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Honestly, I'm reading all of these comments about about how all these other cars don't have torque steer and I wonder what forums you guys are reading. Owners on the GTI forums, as an example, have routinely noted torque steer issues over the years. Now, the latest Mk7 cars are MUCH better...

Part of the bummer here is that there are a lot of "promised" chargers out there, but the build out takes so dang long, owners may be halfway through their leases (or maybe even completely through) before they ever benefit them. It doesn't help that all of the charge vendors pursued L2 when...

I test drove the Bolt yesterday (by myself, which is nice) and always pay close attention to both ride quality and handling on a car (as I know it is the stuff that will drive me nuts if it is not executed well). I can see the issues that some folks here mentioned. The ride is a just a bit...

I don't own a Bolt, but noticed that anyone can now participate in the Waze beta for Android Auto. Have any of you tried it? I actually think this has the potential to be the first somewhat "killer app" ( at least for a certain subset of drivers), that we will see for either of the phone...

EVs are very niche vehicles at this point, and I suspect the average EV purchaser is doing WAY more research into his/her purchase than a typical ICE buyer (although the average buyer does, um, ZERO research into their next car so that may not be saying much). Regardless, I have to believe the...

It doesn't strike me as a bad deal given: 1. The Bolt is new and the "fire sale" deals you see on other EVs (either now or at various points in their lives) just aren't there yet. However, the only way to get those is to "wait". If you aren't willing to or can't then it simply it was it...

Honestly, I look for the "critiques" as much as anything on car forums (that and the DIY fixes). It is especially helpful to hear them from current owners since they tend to have a much better understanding of annoyances that often don't surface on test drives (even if you are lucky enough to...

Our gen1 Volt and my wife's Volvo XC60 both sat outside...squirrels chose to eat the Volvo instead of the Volt.

When I test drove one at the Dallas auto show (note: they are not being sold in Texas until the Fall) I casually mentioned to the rep doing the test drive with me about how the seats had been getting some bad press and she immediately piped up with " Oh, I'm well aware of the reports on the...

Unfortunately, the drive was, as you know, short and she sat in the middle to get a better view of all the stuff we were discussing up front. She said it was fine, but a bit awkward (like most middle seats). Interestingly enough, it immediately pointed out the benefit of the rear mirror...

Sooo...I test drove the Silver premium at the Dallas auto show today, but only got to drive it once. My wife rode in the back seat and the sales rep sat in the passenger seat. The Seats The seat edge was as I had remembered it getting in and out. Once centered it was OK, but it is definitely...

Having just completed our first somewhat longer trip (also around 650 miles) in our Model S, I find the whole charging thing to still be a bit of a pain (even with superchargers). With even slower CCS charging and more sketchy availability and reliability, I have to imagine it would be that...

My "car guy evolution" has been an interesting one over the years and it probably parallels a lot of other "car guys" out there. Most of us never make it to a "track" or do so once in a very great while and we come nowhere near close to pushing the limits of our cars on the street. Indeed, a...

I don't own a Bolt, but saw the same issue on my Volt (no light with regen there) and now with my Tesla - I'm always looking in my rear view mirror on that and consciously making sure the brake pedal is pressed. It can be unnerving especially if the brake light goes off just as you come to a...

Usually this occurs when a rock gets between the brake rotor and brake dust shield on car. Here's a random pic of a brake rotor - you can see the shield (black) immediately behind it peeking out of the top: