New Volt owner in Texas

[crabtrp]

I am a long time truck driver and up until saturday had a F150. It did an incredible 16 mpg and I had a 44 mile daily commute. I was putting nearly $100 a week in gas into that thing. The Volt has intrigued me since it was announced. So, I went out and test drove one this weekend and drove home in it. Since then I have done 150 miles and used 0.1 gallons of gas. I think me and my Volt are going to get along nicely. I need to look into a 240v charging station.

Anyway, Hi!

[drbruns]

Awesome! Congratulations and enjoy your Volt

[fishhawk]

Congratulations! You will enjoy the car.

If there is a way you can charge at work, you can reduce your gas needs even further, especially in the winter when you will see slightly less electric range.

[tboult]

Congrats and welcome.

We're seeing more truck owners becoming volt owners. Not going to haul full sheets of plywood, but surprising what you can get into it. Did you keep the truck?

[DallasVolt]

Congrats! Hope you love yours as much as I love mine. Go join the North Texas group at voltstats (voltstats.net) if you get a chance.

[Bzzzt]

If you were a northern truck driver, I'd say you could just use the preheater plug-in, where you park your big truck.....

[crabtrp]

Congrats and welcome.

We're seeing more truck owners becoming volt owners. Not going to haul full sheets of plywood, but surprising what you can get into it. Did you keep the truck?

I did keep the truck for my wife to drive. She drives small distances and we live out in the country so a truck is handy. My commute was the main problem. The only thing of annoyance I have found up to now is the legroom for my right knee, it seems to push against the side.

[DonC]

Congrats on the car and welcome to the forum. Lots of good information here so if you have any questions just ask.

The Volt is quite a different drive than what you're used to. I love it because it's so smooth, quiet, and responsive. Sounds like I drive in more traffic than you do so the responsive part may not be so important to you. My only cautionary note would be to be careful letting your wife drive the Volt -- you might find yourself back in the truck! LOL

[awm]

Welcome from another new DFW owner! We traded in a 300hp gas guzzling sports sedan and the Volt is a fun drive, albeit not as zippy but still enough for flat and straight suburban roads.

[sinnombre]

Two weeks ago , I traded our 270hp Cadillac sports sedan for a 2012 Volt . I've used 1.8 gallons of gas in 500 miles . I bought mine in Grapevine , TX .