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Winter is coming like a Ned Stark meme. And I have to drive somewhere. Okay, let’s get in the Chevrolet Volt and start her up. Now normally, when I start Lightning’s Girl, I get this weird Star Trek-y sound effect that sounds like a revved-up power source. This time, however, as I started the car,…

My 2017 Chevrolet Volt Premier (“Lightning’s Girl”) is a pretty incredible car. And one of its most incredible features is its fuel mileage consumption. I can run the car in essentially a 50-50 mode, using both battery and gasoline, for my travel. Gasoline for highway trips, battery for short trips. Yesterday, I achieved a milestone…

Let’s start out with the positives. Lightning’s Girl (my 2017 Chevrolet Volt Premier) may be the best car I’ve ever owned. It’s quiet, it’s comfortable, it handles like a charm and it’s a big middle finger to the petroleum companies. But then a little light popped on in my car. The check engine light. Oh…

I remember the good old days. The days of trying to fill my 1991 Pontiac 6000 and barely getting 20 miles per gallon out of it. So in preparation of my plans to drive to Central New York for the upcoming lunar eclipse, I checked my gas tank. 60 miles of fuel left. And I…

As you can tell, I’ve been seriously fanboying my new-to-me 2017 Chevrolet Volt Premier hybrid (“Lightning’s Girl”) for a few weeks now. And now comes my first ever challenge. I want to see how far I can travel between gasoline refills. So last Friday, after the car was fully charged with electricity and its fuel…

I’ve owned my 2017 Chevrolet Volt Premier (“Lightning’s Girl”) for two weeks now, and it’s just a wonderful car. And as long as I take care of it, it should last me for a very long time. And when I say “take care of it,” I had to do a little preventive maintenance for it.…

So I’ve owned my 2017 Chevrolet Volt Premier “Lightning’s Girl” for the past week. And obviously there are some inherent costs involved with operating a car. You have to feed it gasoline. And because my car has a pressurized gas tank, there is a recommendation to use high-octane gasoline (91 in a pinch, 93 preferred).…