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Offline JohnnyReb

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Chevy VOLT slogans.
« on: July 31, 2010, 12:01:48 PM »
This is funny....better get there quick, they're coming faster than you can read'em.... :rotf:

http://search.twitter.com/search?had_popular=true&q=%23chevyvoltslogans&result_type=recent

Mine would be.....you can use 'em if you want.

A VOLT in every garage and a drop cord in every trunk.

VOLT, when you absolutely, positively don't have to be there overnight...or next month.
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Re: Chevy VOLT slogans.
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2010, 01:16:46 PM »
Forty-one thousand bucks...forty miles on a charge...only 80,000 miles and 2,000 charge cycles away from being economically competitive with a 15-year-old four-banger Ford Ranger (Okay, only 65,000 miles with the totally-artificial tax credit figured in).  

On edit:  Oooooohhh, there are some meeeean comments at that link!   :rotf:
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Re: Chevy VOLT slogans.
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2010, 01:36:50 PM »
Government Motors- VOLT! Building a car you don't want, for too much money, that doesn't work for shit.
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Re: Chevy VOLT slogans.
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2010, 01:38:47 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on July 31, 2010, 01:16:46 PM
Forty-one thousand bucks...forty miles on a charge...only 80,000 miles and 2,000 charge cycles away from being economically competitive with a 15-year-old four-banger Ford Ranger (Okay, only 65,000 miles with the totally-artificial tax credit figured in). 

On edit:  Oooooohhh, there are some meeeean comments at that link!   :rotf:

I suppose GMs reasoning was that most people they expect to buy the car wouldn't go more than 20 miles away from their house.  Sitting in rush-hour traffic certainly doesn't use a lot of electricity but does burn gas.

On the surface the Volt is pretty unimpressive.
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Re: Chevy VOLT slogans.
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2010, 01:52:06 PM »
The sad thing about this whole electric car business is that a competent DIY'er or mechanic can convert anything to run on batteries for as little as $3000-4000 above the price of a regular used car.  If you can read a schematic and handle a soldering iron, its possible to duplicate the control and charging systems at home.

The Lane Motor Museum has an electric Spitfire on display.  144v, the owner says it will do 80mph all day long.
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Re: Chevy VOLT slogans.
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2010, 02:26:29 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on July 31, 2010, 01:52:06 PM
The sad thing about this whole electric car business is that a competent DIY'er or mechanic can convert anything to run on batteries for as little as $3000-4000 above the price of a regular used car.  If you can read a schematic and handle a soldering iron, its possible to duplicate the control and charging systems at home.

The Lane Motor Museum has an electric Spitfire on display.  144v, the owner says it will do 80mph all day long.

Yeah, getting 40 miles on a charge is no trick at all using a lightweight chassis and about $2,000 worth of ordinary, fully-recyclable deep-cycle marine batteries.
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Re: Chevy VOLT slogans.
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2010, 02:29:47 PM »
Some of my faves:

--Think globally.  Drive locally.
--Volt from the people who brought you the Citation, Vega and Corvair!
--The journey of 1000 miles starts with just a single recharge, followed by 24 more.
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Re: Chevy VOLT slogans.
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2010, 02:44:01 PM »
Some samples of the better ones...

"Stick it to Big Oil. Support Big Coal.

Volt: The Facepalm of cars

Volt - Because one bailout wasn't enough

The automotive equivalent to government-run health care.

Chevy Volt, When you wanna go nowhere, slow.

Volt: for those with money to blow & nowhere to go"
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Re: Chevy VOLT slogans.
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2010, 03:30:44 PM »
The Chevy Volt, step on the Alinskyonator and reach zero to Mao in 10 Seconds

Chevy Volt, Obama announces...Ohm, um, uh, ohm, uh, um, ohm...

Volt: Lessening America's dependency on foreign oil one $600/month electric bill at a time.

Volt: One Small Drive for man, One giant walk when the battery dies

It's Watt you want to bring Ohm.
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Re: Chevy VOLT slogans.
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2010, 03:40:19 PM »
"The Official Car of MSNBC--No one wants either one of them!"
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Re: Chevy VOLT slogans.
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2010, 11:55:07 PM »
Don't believe in inflation?  Lemons now start at $41,000 apiece.
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