CamaroZ28Guy
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Jim and Cynthia,
only today I saw your response, since I very seldom come to this site. Sorry about that...
I still have the car, since it is a lease, but do not feel comfortable at all driving it and my wife won't drive it. Fortunately these days I have an exceptionally short commute (less than 2 miles) which reduces the risk of accidents, and when parking take precautions to avoid turning left (that seems to be what triggered the unintended acceleration). When I turn at parking lots, I make sure that if it happens again, only the car will get damaged.
This is a very odd thing for me, not feeling safe when behind the wheel on a particular car: I've been driving since 1974, and in the process had all kinds of car problems, as simple as running out of gas (fuel gauge was wrong), to no brakes, broken clutch in stop-and-go traffic, power steering shut down, broken accelerator cable, blow outs, transmission failures, you name it. Never before was scared of a car: this Spark EV did it. Weeks after the incident I'd jump up in the middle of the night dreaming of the brake failure (PTSD???).
In January I'll return the car, so hopefully the remaining 500 - 600 miles I'll be driving it will be incident-free.
Thanks for your clarification on the Spark model you're driving. I also saw multiple complaints about the EV at the NHTSA site and CarComplaints.com. Some other discussion groups had same description of events with the Volt.
As for me, EVs are out of my likely acquisitions in the future, it left me with a bad taste in my mouth. ICEs are still cheaper to buy, and have a more predictable behavior when things fail.
only today I saw your response, since I very seldom come to this site. Sorry about that...
I still have the car, since it is a lease, but do not feel comfortable at all driving it and my wife won't drive it. Fortunately these days I have an exceptionally short commute (less than 2 miles) which reduces the risk of accidents, and when parking take precautions to avoid turning left (that seems to be what triggered the unintended acceleration). When I turn at parking lots, I make sure that if it happens again, only the car will get damaged.
This is a very odd thing for me, not feeling safe when behind the wheel on a particular car: I've been driving since 1974, and in the process had all kinds of car problems, as simple as running out of gas (fuel gauge was wrong), to no brakes, broken clutch in stop-and-go traffic, power steering shut down, broken accelerator cable, blow outs, transmission failures, you name it. Never before was scared of a car: this Spark EV did it. Weeks after the incident I'd jump up in the middle of the night dreaming of the brake failure (PTSD???).
In January I'll return the car, so hopefully the remaining 500 - 600 miles I'll be driving it will be incident-free.
Thanks for your clarification on the Spark model you're driving. I also saw multiple complaints about the EV at the NHTSA site and CarComplaints.com. Some other discussion groups had same description of events with the Volt.
As for me, EVs are out of my likely acquisitions in the future, it left me with a bad taste in my mouth. ICEs are still cheaper to buy, and have a more predictable behavior when things fail.
I was also accused of being something called a "troll." Now, I know what that is too. 