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what are expectations

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when we define them are we breaking the mold

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what if they expected me to do that

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who are they why are they pointing a camera at me and why did it take me two

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years to make this video maybe none of that matters maybe what really matters

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is the here and the now and the who like

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who is my sponsor

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when i bought my chevy volt model threes weren't shipping yet and

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model s's even second-hand ones were going for as much as a hundred thousand

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canadian rubles that's more than every other vehicle

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i've owned in my life put together so

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the hunt began for some other option any other option for someone who loves

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technology as much as he hates paying for gas but who doesn't need ludicrous

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speed or whatever i mean

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at the end of the day how much fun can it be

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still gonna have four wheels in it

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sort of tesla strongly disagrees with that

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sentiment and they're actually working on providing a review unit of the model

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3 for me to check out as we speak

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but before we make that video i owe you guys finally an explanation

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for why i made the choice i did why did Linus tech tip sebastian settle for a

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chevrolet volt performance on the track wasn't the first consideration for me

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and it isn't for a lot of people but that doesn't mean that the volt is a

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slouch because in here we've got not one

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not two but three engines the 1.5 liter

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gas engine right here on the left outputs a measly 101 horsepower the fun

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part that's the dual electric motors doing exactly what electric motors are

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famous for torque at a standstill we've got access

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to nearly 300 foot pounds of the stuff so how does that feel you might ask off

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the line it's surprisingly exhilarating doing zero to 50 in just 2.6 seconds

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then at about 70 clicks it peters out finishing the zero to 108.4

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which coincidentally is identical to my old 2003 honda civic just without the

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extra fun of a manual transmission the advantage compared to my civic however

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is that i'm doing all of that without using any gas whatsoever and compared to

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other plug-in hybrids it's a lot happier

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i get anywhere from 60 to 100 kilometers of range depending on the weather that's

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enough for me to do well over 80 of my driving on battery meaning that the

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average tank of gas lasts me a month or two or even more sometimes as an added

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bonus we installed ev chargers at the office and currently there's a taxation

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loophole that allows me to refuel using those without counting it as a taxable

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benefit reducing my total cost of ownership we already have a honda

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odyssey for family road trips and hauling soccer things so

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anything bigger than a sedan or a hatchback would have only served to take

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up extra space in our cramped two-car suburban garage and a lot of the

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benefits of an ev like being able to use the hov lane by myself less frequent

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servicing and okay yeah being quicker off the line of delay change were very

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appealing to me with the volt sharing all of them even more appealing look at

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all that space chevy went with a design that's become

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quite popular probably so that they can sell the same body both to sedan lovers

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here in north america and to hatchback enthusiasts across the pond

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i've actually really missed my wife's vw rabbit ever since we got rid of it and

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if i trade it in my volt i would definitely miss it too it is shocking

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how much stuff you can fit in this thing when you've got the seats folded down

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hey like check this out i had all that tack

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loaded in it to give away at my house last halloween flipping crazy right

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by the way don't show up at my house this year i'm not doing that again

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as a taller user it might not be as comfortable but for

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me the front seat design is basically perfect and the only change that i would

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make to the instrument console is to add a clock option right in front of the

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driver there is one built into the center display but the problem is that

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when i'm in Android auto some apps don't have a clock overlay so i'm left without

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one altogether which is a minor inconvenience kind of like the rear

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seats now shockingly i can get all three

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of my kids back there even with car seats but i would recommend spending

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some time on the websites that specialize in car seat compatibility to

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find a configuration that's likely to actually work and i would also recommend

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not trying to put three adults back there the two outside seats are pretty

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comfy as long as the occupant is under six feet but the middle c is basically a

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non-seat media controls are all handled with buttons on the optional leather

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wrapped steering wheel which okay that might not seem like a huge deal to you

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but coming from my old car that was an absolute game changer and regenerative

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braking is handled in one of three ways when you're on battery you can either

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drive around in low and as soon as you take your foot off the accelerator

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you'll get a mild regenerative effect or you can press this paddle to the left

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of the steering wheel and you'll get a much stronger effect finally if you

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don't like the on and off controls of the paddle you can simply press the

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brake pedal lightly and it will start with regen then if you exceed the

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threshold it will apply more conventional brakes and this easy access

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to regen braking has already been saving me money in little ways like less wear

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on my brake pads just like a fully v or

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at least for now a big potential downside of this plug-in hybrid approach

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is reliability two complementary drivetrains does introduce the potential

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for more costly repairs but uh

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knock-on wood so far i've done really well now one of

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my personal preferences when it comes to cars is to give myself a better chance

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when it comes to recalls and lemons by avoiding all new model years whenever

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possible letting someone else find the overlooked flaws in a brand new platform

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or design i'm still dealing with the worst of both worlds though ice engines

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tend to be more prone to breaking down than evs and electric has its own

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ticking time bomb too the batteries

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now given that a foam that used to last a whole day when new might barely get

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you through lunch two years later i understand people's concerns about the

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longevity of battery packs in cars but fortunately chevy thought of this

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from the factory chevy intentionally doesn't expose the whole battery to the

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user which reduces unnecessary wear on the batteries from overcharging and also

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adds a battery buffer so to speak so over time they slowly give you this

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buffer back to make sure that the range of the volt is as good on year 5 as it

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was the day you left the lot i mean of course the buffer will eventually run

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out but if nothing else this approach forces the consumer to care for their

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battery properly and it's an approach that i really like we saw what the race

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for more talk time did to phones and it would be a shame to see evie makers fall

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into that same trap of eliminating this buffer for the sake of advertising

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bigger and bigger ranges at the cost of their batteries ending up in landfills

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sooner so i guess that's another win for the volt when it does become junk at

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least a lot less battery is getting tossed compared to a full ev like a

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tesla so if i love this thing and i think it's great why do you not see them

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all over the road well one big reason is the price brand

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new these things ran about 35 000 us dollars and frankly

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i wouldn't have paid that much for one either but second hand

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now we're talking i ended up paying just about 23 000 us dollars for a

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one-year-old lease return with 29 000 kilometers on it one of the biggest

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letdowns though and something that i'm expecting to be very enticing about the

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tesla is the technology

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i mean you can roll down the Windows on a hot day with the fob the backup camera

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is way better than my van and honestly all that i could ever need the bose

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sound system is pretty good you know i'm glad the

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previous owner selected it and having Android auto and carplay is well

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hey it's a lot better than not having them but

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other than that unless you consider traction control and

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power Windows to be tech features there ain't a whole lot going on here

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even the basic driving assist that the car does have are implemented in ways

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that just aren't that great cruise control without the adaptive component

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is just not as useful to me and one of the areas i really like using cruise

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control in school and playground zones i can't not allowing cruise control at

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speeds under 40 kilometers an hour is just asinine to me because if i could

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use it then i could be covering my break rather than my gas or excuse me

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accelerator and i can be watching the road for children rather than watching

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my speedometer to make sure that i'm not going to get a ticket in these high-risk

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areas and there are a handful of other sucky slash weird things the ac

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particularly in eco mode is super weak

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it makes me irrationally angry like i shouldn't even mention it but it drives

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me nuts that you can press the Windows to go all the way down but then everyone

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but the driver's seat you have to hold it to bring it all the way back up and

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whenever i throw my backpack in the passenger seat if the car is like

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yelling at me to have my passenger put their seatbelt on even though my bag

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only weighs like 10 pounds but with all that said i got an absolute ton of car

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for my money and in spite of my recent jaguar i-pace test drive i just haven't

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been tempted to upgrade for now so

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that's it that's why i bought a chevy volt

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tesla now it's time to change my mind thanks

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again to dji for sponsoring this video all the sexy in-air drone footage was

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of fun doing it it's got a 10 kilometer transmission range up to 34 minutes of

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flight time like what you can capture up to 4k 60fps or 1080 at up to 240 FPS

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