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Old 05-15-2017, 02:07 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
I'm on the Bolt forum, and people are reporting that the official range estimate is a worst case scenario. Most people are getting more range, most of the time.

Apparently the disappointing thing is the seats, auto climate control, and cheap interior.
I think that MOST of the seat issues stem from the early LT seats. And I am pretty sure there are those who are trolling on this; in order to tamp down Bolt EV sales.

I have not come across the auto climate control comments - can you summarize this? I have to say that I MUCH prefer the HVAC controls in our 2015 Leaf S (which are very conventional), to the 2015 VW e-Golf SEL, which required a dealer applied change to keep it from resetting to 72F EVERY TIME the car was turned off longer than 20 minutes.

As for judgments about the interior - they are just that: personal subjective judgements. The two screens are crisp, and most cars have plastic interiors. I responded to someone on GCR who said it looks "like a $18K car", by asking what DOES an $18K car "look like?"

I didn't get an answer. So, I suspect some of these posters are trolls.
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