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Offline BEG

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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #25 on: March 20, 2011, 10:08:04 AM »
I know that by my husband even being "allowed" to own this truck will piss off DUers.  If they had their way it wouldn't even be produced. Now all he needs are some anti-lib bumper stickers on the back window so they can make up their fake confrontations.

For DU lurkers, suck it.
 

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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #26 on: March 20, 2011, 10:13:02 AM »
Taker an hour ago. Combo gets 6 MPG. It's my temporary home in TN. I'm leaving my wife here for the next two months. :-)

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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #27 on: March 20, 2011, 11:11:25 AM »
The right wing is not the only ones hating the VOLT.

Total of 981 sold but the trend is not the commie's friend.

December: 379 commiemobiles sold
January: 321 commiemobiles sold
February: 281 commiemobiles sold

However, that is a super successful government run program compared to the Nissan Leaf which has sold 173 golf carts.

Suffice it to say EZ-GO is not worried about losing any market share.

http://green.autoblog.com/2011/03/01/gm-sells-281-chevy-volts-february-nissan-67-leafs/
http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/01/autos/volt_vs_leaf_sales/index.htm

From above the MSM i9s ALL IN on plugging the Obama commiemobile.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #28 on: March 20, 2011, 11:12:21 AM »
Quote from: compaqxp on March 20, 2011, 07:45:45 AM
I'd like that in my driveway.  The only Jeeps you find around here are 30 years old and rusted out.
It belongs to DH. He does have some write ups on a few of the mods here. Just look under USMCDoc14 or Gil. If you are interested.

I can't drive the thing to Home Depot because it seems to have it's own fan club. I get back out to the parking lot and there is usually one or two guys looking at it. The looks when they see a female getting into it are priceless. :lmao:
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #29 on: March 20, 2011, 11:37:51 AM »
 Let me get this straight? Over 30k in price, 50miles? in range. The load capacity of a wet paper bag. Where did they find 1,000 libs to buy this POS?
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #30 on: March 20, 2011, 12:12:10 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on March 19, 2011, 11:35:54 PM
Oh, if only it were that, DUmmies.  No, the reason EVERYONE hates that POS is because it is pathetically underpowered,
^^This right here.
Thanks, DUmmies, but I like the feeling of power and torque under my foot on the gas pedal.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #31 on: March 20, 2011, 12:57:04 PM »
Quote from: redkatz919 on March 20, 2011, 11:37:51 AM
Let me get this straight?   50miles? in range.
In warm weather. Much less in winter.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #32 on: March 20, 2011, 01:06:24 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on March 20, 2011, 10:01:36 AM
Off-the-shelf technology could have made a better, cheaper, more reliable car than the Volt.  They weren't even TRYING on this one.

They didn't HAVE to . . .
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #33 on: March 20, 2011, 03:17:31 PM »
Quote from: redwhit on March 20, 2011, 01:06:24 PM
They didn't HAVE to . . .

Nope they didn't, not with all that free Bambi money rattling around.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #34 on: March 20, 2011, 03:36:21 PM »
Quote from: redkatz919 on March 20, 2011, 11:37:51 AM
Let me get this straight? Over 30k in price, 50miles? in range. The load capacity of a wet paper bag. Where did they find 1,000 libs to buy this POS?

Actually it's over 40K in price, and the optimum range in E mode is 40 miles....in cold weather its more like 20 to 25.......

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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #35 on: March 20, 2011, 03:40:29 PM »
Quote from: compaqxp on March 19, 2011, 11:37:35 PM
I send you some seal skin. I know a guy who's part of the hunt. I'll tell him to club a few for ya  :popcorn:

On another note I'm not very far right, I'm quite far left and I think the volt is a bad idea. It doesn't make any sense in terms of price or performance. When will they realize this?

A Prius is 20K less and is just as good as the volt for the average person, possibly better. My 9 year old Jetta is comparable with what the Prius gets for MPG, getting 46MPG on average. Why would I buy a volt then?
It is a propaganda car, or, if you will, an Opaganda car.  All that matters is it makes Obama's take over of a private company look like a beneficial thing. So, the statists will never realize it because the purpose of the car is not to be a good idea or innovative, it is bare, naked power grabbing.  And granting themselves the right to take over a private company whenever the whim strikes.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #36 on: March 20, 2011, 03:52:46 PM »
Quote from: TVDOC on March 20, 2011, 03:36:21 PM
Actually it's over 40K in price, and the optimum range in E mode is 40 miles....in cold weather its more like 20 to 25.......

doc

People get better then that in DIY electric cars. Converted Metro's a quite a thing...
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #37 on: March 20, 2011, 04:13:39 PM »
Metros do more than that with the gas 3 cylinder engines in them. The biggest problem they had was the beer can syndrome in an accident. Adding a bunch of batteries isn't going to help that.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #38 on: March 20, 2011, 04:18:44 PM »
Quote from: Randy on March 20, 2011, 04:13:39 PM
Metros do more than that with the gas 3 cylinder engines in them. The biggest problem they had was the beer can syndrome in an accident. Adding a bunch of batteries isn't going to help that.

Sure but these people don't want to talk about the gas side of cars, a simple 100% battery powered Metro that will cost a few thousand to convert will match the 41K Volt's distance on battery alone. Sure it doesn't look as good but it only adds to the fact the Volt makes no sense at it's price.

But yah, get into a accident with one are you were screwed.

All in all for the price it's being sold at I'd expect more then what the Volt gives.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #39 on: March 20, 2011, 06:44:47 PM »
Quote from: compaqxp on March 20, 2011, 04:18:44 PM
All in all for the price it's being sold at I'd expect more then what the Volt gives.

Yeah that.

Hate?  No, we just think it's a trick to make the 1200 cc VW Beetle look like The Performance Car of Tomorrow.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #40 on: March 20, 2011, 07:19:52 PM »
I've got it! We'll all get together and create a car the runs on pot a funnels the smoke in the cabin, the dummies will love it.  :p
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #41 on: March 20, 2011, 07:22:31 PM »
Quote from: compaqxp on March 20, 2011, 07:19:52 PM
I've got it! We'll all get together and create a car the runs on pot a funnels the smoke in the cabin, the dummies will love it.  :p

I keep giving you H5's.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #42 on: March 20, 2011, 07:29:14 PM »
Quote from: compaqxp on March 20, 2011, 07:19:52 PM
I've got it! We'll all get together and create a car the runs on pot a funnels the smoke in the cabin, the dummies will love it.  :p

 :lmao: :rotf: :lmao: :rotf: :lmao: :rotf: :lmao: :rotf:

Another H5--and if I'm on the computer in an hour, I'll give you another one.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #43 on: March 20, 2011, 09:57:31 PM »
Quote from: FreeBorn on March 20, 2011, 09:27:10 AM
Like anything new the first model year is going to have some quirks to work out. When the Volt can make it around the whole 18 holes then maybe I'll think about it.
Then again, the guy down at the smart car dealership says he'll throw in a free mower deck so it's a real toss up...  ::)

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The Volt makes even less sense than the "Smart" car.  My Yaris cost less than a "Smart" car, has a very roomy back seat that fits 2 teens and a car seat, and hauling space behind that.  It gets 38 miles to the gallon, only 3 less than the "Smart" car...and it sells for $12,000.

The Volt will be used exactly as the Smart car, to be ostentatious about being green.  The only person I know that owns a Smart car is a department head at my place of work.  When she doesn't feel like driving the Smart car (which is most of the time), she drives her SUV.  For just herself.  From 45 miles away.   ::)

The Volt will be purchased by holier-that-thou greenies who will only use it when the need to be seen in it.  The rest of the time, they'll use their sports cars, SUVs...or private jets.   ::)
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #44 on: March 20, 2011, 10:20:14 PM »
Any car that gets over 30 mpg is a POS, but when these $40K golf carts start showing up, it will be beautiful to see the Prius wienies ridiculed as gas hogs.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #45 on: March 20, 2011, 10:40:34 PM »
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Any car that gets over 30 mpg is a POS

I think that's a bit much...Getting over 30MPG does not make a car a POS, it's just that car companies don't know how to make a non POS 30+MPG car.

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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #46 on: March 21, 2011, 08:40:09 AM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on March 20, 2011, 10:20:14 PM
Any car that gets over 30 mpg is a POS, but when these $40K golf carts start showing up, it will be beautiful to see the Prius wienies ridiculed as gas hogs.

I glanced at Edmunds.com, and a stripper/base model Prius can be had for $20k.  HALF the price of a Volt.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #47 on: March 21, 2011, 08:44:25 AM »
Quote from: chris_ on March 21, 2011, 08:40:09 AM
I glanced at Edmunds.com, and a stripper/base model Prius can be had for $20k.  HALF the price of a Volt.

And even that's overpriced compared to other subcompacts.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #48 on: March 21, 2011, 08:52:12 AM »
The EPA did have an app on their website that would let you create MPG stickers for used cars, but it looks like it's down.  I made one for my current car.


http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/sticker.jsp
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #49 on: March 21, 2011, 11:13:08 AM »
Quote from: compaqxp on March 19, 2011, 11:37:35 PM
I send you some seal skin. I know a guy who's part of the hunt. I'll tell him to club a few for ya  :popcorn:

On another note I'm not very far right, I'm quite far left and I think the volt is a bad idea. It doesn't make any sense in terms of price or performance. When will they realize this?

A Prius is 20K less and is just as good as the volt for the average person, possibly better. My 9 year old Jetta is comparable with what the Prius gets for MPG, getting 46MPG on average. Why would I buy a volt then?

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pfft.  If the left really cared about the environmental damage caused by fossil fuel fired vehicles they would all be on Harley's.  50 mpg.  Half the price of a Prius and ... you don't look like a ***** driving it.

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