We have been recharging with the Factory 110 Volt charger.
It takes several hours to bring the Volt battery back to a full charge.  To expedite the recharge time we have ordered a 220 Volt, level 2 Charger Station.

The parts are here from Clipper Creek and EKM Metering to upgrade to a faster, and slightly more efficient, Level 2, Charging Station.

The Clipper Creek, Level 2 Charger is ready to be installed.
I bought the necessary 10-3 NM-BW/G and 30 Amp Breaker at Grover Electric and Plumbing .
I have decided on a convenient location on the garage wall, near the Volt's Recharge Port Door.
I am going to install the Charge Station a little lower than normal for 2 reasons, I want it to be convenient for Colleen to reach the stored cord at the top of the station and second I am going to install a Kw meter to monitor the eletricity used to recharge the Volt.  So, that meter needs to be at a convenient eye level to read the display.

So that I can spend time with the family, I will make the final 10-3 wire run after the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend.

When we got home last night, I had several messages from folks who are interested in our Prius.  I called them all back and talked to them personally or left a message.
Our phone rang bright and early at 7:55 AM, some folks are headed right over to look at our Prius that is For Sale.
We went through rain coming over the Blue Mountains. I have not even had a chance to clean it out from the trip to Pasco, WA. and it sprinkling this morning here, so no sense in washing it.
The folks were here shortly after 8:30 AM, they drove the car ask me about the maintenance and and other work that needed to be performed, the oil change reminder light had just came on driving home last evening.
I offered them the receiver hitch with it's wiring, and a set of Michelin IceX snow tires mounted on rims with a gallon of Toyota Coolant and a Pint of brake fluid all for an additional $100.
That brought the total price of the Prius to them for $8600!
John said they will be back within a hour with the funds to purchase our Prius!
While they were gone to the bank we snapped a few pictures of both cars together with us.
This was a so cool! That we have sold the S10 EV, bought the Volt and Sold the Prius all in 3 weeks time!
WOW, have our lives ever changed!

 With the single low backup light, the back of the Volt looks to Colleen like a Red Eyed, Rabbit Toothed Zombie!
She says she got to see that face, yesterday, for the many miles that she followed me home.

 The Prius roof is about 2 inches taller than the Volt roof.  I like the lower profile Volt roof.

We eat a nice breakfast in the Inn's dining area.
We filled the Prius and the Volt both with Regular Grade Fuel. and are on our way home.
The folks on gm-volt.com discussed that if you know you are going on a trip where you will be using more than one tank of fuel it is okay to use regular grade fuel. But, if the fuel is going to sit in the tank for an extended period of time the fuel needs to be Premium Grade to keep it from going flat too soon.
I took a couple of pictures of the volt display before we headed out.

 We drove most of the day, stopping for a hour in Boise to visit our Grandson Joey on his Birthday.
Then back on the road to home.
We stopped in Mountain Home to use the restroom.
I have driven the Volt all day and this Navigation through OnStar has finally settled in!
This Volt does NOT have Navigation! I am so disappointed and it really pisses me off!
I sure wish I had been at the top of my game and had Jordan show me the Navigation screens!
We were just too tired, last night, to read what was really being said.
I called the Dealership and ask what it would cost me to return the car, the reply was "You can not return the car! It is yours."
Okay, so I am going to make the best of this!
We got home Plugged in the Volt for the first time, unpacked and went to bed.
It has been a long 2 days!

Well we have changed our minds on buying a newer Prius.  We have decided to purchase a newer Chevrolet Volt.
We like the idea of the Plug-In car, we have become quite accustomed to plugging in when we get home from our errands.
We are apprehensive about the Plug-In Prius because of the fact that it will only go around 11 miles in EV Mode, and even then the EV mode is interrupted when the engine is not up to operating temperature, also EV mode is terminated at anytime that the throttle is pressed down more than a set amount.
So, we are looking for a 2012 or newer Chevrolet Volt. It must be Crystal Red with the Premium Package to include, Dark leather interior, Gray center console, No funny White or Green stripes on the seats or dash.
I want to polished Aluminum Wheels, It must also have Factory Navigation, Bluetooth and the Premium Bose Sound System.
Some of these accessories are Standard Equipment in the Premium Vehicle Package.
We made several trips to the Chevrolet Dealerships in a 100 mile radius and checked out several Chevrolet Volts on line.
We have decided on the 2012 Chevrolet Volt, at McCurley Integrity Dealerships in Pasco, Washington.
McCurley has the 2012 Volt advertized at $26980, with 2833 miles.
All of the arraignments are made they required a $500 deposit, to guarantee that the car would not be sold to another buyer before we were able to get there on Monday afternoon.  We will drive the 8 hours to the dealership on Monday and see if we can make a deal. The sales staff promised us they would have the Volt at the dealership, all charged up and ready to go.

We left Twin Falls around 7 AM, good weather and clear roads all of the way to Pasco, Wa.
We called the dealership 40 minutes before we got there to have them prepared to greet us.
At around 1:30 PM we pulled on the lot, the Volt was right out in front.
We took it for a drive, the salesman, Jordan showed us the features of the Volt.
Jordan knew the car well,  I ask Jordan several times, if the car had Navigation.  He replied, "Yes, through OnStar".
I sure wish that I had not been so tired from driving all of that way, or maybe, I would have caught what he was really saying.  "The car does not have Navigation, it has Navigation through OnStar."
Oh, and the Volt had not been recharged, there was only 11 miles range when we got in the car for the test drive! So much for their integrity!
The Sales Manager evaluated my Trade-In 2006 Prius and offered us $4000 for it.
I was insulted!
I said, Well, we will buy your Volt, at your on Sale Price and drive both cars back to Twin Falls.  They were fine with that.
We filled out the paper work. Oh, and now there is another surprise, the interest rate we discussed over the phone of 1.9% was not available, and they knew nothing about it!  I gave the the Finance guy the name of the person who I talked to on the phone. he said, "I don't know any Jamie".
Okay, lets just buy the damn car and get out of here!
We financed the car through their HAPO CU at 2.45%
Jordan programmed our phone to the Bluetooth, helped us purchase minutes for the Hands-Free Calling and helped us set-up our OnStar account. Thank you very much Jordan!
The Volt was on the bottom 1/4 of the tank of fuel, Jordan offered to fill it for me because we are now going to be driving both cars home.  He apologized for not being able to get us more for our trade-in.

We were out the door around 5 PM.

 We spent the night in Kennewick, at Baymont Inn.  It was a very nice Clean and Quiet.
I should have ask the Manager if they had an outside outlet to recharge, but we were just too tired to think of it.
This is a picture through the room window of our Red babies.
This "Navigation through OnStar" thing is still  not settling well with me, I should have ask to show me the navigation screens!
Let's just get some sleep........at 7:30 PM!

Our 2006 Toyota Prius is ready to sell.
I have removed the front Black Bra and put it in the boot.  I also removed the receiver hitch and plug in light harness.  We will transfer these to our new Prius (when we find the one we like, you know it is going to be Red!).
We also will be able to use our Michelin IceX snow tires with the new Prius, the 2004 to the current 2014 model all have the same bolt pattern and off-set.
This car looks great for 140000 miles!  All that we have done is regular maintenance, which I have done myself.  With the exception of the  Faulty designed Toyota HID headlights and a since new noisy coolant recovery pump we have not had ANY problems for the whole life of the car.

We have averaged 50.4 MPG since the car was new, for the whole 140,000 miles.
We love it!

I arranged shipping with Uship.com.  Sleeping Giant Transport, loaded the S10 EV and hauled it to Antioch, CA. Aaron was great to work with!
On a full charge!
Colleen and I saying good bye to our old Friend, one last parting shot for the scrap book.

I have sold my All Electric 1987 S10 to Richard, a good friend.