Good deal on a Bolt?? NMNA| Cars For Sale forum |

rustybugkiller Dork
9/12/21 9:03 a.m.

I know nothing about these and not in my market but sure seems like a good price.
Sorry, can't seem to get link to post.
Cleveland, Ohio

Javelin (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/12/21 9:23 a.m.

In reply to rustybugkiller :

Well all of them are recalled and are supposed to be unable to drive right now, so not a good deal at all.

obsolete GRM+ Memberand Reader
9/12/21 9:41 a.m.

I was looking recently because I was curious whether the prices of these were getting hammered by the recall, and based on what I was seeing, that's a good deal.

If I could find a Bolt for a steal, I'd go for it. Park it outside in the driveway or on the street and wait for GM to come through with the battery replacement. Once that's done you have a cheap EV with a brand new battery, enjoy.

clutchsmoke UltraDork
9/12/21 10:52 a.m.

In reply to Javelin (Forum Supporter) :

I've seen a few driving around the last few days. I've been VERY tempted to get a bolt.

wheelsmithy (Joe-with-an-L) GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
9/12/21 10:56 a.m.

That's either a cheap electric car, or a really expensive battery fire.

Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/12/21 11:10 a.m.

In reply to obsolete :

I suspect the prices are not being hammered too badly because of the "...and then it gets a brand new battery!" mindset.

A 2020 isn't going to have any noticeable battery degradation now, so the "new battery!" thing isn't really significant. Other than the fact that the new one won't catch on fire :) Hopefully. I guess it depends on how much you want to put a bunch of money into a car you won't be able to use too much until the replacement comes through, and I don't believe there's a timeline for that yet.

You can still drive them, it's just that the suggested GM restrictions are fairly intense. And the incidence rate is pretty darn low so I suspect a lot of Bolt drivers are continuing as usual.

bruceman Reader
9/12/21 7:53 p.m.

That deal seems to good to be real

ProDarwin MegaDork
9/12/21 8:09 p.m.

That seems fair. I was looking at some a year ago and you could get into one with like 20k miles for $11k.

Its an interesting proposition. Like Keith said, you can use it for now, but its fairly restrictive, the most annoying of which is: can't park it in the garage. And who knows how long the battery supply issues will take to be sorted. Hopefully its not another Takata airbag recall...