On my 1 Year Silverado 4WT Anniversary. 6 miles to 24,000 miles. Yes this is very sarcastic but all of my EV facts are true…
Why would anyone have one of these trucks! 24,000 miles, 12 months and all of this crazy Maintenance expense. I thought EVs were inexpensive to Maintain. I cannot wait to go back to a gasser.
Chevrolet Dealer Service Cost
5000 miles Free (1st is free for all new GM EVs)
10,000 $32.00
15,000 $32.00
20,000 $32.00
24,000 $32.00
My service costs
23,000 wiper blades $26
I bottle washer fluid $3.97
1 bottle de-icer $3.97
$162.00 for 24,000 miles.
And my goodness. All that weight and my OEM tires are 1/2 worn at 24K miles. That’s terrible.
On top of this massive expense….charging. My truck in Maine (top 10 in electric rates in USA) equals 38 MPG Summer/30 MPG Winter with a gas vehicle at $3/gallon (current street regular price) , charged 95% at night at home. And my first 15,000 miles, was charged free at work everyday. (Moved on from that job)
Only 500 miles on a charge. My friend told me his 4x4 F150 5.0 goes 700 miles on the highway at 80. I cannot believe I fell for this EV crap.
Next power outages. I long to find my 8KW gas generator, drag it from the back of the garage, fix the mouse damage, add gas periodically, have it not start and be without power in the rain getting it going when the next storm blows through.
That exhaust sound just scares my pups as well. The Rubbermaid interior is so hard to clean and plugging my vacuum into the interior such a hassle. Also finding my vacuum in the frunk is so much harder than pulling the shop vac from the basement, finding an extension cord, the accessories, untangling the cord and cleaning my vehicle (and putting it all away after).
Cooking….out of a pickup…I went to a friend’s recently, who does not have much time left, with my grill, air fryer, convection oven and made him Ribeyes with seasoned asparagus and mini baked potatoes as well as garlic bread out of the bed of my truck. No mess for his family and a great evening. I hope there is time to do it again. We all love you Steve!
Finally I have struggled so much towing with it. I am glad all those folks told me you cannot tow with an electric truck.
I am thinking I should head back to the dealer to trade it in for a gasser ASAP. “Why would you ever want an electric truck”.
Why would anyone have one of these trucks! 24,000 miles, 12 months and all of this crazy Maintenance expense. I thought EVs were inexpensive to Maintain. I cannot wait to go back to a gasser.
Chevrolet Dealer Service Cost
5000 miles Free (1st is free for all new GM EVs)
10,000 $32.00
15,000 $32.00
20,000 $32.00
24,000 $32.00
My service costs
23,000 wiper blades $26
I bottle washer fluid $3.97
1 bottle de-icer $3.97
$162.00 for 24,000 miles.
And my goodness. All that weight and my OEM tires are 1/2 worn at 24K miles. That’s terrible.
On top of this massive expense….charging. My truck in Maine (top 10 in electric rates in USA) equals 38 MPG Summer/30 MPG Winter with a gas vehicle at $3/gallon (current street regular price) , charged 95% at night at home. And my first 15,000 miles, was charged free at work everyday. (Moved on from that job)
Only 500 miles on a charge. My friend told me his 4x4 F150 5.0 goes 700 miles on the highway at 80. I cannot believe I fell for this EV crap.
Next power outages. I long to find my 8KW gas generator, drag it from the back of the garage, fix the mouse damage, add gas periodically, have it not start and be without power in the rain getting it going when the next storm blows through.
That exhaust sound just scares my pups as well. The Rubbermaid interior is so hard to clean and plugging my vacuum into the interior such a hassle. Also finding my vacuum in the frunk is so much harder than pulling the shop vac from the basement, finding an extension cord, the accessories, untangling the cord and cleaning my vehicle (and putting it all away after).
Cooking….out of a pickup…I went to a friend’s recently, who does not have much time left, with my grill, air fryer, convection oven and made him Ribeyes with seasoned asparagus and mini baked potatoes as well as garlic bread out of the bed of my truck. No mess for his family and a great evening. I hope there is time to do it again. We all love you Steve!
Finally I have struggled so much towing with it. I am glad all those folks told me you cannot tow with an electric truck.
I am thinking I should head back to the dealer to trade it in for a gasser ASAP. “Why would you ever want an electric truck”.
