What did you do with/in your Bolt today?

[Tech Admin]

It seems we dont have much of a general check in thread so here we are.

What did you do to/in your Bolt today? Take a trip? Just drive around? Did you work on it?

Let us all know what you did, no matter how small. It's just good to check in.

 

[ca90290]

I replaced my floor mats with GM Bolt rubber mats I bought with my GM rewards earned by buying my 2023 Bolt EV in December. I previously had a 2020 and before that a 2018. The 2023 is a great improvement over the 2020.

 

[janetplanet]

I have a 2020 Bolt and was curious about your comment that the 2023 was a big improvement over my model. Would love to hear more details about that, please do explain. I was planning to turn in my 2020 lease and buy a 2023, but there were absolutely no discounts or promotions available at the time and a new lease would have been 2-3x as expensive as my previous lease (inflation), so I was pretty much forced to buy out my vehicle...which I now have to keep for awhile.

 

[ca90290]

Mainly the interior is nicer with little quality features like stitching around the dash and more comfortable front seats. Also, it charges faster to a higher level. I can get 260 using my 110 outlet at home. Also, the screen layouts are much better. My wife thinks it has a more comfortable ride as well. She never liked my 2020 or my 2018. I leased and had to pay more than my 2020, but I think now it was worth it. I can buy it at the end of the lease for only $14k.

 

[jjandrews222]

Mainly the interior is nicer with little quality features like stitching around the dash and more comfortable front seats. Also, it charges faster to a higher level. I can get 260 using my 110 outlet at home. Also, the screen layouts are much better. My wife thinks it has a more comfortable ride as well. She never liked my 2020 or my 2018. I leased and had to pay more than my 2020, but I think now it was worth it. I can buy it at the end of the lease for only $14k.

 

[jjandrews222]

I have previously owned a 2017 and 2021 Bolt and was very happy with both…except for the battery fire recall. I now own a 2023 and can share that the interior is better and exterior looks better, but don’t like the brake lights in the bumper. Of course, the 2023 is higher trim than earlier models, but I still think it is more comfortable and nicer looking Bolt. On a side note, I have also noticed that the acceleration seems to have been detuned in 2023. The 0-60 times are supposed to be the same, but 2023 does not feel as quick.

 

[Piotr Parlewicz]

Today, I changed the cabin air filter in my new-to-me 2022 Bolt EV.
The old one was pretty filthy, I was surprised how dirty it was after only 2 years.
Dealing with the do-hicky to release the glove compartment door was annoying, but I managed to get it done without breaking it off.

 

[WaywardBolt]

Today I went to retrieve my belongings out of my 2017 Bolt and sign it over to my insurance company because a couple of days ago a friend borrowed it and had an accident. Fortunately no other cars were involved and no one was badly injured, but my poor little car is a total loss.

 

[tomsawyer]

Today I went to retrieve my belongings out of my 2017 Bolt and sign it over to my insurance company because a couple of days ago a friend borrowed it and had an accident. Fortunately no other cars were involved and no one was badly injured, but my poor little car is a total loss.

Sorry to hear that, I hope the insurance company treats you fairly on it. The picture in the other thread was painful to see, I have the same color 2018.

 

[WaywardBolt]

Thanks. Yes, the insurance settlement was quite fair (AAA is great when you have to file a claim). So I was able to take advantage of the Hertz big selloff of their electric vehicle fleet and got a black on black 2023 Bolt EUV LT with only about 11,000 miles on it for just a couple grand more than what AAA gave me for my 2017. It’s so nice! The interior is much improved, and that extra 6” or so of wheelbase length seems to result in a smoother ride as well as a sleeker look from the side. My only complaints come from the fact that the 2023 is a lower trim level than the 2017 was, so it’s missing some of the cool gadgets like the digital rear view mirror and the extra cameras to make the 360° ‘drone view’. On the other hand, no car payment for the next however many years is a pretty good trade off.