Forgot to mention, the leak was caused by a roofing nail in the tread area. I pulled the nail out before reinflating.
My PGP public key: https://vanderwal.us/evdl_pgp.key March 22, 2021 8:04 AM, "Peter VanDerWal via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > The Chevrolet Bolt comes with self sealing tires that work really well. I > went to drive my Bolt a > few months back and it had a flat tire. I inflated it and waited 1/2 hour to > see how quickly it > deflated, and it didn't. In fact several months later it still holds air as > well as the other > tires. I'd actually forgotten about it until now. > > My PGP public key: https://vanderwal.us/evdl_pgp.key > > March 22, 2021 7:33 AM, "Steves via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > >> Remember that the Bolt also doesn’t have a spare. Remember too that EVs >> don’t always use readily >> available tires, so if you get a flat, you could be stuck for a few days >> waiting on tire delivery. >> Yes, they (Chevy anyway) give you an inflator and something like fix-a-flat >> but it’s useless on >> some punctures and gums up the inside of the rim - it will piss off the tire >> changer. My wife hit >> road debris in the bolt and holed the sidewall. Luckily she made it home and >> it went flat >> overnight. Sidewall puncture, so new tire, which took several days to get. >> >> I added a spare to my Volt as that is our long trip car. Luckily haven’t had >> to deploy it yet. >> >> -Steve >> >>> On Mar 22, 2021, at 8:47 AM, Mark Hanson via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Folks >>> Ben My son and I rode up to Tyson’s Corner off the dc beltway 225 miles in >>> the Bolt EV, stopped at >>> a fast charger Woodstock va for insurance at Walmart Subway for lunch. The >>> Bolt is 260 miles if not >>> using the heater, about 225 if using. The Tesla Y at 316 miles made it the >>> 225 miles without >>> stopping but was thirsty for electrons when I got home. All the controls >>> are in weird places or >>> through menus on the touch screen. They didn’t copy any conventional auto >>> layout of controls. The >>> only thing that’s in the normal spot is the horn. $50k turned into $55k >>> after $1k for paint >>> (luckily didn’t charge extra for the steering wheel), $1.2k for >>> documentation (I guess that was the >>> email they sent to pick it up) and $2k for sales tax. It was like the 3 >>> stooges with kids just out >>> of high school doing everything and making it up as they went. Got there at >>> 1:30 and out at 4pm, >>> took awhile to find my car. Ben said isn’t it the blue one on top of that >>> tractor trailer from >>> Fremont Cal? They said oh no, it’s in the back of the garage somewhere. >>> After waiting another 1/2 >>> hour, they quietly unloaded it off the top of the truck , forgot to put the >>> front tag on it or the >>> inspection sticker. I found the tag in the trunk by the missing spare tire >>> (spares are optional now >>> unless you get a flat). The tag just had double sided sticky tape to stick >>> on the front plastic >>> bumper. No explanation on how to operate The vehicle and the users manual >>> in the glove box (after I >>> found how to open it on the menu screen) was worthless, how to fasten >>> seatbelt nonsense. >>> For dealer experience and ease of use controls , Tesla gets a F and Chevy >>> Bolt gets an A. >>> Best regards >>> Mark >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org >>> No other addresses in TO and CC fields >>> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >>> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive >>> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org >> No other addresses in TO and CC fields >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive >> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
