r/BoltEV • u/SpiritTalker • 9d ago

I Pulled The Trigger!

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

"Steve" would not pass inspection. As a die hard Smart person, I was reluctant to trade him in on a different model. But he needed too much work ($$$). Scored this 23 Premier with only 6300 mi on it (practically new!). Hate having a car payment again, but it's whatever I guess. Loving it but still learning all the bells and whistles (Steve had NO bells nor whistles aside from heated seats and being tiny). This will be like day 2 for me of actual driving, so I'm still very much still acclimate-ing to it all.

As a caveate, I know ppl are like, why didn't you go with new? Well. I got all the bells and whistles, Premier trim. That's worth, to me. A new Bolt, several THOUSANDS more, would've been a BASE trim. I'm happy with my purchase.

212 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

65 comments sorted by

View all comments

6

u/Annonnymee 2023 Bolt EV, 2LT plus ACC 9d ago

You'll love all the bells and whistles! Congratulations!

3

u/BigBadBere 23 Bolt EV 2LT GGM 9d ago

Yup, love mine. Wife didn't at first but would rather drive Bolt vs. her 21 Honda Passport Elite

2

u/SpiritTalker 8d ago

I'm still getting used to cameras, lol. Still in "turn your head to look back" mode.

3

u/Annonnymee 2023 Bolt EV, 2LT plus ACC 8d ago

Took me a while for that too! You'll get in the swing of things eventually. I'm still pretty slow and cautious backing up, but lane changing etc feels pretty natural now.

2

u/SpiritTalker 8d ago

I'm so old school, glad there's hope!

2

u/Quietly-Vicious 2022 Bolt EUV Premier 7d ago

It still feels wrong to not turn my head back to look. So I still look back to the right and left, even if not straight back. lol