# Guess the mileage at my new Volt's first fill up and win a tank of gas!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Vendor Marketplace\ **Created:** [July 27, 2012, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878 "2012-07-27T10:28:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/1 "2012-07-27T10:28:14Z")
Ok NYSPEED Extreme Team… who wants free gas? Not the post Louie’s Slim dogs gas, actual gasoline. Like us on Facebook and guess how many miles I will drive before I have to fill up the Volt. Closest to the miles wins a free tank of gas! I will post pictures of my trip odometer on a regular basis so you can see the progress. 25.2 miles so far. > **[Joe Basil Chevrolet](http://www.facebook.com/joebasilchevy)** > > Joe Basil Chevrolet, Depew, New York. 10,371 likes · 3,161 were here. We are your choice Chevrolet dealer centrally located in Depew, NY, proudly serving the City of Buffalo, Lancaster, Niagara... Where we are starting, in case you missed the other thread: [http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?233786-Another-quot-Went-out-for-a-bag-of-milk](http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?233786-Another-quot-Went-out-for-a-bag-of-milk)…-quot-thread… ![http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh214/TORQDSS/IMG_20120727_083247.jpg](http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh214/TORQDSS/IMG_20120727_083247.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![robftw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@robftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robftw)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/2 "2012-07-27T10:37:33Z")
My buddy just got one of these, he just passed 2000 miles on its original tank from the dealer. ---
**Author:** ![rugsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rugsr/32/7474_2.png) [@rugsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rugsr)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/3 "2012-07-27T10:48:55Z")
Are you charging it once the battery dies? Or drain the battery then let the motor kick in? ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/4 "2012-07-27T11:05:42Z")
^ From what I’ve seen in the other thread he’s charging it every chance he gets (including a charger at work) and his commute is less than the Volt’s battery only range. So it could be a loooong time before he needs gas, though I do think I read something about the Volt having some “feature” that runs the gas engine once and a while just to make sure the gas isn’t going stale. ---
**Author:** ![honda4life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/honda4life/32/5300_2.png) [@honda4life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/honda4life)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/5 "2012-07-27T11:24:29Z")
This is crazy as hell ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/6 "2012-07-27T11:37:44Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > ^ From what I’ve seen in the other thread he’s charging it every chance he gets (including a charger at work) and his commute is less than the Volt’s battery only range. > > So it could be a loooong time before he needs gas, though I do think I read something about the Volt having some “feature” that runs the gas engine once and a while just to make sure the gas isn’t going stale. Yes… > [@honda4life](#): > > This is crazy as hell …and yes ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/7 "2012-07-27T11:40:37Z")
> [@honda4life](#): > > This is crazy as hell Crazy like a fox. Dave’s going to get a bunch of traffic to their FB page and exposure for the dealership, all for the cost of a single tank of gas. Use of social media at it’s finest. ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/8 "2012-07-27T12:06:09Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Crazy like a fox. Dave’s going to get a bunch of traffic to their FB page and exposure for the dealership, all for the cost of a single tank of gas. Use of social media at it’s finest. ^This is why I like Jay. 1118 views in 2 hours for free… so far. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/9 "2012-07-27T12:11:29Z")
You could probably continuously run this until the end of the lease, and still come out ahead of your regular advertising ventures (commercials, news ads, etc…) ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/10 "2012-07-27T12:18:48Z")
since there appears to be no end to the contest, I think I’ll wait until you post pictures of the fuel gauge almost empty before voting. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rugsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rugsr/32/7474_2.png) [@rugsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rugsr)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/11 "2012-07-27T20:59:04Z")
This might actually be a good thing. By the time this contest is over, gas might be $15 a gallon and a tank nearing $200. HAHA ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/12 "2012-07-27T21:17:32Z")
Price is right rules? X… ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/13 "2012-07-27T22:40:15Z")
In ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/14 "2012-07-28T04:32:45Z")
Did you make sure the dealership topped it off before you left? Sometimes they screw you on that… ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/15 "2012-07-28T05:47:18Z")
> [@BigRon](#): > > Did you make sure the dealership topped it off before you left? Sometimes they screw you on that… funny guy you are ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/16 "2012-07-28T09:29:16Z")
> [@TORQDSS](#): > > funny guy you are I remember hearing stories about GM providing te dealers $30 to fill the tank and some dealers only putting that into it Edit: Probably outdated article and maybe the “new” GM has a different policy > **[GM Says To Dealers: No Gas For You!](https://jalopnik.com/gm-says-to-dealers-no-gas-for-you-195512)** > > Like the Soup Nazi, the General's laying down the law on dealerships in the latest missive from the bean-counting bureaucrats at the RenCen (Note — in today's episode, the part of "bean-counting bureaucrat" will be played by GM Veep of Industry... ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/17 "2012-07-29T07:49:49Z")
> [@BigRon](#): > > I remember hearing stories about GM providing te dealers $30 to fill the tank and some dealers only putting that into it > > Edit: Probably outdated article and maybe the “new” GM has a different policy > [GM Says To Dealers: No Gas For You!](http://jalopnik.com/cars/news/gm-says-to-dealers-no-gas-for-you-195512.php) I don’t know the exact amount but they pay us a fixed price to do the final PDI “Pre-delivery Inspection” when it arrives here and that amount includes the tank of gas. It usually works in the dealers favor on average because they pay based on average fuel price per gallon. If anyone buys a brand new car and doesn’t get a full tank then they need to say something when they are there picking it up. On pre-owned cars dealers do whatever they want… some fill them up (we do) and some don’t. ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/18 "2012-07-30T06:45:06Z")
125 miles down and still not a drop of gasoline used! ![http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh214/TORQDSS/Volt730.jpg](http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh214/TORQDSS/Volt730.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/19 "2012-07-30T06:54:59Z")
> [@TORQDSS](#): > > ^This is why I like Jay. 1118 views in 2 hours for free… so far. Might want to try pitching it to the local news. It’s just interesting enough with an environmental angle that it might make the cut for a fluff story on a slow news day. Gas and oil are on their way back up and the news talks about that all the time so their lead in story is already there. I really need to start pushing harder to get the old school sales/owners here to let me do some social media for this place. Instead they still block FB/Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878/20 "2012-07-30T07:37:41Z")
My guess will depend on confirmation that you’re tracking it at our summer meet on the 26th 🙂 [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guess-the-mileage-at-my-new-volts-first-fill-up-and-win-a-tank-of-gas/224878.md?page=2)