[Mike Gregory]

I just managed to beat my personal best of 1750 miles from a single tank.
I'm going to try to get 2000 miles from the next one...

Still nowhere near joining the "50 mile club", but till pretty pleased with myself (and the Ampera!) !

Does everyone feel the need to compete against themselves over MPG or is it just me ?? Strangely addictive...

 

[semach.the.monkey]

I've only had my Volt for just over 4 weeks, but so far I have done just over 1000 miles and used 0.03 gallons* of petrol!

Sure, I know I'll be doing some longer trips soon (which is why the "range extended" type appealed to me), but so far it's effectively been an electric only vehicle.



* Yes, I was really annoyed with myself for letting the battery get low enough for the engine to kick in for the last 1/2 mile home. Grrrr!

 

[Mike Gregory]

And there's nothing worse than the feeling of self-hate when you go out to the car in a morning and realising that you forgot to plug it in the night before... "No!!! There goes my MPG!!!"

 

[semach.the.monkey]

That hasn't happened to me yet... although I did have a non-charging situation about 2 days after buying the car and purely by chance happened to notice an orange charge light 2 hours after plugging it in (turns out the power adapter didn't like being plugged in to car first and wall second). Otherwise, [touch wood] all good

 

[hopbackguy]

Yes, and it's wonderful

Ah, this is the section of the forum for GM cars Mike - the Ampera and Volt. Perhaps move this to the BMW section @Paul ?

 

[ALC]

Back 'on topic'....Ampera stats.
Nearly 4 weeks into ownership, 2500 miles, 1.6 gallons of fuel used = >1600mpg.
Personal best of 53 miles and only twice didn't make the 45 miles to work on a charge - and both times was in the rain (a/c and wipers must use a lot of power). I reckon I've saved around £150 this month net on fuel too over my previous journey...

 

[h8ten]

Since finding a place to charge near work, I can now go for 3 or 4 weeks without the need to fill with petrol, 2,400 miles one 4 week period and 1850 the next 3 weeks. That's me doing 550 miles a week just commuting.