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This seems like a silly hill to die on, but come on, oil changes aren't that bad. No, I've never bothered with nitrile gloves, though I do have a half dozen pairs of Mechanix ones and several rolls of shop towels lying around the garage. My oil pan holds 5 gallons, so I only deal with it every...

I'm not trying to convince anybody here that the Spark isn't a worthwhile car! I think it's pretty great, or I wouldn' t be here learning about it. It's just a little outside the realm of where I can justify it at the moment, and I thought it might be interesting to document why. Maintenance...

Oh there's plenty of nickel and dime stuff I left out for expediency. But taking the oil change as an example, one every 5,000 miles is $50, for $150/year. Over the projected 5 year period, that still only bumps the difference up $750.

I haven't yet, but I am keeping my eye on them. Right now, I'm not sure I can really cost justify the car, with the cheapest ones I'm seeing going for ~$8k before shipping. Here's how my math breaks down: Chevy SS - 15,000 miles per year @ 20 mpg. Premium fuel is about $2.80/gal, for a cost...

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All very true, and I've thought about that. Battery degradation, combined with highway driving, combined with subzero temperatures is the biggest concern. I think I can mitigate that by pre-warming the car at home and work, since it will be sitting on a charger in both places. Outright...

Hey, thanks everybody who chipped in! I definitely want to at least test drive one. The closest car I could find was in Cleveland, about 250 miles away... might be worth a day trip. With the Bolt and Model 3 hitting the market, I have a feeling the values on these cars will drop even more as...

Heh, the other vehicle in the fleet is a Tahoe with the HD tow pack. I have no qualms about going and getting one (I've flown out to buy vehicles and driven them home before), but MI to CA and back is 4,000 miles round trip. Just the gas would be ~$650, not even considering tolls, food, or the...

Thanks for the quick responses guys. Size and range are non-issues as far as I'm concerned - this is single occupant, work week transportation. The handful of stops I would ordinarily make outside of work are well within the 80 mile charge range. This would be the third vehicle in our fleet...

Hey everybody, I might be coming at this car from a different angle than most people, and I'm curious to know how well you think it might fit. Right now I daily drive a manual Chevy SS sedan 8 months out of the year, and have a 200k mile Saturn as a winter beater. Before the SS, I daily drove...