GMC Denali EV Debut 20 Oct 2022

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Found this. I think I want all the options except the huge rims and panoramic roof (and edition 1 stickers). I learned my lesson: low profile tires with big rims + potholes = cracked rims
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Similar, I would like the lowest trim: Elevation / SLE / SLT.

Have no need for 24" wheels - prefer 18" for snow/mud/winter tires.
No pano roof needed - too hot where I live and it will bake my bald head.

Everything else, I love the - 800V DCFC and air ride suspension.
 

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Similar, I would like the lowest trim: Elevation / SLE / SLT.

Have no need for 24" wheels - prefer 18" for snow/mud/winter tires.
No pano roof needed - too hot where I live and it will bake my bald head.

Everything else, I love the - 800V DCFC and air ride suspension.
I need whatever trim level gives my wife power passenger seats with lumbar support as we can no longer buy base models because of her back - thus the recent Buick TourX purchase to hold us over until the Silverado or Sierra. I really want a Subyukonade (Suburban, Yukon, Escalade). when GM makes those announcements I will cancel my truck order. Iā€™m not getting a Hummer SUV because I need the 400 mile battery. I plan to tow an Airstream and fully expect that to cut my range in half.

BTW, it feels like the 3 of us are the only ones active on this forumā€¦ where did everybody go? Iā€™ve been a GM-volt forum member for nearly a decade and it is very active over there even though the car was discontinued in 2019.
 
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How long have you been driving the Volt? Is the battery still strong?
 

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How long have you been driving the Volt? Is the battery still strong?
Bought the volt Oct 2013. No degradation in the battery as far as I can tell. The range loss I've seen is purely because I stopped trying to hyper mile it (my best was 50.2 miles) and now I drive like Jeff Gordon because the car is so fun to drive. Itā€™s definitely a sleeper where I can surprise pony cars, ricer boys, and muscle cars off the line. Zero to 30 itā€™s really fast, 30 to 60, not so much. I do regret not buying an ELR I found used in 2019, but at that time I had a commute, didnā€™t want to put a bunch of miles on that show car, and still had a mortgage to pay. Fast forward to today, the mortgage is paid off, the pandemic allowed me to work from home, and I retired early using the little known IRS rule,of 55, so an ELR would have been perfect to sit in my garage and barely be driven. But I need to find a 12 step program as I really have trouble letting go of my cars - I drive them into the ground, then give them away.
 
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You're a funny man, LLninja šŸ˜ Sounds like you've done well for yourself... I'm the one who needs a 12-step program, I own 7 freakin' cars which on was bought 3 weeks ago or so šŸ˜® And I'm looking to buy at least 4 more: E-Ray, Hummer SUV, Denali, and a ZR1... Unlike you, I've still mortgage šŸ„“
 

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You're a funny man, LLninja šŸ˜ Sounds like you've done well for yourself... I'm the one who needs a 12-step program, I own 7 freakin' cars which on was bought 3 weeks ago or so šŸ˜® And I'm looking to buy at least 4 more: E-Ray, Hummer SUV, Denali, and a ZR1... Unlike you, I've still mortgage šŸ„“
Iā€™m guessing if you didnā€™t have all these cars, you could easily pay off the mortgage. For me it was amazing how much money I could save when I donā€™t have a mortgage or any car payments.
 

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Got a reservation but not happy they are not offering the lower base trims.

Hope my reservation won't be just for the $107,000 truck.

My wife would kill me!
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If you read the confirmation, you did place a reservation for an Edition 1. I think you need to reregister when they open up reservations for lower models, otherwise you are buying fully optioned $107k truck.
 
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