![]() The low-rolling resistance tires that come on hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and pure electric cars to increase mileage have weak sidewalls, rendering them particularly vulnerable to damage. I don’t know what GM charges for one of those sensors, but none of their parts are cheap. As usual, convenience comes at a cost - and if you happen to nick a curb a little too hard or suffer a major blowout that tears the tire, an entire truckload of Fix-a-Flat won’t help you. ![]() Not a bad option to have in your back pocket.įrom what I’ve read, the OEM goop-in-a-can that comes with the Volt works fine for small, clean nail punctures, but I’ve seen reports that the sealant goo can ruin the pressure sensor inside the tire, which will then have to be replaced. Of course, fifty bucks a year will buy a Triple A card to summon a sturdy fellow who will cheerfully do the dirty work required to get you rolling again while your hands and clothes stay clean. This is certainly more convenient than hauling out a jack, chocking the wheels, elevating the car, struggling to loosen the lug nuts, muscling the flat tire off, muscling the spare tire on, then tightening those lug nuts in the proper order, lowering the car, stowing the flat tire and jack in the back and - finally - continuing on your journey. Full size spares were long ago supplanted by small donut spares, but even those are beginning to vanish, replaced by a glorified can of Fix-a-Flat and a small electric air pump. For reasons best known to the bean-counters at General Motors (and other car manufacturers, unfortunately), spare tires have been disappearing from the trunks and hatchbacks of sedans over the past few years. In those six hundred miles, the gas gauge hasn’t budged. ![]() I love the quiet torque of the electric motor, and having 9 gallons of gas in the tank in case I need to drive more than fifty or sixty miles - but what I really love is burning very little gas at all. I have no idea what the actual mpg is, since the gauge only goes up to 250, and it pegged out two weeks ago. The Volt has been great thus far, and after 600 miles is delivering well over 250 mpg. I recently purchased a 2019 Chevy Volt, which feels like a futuristic spaceship compared to the trusty old Prius I’d been driving for the past 13 years. ![]()
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