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nice review, thanks mate!

I own a truck gets 17mpg city and I bought a used 2012 volt in the exact same color as yours. My rear end is different it has glass on the bottom instead of a panel. I originally bought it for my daughter who will be driving next year but I’m falling in love with the car. I’m going to buy a 2016 ELR after I give her the volt. It’s basically the same car just more luxurious with better styling and the 16’s got a 2 sec 0-60 power boost. Can’t wait to get one in the garage

I've had my '14 Volt Premium for about 3 months now, fantastic car. Level 1 safety and comfort packages means parking sensors and black leather interior but no entertainment package/Bose speakers lol. 66K miles for $9K after the tax refund. I do a lot of driving for work but at most I need to use about 2 gallons of gas total in a week. Living in an apartment means I rely on public stations, but I'm persistent enough to keep it charged daily. Don't get me started on Sport mode/Low gear 🤌🏻 my Volt is red. I can't help myself sometimes 😂

Love the Sportster LOL can you please tell me what did you have to do to put the Buell S1 front end on is it a bolt on? Or does it have to have modifications? I'd like to do it to mine I have a 2004 883

Watch that kickstand spring

best video on the volt actually. u did ur home work. the volt was really supposed to be a loss leader to kill the model S which failed coz the public thought it was a prius. i liken it to a diesel electric. they last easy 400-500k miles, what would u expect from an EV that never super charges, never overdischarges/overcharges the battery, and uses a gas engine to protect the battery in low temp weather. 90% of the in town driving is done on electric which avoids almost all short heat cycles, and the engine basically only runs at hwy speeds and a very stable rpm range. iron block, naturally asperated sub 100 hp low displacement engine, no real transmission, just bulletproof if you can plug in every day. Ive done 40k miles in my 2013, now at 120k miles and getting 45 miles of ev range still, and i just picked up another one for my girlfriend, a 2014 with similar miles. with our driving these cars are literally free after 3-4 years of gas savings. cant say that about any other car with zero compromise edit: also my insurance is liability only for 20$/mo since i paid cash. hard to beat.

Love my volt best car I have ever owned. There is a reason that on kelly blue book the volt has such great ratings.

Trackers are so cool

What brand and model is your digital gauge toy are using? Nice build!

I Like the Bike Lad but fix it or Move that side stand it's gonna kill you.

Great video, I love my 2011 I don't ever want to go back to gas (only) even though prior to me purchasing mine used in 2017 I was mostly a van and pick up driver. GM lost a lot of money on making and selling the Volt, It cost GM almost 90k to produce the 2011 and it sold for less than half of that. They did not want to have egg on their face with this car so the loss was calculated to produce future dividends on future vehicles, but never the Volt, I don't think they ever made a profit from any year Volt. However that makes it a great deal especially in a used car. You feel like you are driving a $90,000 car for the $7500 I paid for mine in mint condition (with 95k miles) it was like getting a present. I drive to and from work 12 miles each way every day and put gas in once or twice a year. I charge it at home with 220v level 2 and occasionally at work on the 11v charger that came with it.

Nice video. Leased a 2014 base. Loved it so much bought a 2014 premier. Can charge every night at my building and leave it plugged in when not driving for a while. Has 84k miles now, bought at 46k miles for $10k. Saw recently that GM will be reviving their PHEV tech too. Maybe GM will finally learn some lessons. Volt is def an iconic car and I love driving it. It’s appreciated in value in a rough EV market. Only unplanned repair I’ve had to do so far is replace an axle because the boot ripped. Would buy again without hesitation.

329K miles on my 2013, mostly food deliveries. 1:30 I see you have the DRL mod so DRLs are on when headlights r on. Buying them used now is a gr8 deal. But wish next gen batteries could be made for these otherwise degradation will eventually take them all. I use hold mode keep it at mid charge to maintain full performance

I would never buy a full EV complete joke waste of money and impractical as hell for what I do but the Volt is awesome. I'm going to get one this summer

I drive a 12 year old Volt. I love the car for the most part. The thing only costs about a $1.50 to charge and goes 30 miles on electric.

I'm a lifelong techie who grew up in a family of mechanics and gearheads, so I had been wanting a Volt since they came out. Back then that was just a dream since they cost 40 grand and I was making half as much money as I make now. About a year ago I started saving and planning to get a used one since the 2007 Hyundai Elantra I've had for the past six years (and has 364,000 miles on it and has had so many parts replaced on it that it was basically the Ship of Theseus) wasn't going to last forever, plus as time went on it was going to be more and more difficult to find a First Gen Volt with decent mileage and good condition (and a non-absurd price; I was finding Volts with 100,000 plus miles for 15 grand, which was nuts). So I waited and bided my time...until I found one with 63,000 miles for 10 grand. Two months previously it was 13 grand. I decided to jump on it before someone else did. The dealership was 170 miles away. My Elantra got me there without issue (its last faithful act for me). It had been on the market for 611 days, so it had been sitting for a while (it had dried out windshield wipers and dried leaves in the bottom of the air cleaner box, and I later found the tires had dry-rot cracks between the tread), but I was able to get it back home without a problem. I was aware it was going to need a few things done and was ready for that; I have the Service Manual (all 8011 pages of it, and no, that doesn't intimidate me). I got it late December 2023 and I've changed the spark plugs with NGK Iridiums and changed the ignition module and EVAP Purge Solenoid since it was showing a DTC for 'No Flow During Purge'; the DTC hasn't come back so far. I'm planning to flush the brake system (brake fluid isn't supposed to be coffee-colored) and check the coolant in the three coolant loops. I replaced the tires (as I was intending) with Bridgestone Weatherforce ones. This is the first time in my life that I have been able get the car I *wanted* as opposed to 'getting a car because I needed a car'. The Volt has been amazing so far; in the winter the 6000 watt electric heater+Remote Start= a warm interior very quickly. That plus the 460 watt rear window defroster means the rear window is clear in one minute flat and the front window in two. I live in an apartment so I can't plug in to charge, but the nearest public charger is less than a mile away at the parking area of the local hospital. It cost me 44 cents to charge to 50% so a full charge would cost less than a dollar.

I really think that I need to take the chevy Volt Technology And turn it into a truck

How did you make the eliminator tail section fit I can't find installation instructions online

What length rear shocks did you use,??

this is the best tracker build !!

Hey! Wanting to buy the Eliminator tail do you remember what brand your taillight / plate bracket is? Thanks

USA is far favorite country

I’m liking so much my 2014 Volt! Great car!

Tried to watch, but8 the music made this video completely unwatchable.

You did a great job with this you should go to work at HD and show them how to build a XR for the street all that’s needed is an updated top end that looks like the 83-84 XR 1000 that Harley made back then . Great job ! 👍

Driving it for 5 years, the best car I ever had.

Love my VOLT.

Awesome job dude! What width wheels are you running front a rear. Are they both 19" front wheels?

The reason GM cancelled the Volt, IMO, is that they decided to stop production on the Chevy Cruise due to declining sales and low or negative profit margin. Without the high volume Cruise, the many common parts used by the Volt would be maybe two times as expensive to make or buy in low volume. The margin for the Volt was likely already negative, so GM decided to cut their losses and cancel it as well.

I owned two Volts, and also fell in love with them. However, Volt was not the "first plug in hybrid offered by an OEM." Audi built and sold 100 "Duo" in the 1990's, with a diesel engine and lead-acid batteries.

I also reside in Detroit off Woodward Ave. I bought a 2011 Chevrolet Volt after an accident with my 2009 Chevrolet Silverado WT.

Yes! It's true the 2nd gen car is technologically superior but the 1st gen is way more sexy with more classic Chevrolet identifying lines. The Volt is an awesome car! From a lifelong Siverado owner driver.

Is there a way to check the hybrid battery when buying a second hand volt? Thank you in advance

Another issue for this car is that it came out shortly after GM and other American automakers had repeatedly demonstrated an inability to make reliable economic small cars compared to Asian automakers. So a lot of people were probably hesitant to trust GM on this car. GM should have partnered with Honda, Toyota or Mazda on the volt and released it with one of their badges. It probably would have been a huge hit. It also would have probably been a huge hit if it could have been ordered outside of the dealership model. Because dealers didn’t want to sell a car that didn’t have much of anything that broke. Dealers make more money repairing cars than selling new cars.

I had to trade in my '15 Volt when the intractable condo HOA board where I live made it impossible to plug in anywhere in order to charge. I loved that car bui love even more the Chevy Bolt I traded in for. I still can't charge at home (ridiculous condo rules) but nearby charging stations and a now meaningful EV range turned a maddening situation into a delightful upgrade. Looking back, GMs experience with the Volt morphed into the Bolt, a brilliant engineering masterpiece and I'm now immensely pleased. I still immensely dislike HOA boards.

Just came across this video, prolly won't see this but great job. I personally got my 2017 Gen 2 with 62,000 miles on it for $13,500 right before the chip shortages in February 2021. After adding 53000 miles on it, it is worth more now than it was. Such a great car from an efficiency and aesthetic standpoint. Only thing I don't agree with is your take on the Gen 2 design, I believe it's far superior than the Gen 1, especially the Taillight design. Also the interior is much more intuitive and doesn't have 1000 haptic buttons, along with a new feature I got spoiled by, the heated steering wheel.

bro your kickstand is flopping around.

Any information as to where I could purchase that lockable container built into the rear trunk?

Its so good it makes you wonder why they are not making more of them

And here we are today, with gas prices. Those VOLT are selling like hot cakes and for a LOT more than they were 3 years ago. Bought a 2015 for 14K. Now I could sell it for over 20K, but NO FUCKING WAY. It's reliable and cheap to operate.

Love ours - 480 mpg from new

How would you say the handling is with 19-in rims. Is it sketchy compared to stock setup. I won't be using the setup for dirt but for spirited road riding.

We own one and we love it also. 2013 we just drove it on a road trip of 3477.4 miles with out issue. However we did keep our Chevrolet Trucks they are in the driveway most the time now.

For past years i wanted my g35 to be a tron meets ghost in a shell

The square pattern on the roof sounds cool until you start developing checkerboard tanning lines lmao

nigga ridin dirty in a harley davidson bitch niggas hatin on a playa watch what lane u in ak47 in my chevy volt shootin opps and watch they bolt

I'm a DOOR DASH DRIVER JUST BOUGHT ME 20214 VOLT ! AND I FKIN LOVE IT 💗IM SO BLESSED WITH A GREAT CAR SMOOTH AND OMG THE MPG IS SOOOO AWESOME 👍 THX U CHEVY 🚗🙏😉😊😊

2015 Chevy Volt @ 160k miles here, mostly on the gas motor due to living in an apt without a charge port. Thing is reliable as hecc, only maintenance are tires, oil, and spark plugs. Amazed at how reliable these cars are. There’s a guy in TH-cam that has documented his over the years hitting 500k with the only issue related to a car accident he was in. ALot of cool standard features not in many newer cars, like push start, backup camera, heated seats, cool command/visual interface. Overall one of the best vehicles in terms of Value that I’ve ever owned. And while saving for a house this is the perfect car for me right now with its reliability and mpg’s.

If you are going to even think about putting something on youtube grab a cheap wireless microphone. The first well known rule is sound is 10x more important than picture quality.

Awesome build, nice video and thanks for the list of parts. Thinking about doing a similar build.