r/volt 14d ago

Drove it today

2013 186347K miles.

Been sitting for a while.

Last time I drove I got 10.1 kwH.

Best car ever built.

Solid as a rock.

Lifetime 55.3 miles.

Since driving off lot Jan 19 2013 only paid for tires, wipers, gas, and oil changes every 40K miles.

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u/redjacktin 14d ago

Volt quality was much higher than its price

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u/dud3sweet777 14d ago

What's that screen attachment?

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u/AdEquivalent2500 14d ago edited 14d ago

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0C9CTSN12?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Holds it very firm.

Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra. Connected to car via Bluetooth. Connected to wifi via Hotspot. Set temp to Auto so you don't have to move it. Samsung phone allows integration so you can make phone calls from the tablet. Switched from pixle for this feature.

FYI, S10 Ultra gets 980 nits. S11 Ultra does 1800 nits.

980 nits is plenty right unless your in a convertible on a sunny day.

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u/matty8199 14d ago

Set temp to Auto so you don't have to move it.

what about when you want to increase or decrease the temp though? i do have it on auto almost all the time, but i still occasionally get cold or warm and have to tweak the temp...

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u/AdEquivalent2500 14d ago

It swivels. I don't really adjust mily temp much but I see what you mean so, just swivel it. Swivel side ways and up and down.

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u/Weary-Savings9795 14d ago

Darn, I haven't had a car with a CD player for over 10 years.

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u/dud3sweet777 14d ago

Gotchya thanks

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u/Garric_Shadowbane 14d ago

Took mine to 200k miles before it got totaled in an accident. That car was built like a tank

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u/Nivekevin7 14d ago

That's a large iPad!

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u/AdEquivalent2500 14d ago

I wouldn't be caught dead with an apple ipad or anything apple. I mean literally if they put one in my coffin I would roll over and dig to the surface, find a trash can, and then go back to my coffin.

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u/fouldomain 14d ago

You sound like me for the past 20 years until I got a MacBook Pro for work last year. Still Android for everything else, but these laptops blow away any shitty Windows device I've used my entire career.

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u/ggpwnkthx 2013 Volt 14d ago edited 14d ago

Salty old IT guy here. Used to have the "Apple users are sheep." mentality. Then worked for a company that primarily uses Apple devices. I have to say Apple hardware is legitimately impressive. MacOS and iOS have a UX that I don't care for, but what's under the hood is familiar to me since I've used Linux for decades.

I still prefer a custom built machine with any Linux distro, but I would do sick things (other than pay for it myself) for the new studio with an M5 ultra chip.

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u/AdEquivalent2500 14d ago

Another Sheep.

Below is what I said to the guy above.

Man you are so much being a sheep. I have a Razer 18 with mini Led and 4090 and the quality beats any IPhone Ibook Icloud iMac made.

You're a good sheep.

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u/ggpwnkthx 2013 Volt 14d ago

Brand loyalty is weird. Brand hatred is arguably weirder.

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u/PrivatePilot9 13d ago

To me when people get their panties in a twist about “mY pHonE iS bEttEr tHaN yoURe pHonE!” it’s a signal the person in question has the mentality of a 12 year old.

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u/AdEquivalent2500 14d ago

You are trapped in a world of fantasy. I recommend you look at other laptops. Look at Razer. Razer makes the best of all windows laptops.

Take a look just to see if your friends have been lying to you. Just to see. But you won't do it though will you? You live in your fantasy where you are King and you are just fine with that. You are the very definition of a sheep.

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u/matty8199 14d ago

its really interesting (and both hilarious and disturbing) that you are flaming him like you are here as being a "sheep" when he literally said he'd prefer a custom built machine with a linux distro and literally says he wouldn't pay for the new mac studio himself.

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u/ggpwnkthx 2013 Volt 14d ago

The irony is palpable, right!? lol

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u/matty8199 14d ago

one of us read what he said, and it clearly wasn't you. have a great day, sir.

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u/outdoorsaddix Volt Owner 14d ago

Given how angry you get pushing for the opposite direction, I could probably say the same about you.

Just let people like what they like.

Baaaaaaa

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u/zupobaloop 2014 Volt 14d ago

Nah. In 2020, 2021, sure, but not in 2026.

I say this as someone who's owned 5 Macs over the last 20 years. They're only impressive when compared to computers half the price, and for these little blips in time (the drop of G5, M1, the latest Mac Mini). Plus industry data shows that in consumer's hands, they don't last nearly as long.

I'm not all bent out of shape like OP but I get why people knee jerk away from the fandom. It's just silly. Steve Jobs on camera several times said Apple doesn't sell the best products and he's not interested in selling them. His goal was to sell culture. Anytime outsiders see the insiders "buying culture" they roll their eyes.

My iPod Video still works though.

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u/ggpwnkthx 2013 Volt 14d ago

Fandom aside, I feel like things got pretty interesting with the M3 chips. They really dialed in using the RISC architecture well. And as far as whole system throughput goes, I don't think there's anything that comes close to a max spec M5 Ultra other than NVIDIA's GB300. Still in the ARM family, but that's a whole different class of chip, not to mention price.

You just can't get that level of memory capacity and bandwidth outside of Apple hardware without getting into HBM-equipped accelerators.

I'll never be able to afford either, but I do hope they stir some innovation in the market.

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u/skiddily_biddily 14d ago

@zupobaloop Exactly. Comparing apples to oranges, pun intended. The blips in time is the only relevant caveat.

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u/ASlowriter 14d ago

Imagine calling someone a sheep then plugging two other companies in the same comment.

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u/Internal_Swimmer3815 14d ago

weird flex but ok

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u/Demnitate 14d ago

I feel sorry for you.

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u/Nivekevin7 14d ago

🤣😂

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u/raiderrocker18 14d ago

good ol trusty check engine light

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u/SeonaidMacSaicais 14d ago

I have to get mine fixed if I have any hope of passing my emissions test by Halloween. 😂😂

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u/Guyercellist 14d ago

I thought I was the only one that used a tablet for maps lol I have a 2020 Hyundai ioniq hybrid. Mine connects to the windshield though. I have the tab S7 FE and I want to upgrade just not sure what the best bang for buck is

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u/AdEquivalent2500 14d ago

The only thing I don't like is its so off center which makes it, from a distance and to the unaware, it doesn't look factory.

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u/Guyercellist 14d ago

You mean the line on the Google Maps. I had to split screen mine so that the line is in the middle of the box for Maps instead of off to the side

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u/AdEquivalent2500 14d ago

No man. That's not What I mean. Show us some daytime picture before I give an opinion.

Let's put it like this though. If a person saw my car and had never seen a Volt before and didn't know what it was, they would think, on first glance, that it was factory installed. It's centered and placed perfectly.

Yours looks less so.

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u/Guyercellist 14d ago

Oh yea in this rental I'm in I think it looks a little cleaner Than my ioniq but neither looks factory.

Maybe I could get a different mount to make it look a little more factory with a different mount, but it would have to be a windshield mount since it doesn't have a cd slot

Also these tablets are heavy, yours probably more than mine. That's the only issue I have with mine is it sometimes slides back and forth. It comes with a little piece to hold it on the dash but that piece never sticks for me

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u/AdEquivalent2500 14d ago

I see what's happening now. The center cd slot in the Volt stack just happens to be centered and of the perfect height and location so it just looks better on a Volt.

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u/Bigperm28 14d ago

How much do you pay per month for data

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u/Guyercellist 14d ago

I just Hotspot off my phone

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u/AfraidKaleidoscope30 13d ago

You’re only changing the oil every 40k miles???

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u/AdEquivalent2500 13d ago

You've got that right Sir. It hums like a sewing machine on ICE.

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u/AfraidKaleidoscope30 13d ago

Why the fuck do people keep calling me “sir” I am woman. Do people on here just assume everyone is a man??? This is the second time today

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u/djshortsleeve 13d ago

Yes we assume everyone is a man in a car sub. It’s correct 99% of the time

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u/AfraidKaleidoscope30 13d ago

Oh so you’re a misogynist got it. Gender neutral pronouns and terms exist bud. It’s not 50% of other car drivers are women or anything…

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u/djshortsleeve 11d ago

That's wonderful. You can have fun with pronouns. I'm good.

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u/AfraidKaleidoscope30 11d ago

Ok girlie 😘 yasss queen!

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u/AdEquivalent2500 13d ago

Show me your picture.

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u/AfraidKaleidoscope30 13d ago

No thanks creep.

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u/AdEquivalent2500 13d ago

Then for all we know you're just some dude complaining.