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Originally Posted by cowmeat
So does a year of sitting idle harm the ICE in any way? If not I'll just leave the gas in there and drive in EV mode for a year.
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No the computer will not allow you to have stale fuel or damage the engine.
The car will run the engine whether you want it to or not,
one day it will say
"Engine Maintenance ", you can defer it a day but it will run it when it wants.
A better option is to occasionally hit hold when you want heat or take the car on the road trip instead of the exploder.
I've used the volt for several 3000 mile road trips, requires some common sense getting everything packed but not a bad road trip car.
Side affect of driving my volt so many miles is low lifetime MPG but better than driving the pickup as would once have been the case.