We got our new Bolt Premier and have driven it about 300 miles. We are overall impressed. However, there are a few things that would have to be changed before we'd buy another one.
1) Front seat outboard bolsters. You've got to be kidding me. I'm 6'3" and about 240, not small but not obese. I've got head room and leg room to beat the band. Butt, the seat bottoms on the driver and passenger side are simply flawed. What happens is the stitching on the door-side (outboard) seat bolster cuts into one's butt and thighs when seated for any length of time. It's not the plastic surround or "bucket" of the seat that is making contact with my derriere, but rather the stitching, because the outboard seat bolster simply is not large enough and does not go out far enough towards the doors prior to the edge stitching. In other words, there is no place to sit but on the stitching.
Someone's head needs to roll on this booboo. However, it seems it would be easy to fix. Simply pony up for a bit more fabric and stuffing, and make the outboard bolsters as big as they should be.
If this is not corrected, what is going to happen is the stitching is going to wear out prematurely, because it gets such a work out with each seating. Bolsters are already notorious places for early seat wear. This flaw needs to be fixed now!
By the way, the rest of the seat is pretty comfortable. No complaints about the seat back, bottom, or inboard (toward the console) bolster.
My other minor rant issue is not in the interior, but rather has to do with the low beam headlights. When on low beam, our car's visuals makes the night ahead look like there's a shaded visor out over the top half of the windshield. To give you an example of our concerns, we live in an area where there is often livestock on or near the roads. We look for eye shine next to the road, and sometimes need to see the landscape a bit higher than dead straight ahead. These low beam lights completely obscure items that may be a bit higher than headlight height, and also make it tough to see things on the periphery. I'd like to hear from others, as this is so bad it almost makes me thing our car has some sort of defect. And, when you turn the bright light on, it all goes away.
Okay, rant #1 and #2 complete. Otherwise, seems like a great car so far. Our range performance is way above our expectations. On up and down, two lane highway trips, our battery range loss is less than half of the distance of our trips. In other words, take a 100 mile trip, leave with 200 miles of range showing, and return to the starting point with 150 miles of range left. Some trips, depending on road topography, even better range performance. A regeneration phenomenon!
1) Front seat outboard bolsters. You've got to be kidding me. I'm 6'3" and about 240, not small but not obese. I've got head room and leg room to beat the band. Butt, the seat bottoms on the driver and passenger side are simply flawed. What happens is the stitching on the door-side (outboard) seat bolster cuts into one's butt and thighs when seated for any length of time. It's not the plastic surround or "bucket" of the seat that is making contact with my derriere, but rather the stitching, because the outboard seat bolster simply is not large enough and does not go out far enough towards the doors prior to the edge stitching. In other words, there is no place to sit but on the stitching.
Someone's head needs to roll on this booboo. However, it seems it would be easy to fix. Simply pony up for a bit more fabric and stuffing, and make the outboard bolsters as big as they should be.
If this is not corrected, what is going to happen is the stitching is going to wear out prematurely, because it gets such a work out with each seating. Bolsters are already notorious places for early seat wear. This flaw needs to be fixed now!
By the way, the rest of the seat is pretty comfortable. No complaints about the seat back, bottom, or inboard (toward the console) bolster.
My other minor rant issue is not in the interior, but rather has to do with the low beam headlights. When on low beam, our car's visuals makes the night ahead look like there's a shaded visor out over the top half of the windshield. To give you an example of our concerns, we live in an area where there is often livestock on or near the roads. We look for eye shine next to the road, and sometimes need to see the landscape a bit higher than dead straight ahead. These low beam lights completely obscure items that may be a bit higher than headlight height, and also make it tough to see things on the periphery. I'd like to hear from others, as this is so bad it almost makes me thing our car has some sort of defect. And, when you turn the bright light on, it all goes away.
Okay, rant #1 and #2 complete. Otherwise, seems like a great car so far. Our range performance is way above our expectations. On up and down, two lane highway trips, our battery range loss is less than half of the distance of our trips. In other words, take a 100 mile trip, leave with 200 miles of range showing, and return to the starting point with 150 miles of range left. Some trips, depending on road topography, even better range performance. A regeneration phenomenon!
