraser by the end of the day. I'm familiar with both automotive and electrical smells, but that's new.

And that's about all there is to say, I do have a few problems like the shifter and cup holders being reversed from the Subaru, and reaching for the shifter to check it's in neutral. Unlike previous new cars, the learning curve has been short, regenerative braking isn't quite the same as engine braking, but it's close and different vehicles, different amount of engine braking, so there's always a bit of adapting there. I do wish one pedal driving was just a button like @Vik-Thor / Lirleni Hankeshe 's car, rather than having to select it every time, but that's just a minor quibble.

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Too tired to say much, drove from Hazelwood to St Joseph, 287 miles each way, left around 1030, arrived home around 0200. And Friday had been 10 hours and 110 miles of deliveries, I'm knackered.

So, introducing Doppel...

my 2020 Chevy Bolt EV, an ex-lemon with just under 18K miles.

Why Doppel? Well, here's my husband's ( @Vik-Thor / Lirleni Hankeshe ) White Lightning II:

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So, here we are, still not working as they try to get the truck fixed, well into the second week, joy. Oh well, we're planning on replacing it any how, should've done that months ago, but like always, been dragging my heels on it.

Plan was to sell it and buy something that would leave a couple thousand in the company bank account, and that something not being a super nice vehicle since the job is hard on it. I had my eye on a Caravan, but after today, I might need to see if'n I can stretch the budget to afford a Chevy Bolt.

I drove @Vik-Thor / Lirleni Hankeshe 's car home, big event going on at the office, so he figured it'd be better if'n he didn't take up a parking space. So, minimum range, 71 miles. Drive home via I-64, Lindbergh and a side run to Wendy's for breakfast, 21 miles. Range when getting home? 60 miles. Thanks to rush hour traffic and the route I used, this was very similar to what kind of driving I do for work, and this is with me being less than smooth as I don't often drive the Bolt, so with time I could do better. Let's see, no more gas, minimal repairs (and Crosstrek repairs are expensive and parts are often special order), yes please. Heck, I think I could get as much as 300 miles out of a Bolt, even though it's rated at 250 or so. Yeah, this might be worth doing.

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