Seems like a lifetime, these 2,158 miles but its been less than a month. The gas mileage is great. Never thought I’d see the day of 65.9 mpg but driving the Volt has been a real learning curve. In my estimation I could get 80 mpg if I would have had my home charging station when I first got my car AND learned to drive slower.

I found driving fast and hard was not only invigorating and I’m saving gas at the same time! Every time I hit the accelerator and look at the miles per gallon I think of the hamsters driving the Kia commercial because I feel cool, hip and most importantly I feel like I have a car that everyone else would like to have.

The excitement, gas savings and sheer newness of the Volt is totally different than anything else out there. My mindset has changed.

I equate it to plugging in my iPad for the first time and having fun using and discovering all the neat apps and learning as I use it. Every day my Volt teaches me something new. One of the best things I’ve learned is I rarely have to smell gas fumes as I have only been to the gas station three times and I still have another quarter tank to go before my next fill up. Who would have believed five years ago you can over 2,000 miles on 3.5 tanks of gas! It used to blow my mind, now its a reality. Running with electricity is a real gas, no pun intended!

I will say this, not to get political, but I think Chevy and GM hit out of the ballpark incorporating a gas engine that works as a generator to charge the battery. The crazy thing about driving electric is ‘range anxiety’, something I’d never heard of until the birth of the electric car. According to MacMillian Dictionary the definition of range anxiety is concern about the battery of an electric car going flat. With the Volt the only range anxiety I deal with every day is the same anxiety any other driver deals with. Using a little electricity and using a little gas is giving a longer range than 90% of cars being built today. And I never have to worry about being stranded because the battery died.