No my screen name actually comes from me growing up in a Mopar (Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth) household. It was always my dream to own a 440 V-8 or Hemi powered car. I actually achieved this dream I have had since I was a child in 2007 when we purchased our brand new Dodge Magnum SRT-8 Hemi. It was a blast to drive, but sometimes dreams are best left at that.. 2008 when gas prices shot through the roof it was a miserable time. Ironically when we traded it for the Prius it was the happiest day of my life. It was fun while it lasted. We go on far more vacations now, and anytime we just want to go drive somewhere to check it out or just for the heck of it we do now.. With the Volt it has gotten even worse, and I am sure with the Leaf well you know... Back in the 90's when I was a kid I remember looking at people that had the EV1's, and Rav4EV's and thinking how gutless those vehicles must have been, and how boring their lives were not driving a V-8. I have more fun driving my Volt I think than any car in my entire past. The Leaf does not have the same thrill if you will, but it is still very responsive, and handles decently well. My wife loves it, and that is really the ultimate test. She does not like the Volt as the steering is to "tight," it is to low to the ground, and she finds it to have to much take off for her liking. She really enjoyed the Leaf, so that will be her car.
I see you guys all the time saying how the Leaf's energy meters are wrong.. I know the mi/kwh is the cars batt to wheels reading. Not wall to wheels. The Volt gives you NONE of this information. You just get a total kwh consumed, and EV miles. The Volt's readings are actually extremely accurate. When I was metering the car it would be maybe 0.1kwh off. If the Leaf's systems are off calibration then I may need to figure another way of reading its electric consumption. I track that stuff through excel spread sheets that I use for my own purposes, and to show people the true cost of driving an EV. Having inaccurate data skew this would be bad.
