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The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« on: March 19, 2011, 11:30:44 PM »
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The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
Posted by toddwv on Sat Mar-19-11 05:24 PM

    Why? Well because even though it uses gasoline when the battery runs out of charge, it just doesn't use enough oil for their liking. In addition, they've been told by their media that the Volt is a bad thing, that an innovative product...an innovative AMERICAN product... should be derided.

    I wonder if these people wake up in the morning and the first thing they think of is how they are going to hate America today while maintaining their Super Duper Ultra Patriotic facade.

    So here's the article that prompted this mini-tirade:

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41907272 /

    The article is ok, it creates a balance between criticism while pointing out the benefits. It's the comments that are truly telling as the right-wing has apparently freeped them with their "Government Motor's Volt Sucks!"

I won't consider the Volt until I can get it with baby-seal seat covers.  :-)
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #1 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, has a range of just over the end of the driveway, and frankly, even the gas engine isn't all that efficient compared to the Prius, et al, and all at a cost (even after the "tax break") of about DOUBLE what a decent compact costs.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2011, 11:37:35 PM »
Quote from: CactusCarlos on March 19, 2011, 11:30:44 PM
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I won't consider the Volt until I can get it with baby-seal seat covers.  :-)

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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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2011, 01:33:48 AM »
Just bought a 2011 Jeep Wrangler 2 dr.  Absolutely love it! its fun and I get to run over the Prius' and tear some good lad up, lol(jk on that part)
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2011, 04:27:49 AM »
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Posted by toddwv on Sat Mar-19-11 05:24 PM

    Why? Well because even though it uses gasoline when the battery runs out of charge, it just doesn't use enough oil for their liking. In addition, they've been told by their media that the Volt is a bad thing, that an innovative product...an innovative AMERICAN product... should be derided.

    I wonder if these people wake up in the morning and the first thing they think of is how they are going to hate America today while maintaining their Super Duper Ultra Patriotic facade.

    So here's the article that prompted this mini-tirade:

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41907272 /

    The article is ok, it creates a balance between criticism while pointing out the benefits. It's the comments that are truly telling as the right-wing has apparently freeped them with their "Government Motor's Volt Sucks!"

Did you dispose of and crush your gasoline powered automobile yet DUmmy...thus eliminating its "carbon footprint" from the planet?

Did YOU buy and now drive a Volt"

Have YOU forgone ALL forms of fossil fuel energy and turned to 100% EXPENSIVE green energy?

No?


Thought so, DUmmy...


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Lick my oil-stain...DUmmys...
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2011, 05:38:21 AM »
Quote from: PatriotGame on March 20, 2011, 04:27:49 AM
Did you dispose of and crush your gasoline powered automobile yet DUmmy...thus eliminating its "carbon footprint" from the planet?

Did YOU buy and now drive a Volt"

Have YOU forgone ALL forms of fossil fuel energy and turned to 100% EXPENSIVE green energy?

No?


Thought so, DUmmy...


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Lick my oil-stain...DUmmys...

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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2011, 05:56:15 AM »
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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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2011, 06:35:30 AM »
I think the real story behind these "green" vehicles is found in the big picture, beyond the sales hype.
The truth of how beneficial (or not) these cars are to the environment is revealed when one accounts for the whole environmental impact from the drawing board to the junkyard as compared to a standard gas burning compact.
The truth of it is not unlike the ethanol story, wonderful stuff they would have you believe, but at what cost?

Rep. Eric Massa's publicity stunt comes to mind, or maybe AlGore jetting around in a 747 on his never ending save the planet tour. Don't pay any attention to the astronomical "carbon footprint" of the gasseous Grand Master, it is his message which counts!
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2011, 07:43:30 AM »
Quote from: md11hydmec on March 20, 2011, 01:33:48 AM
Just bought a 2011 Jeep Wrangler 2 dr.  Absolutely love it! its fun and I get to run over the Prius' and tear some good lad up, lol(jk on that part)
I have this little 2007 JK sitting in my driveway. :-)

And a slightly smaller 2 door 2008.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2011, 07:45:45 AM »
Quote from: AprilRazz on March 20, 2011, 07:43:30 AM
I have this little 2007 JK sitting in my driveway. :-)

And a slightly smaller 2 door 2008.

I'd like that in my driveway.  The only Jeeps you find around here are 30 years old and rusted out.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2011, 07:58:06 AM »
You've got to wonder who/what they'll blame when nothing they do makes any difference to the environment.   ::) ::)
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2011, 08:06:26 AM »
Quote from: MrsSmith on March 20, 2011, 07:58:06 AM
You've got to wonder who/what they'll blame when nothing they do makes any difference to the environment.   ::) ::)

Bush, obviously.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2011, 09:06:32 AM »
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The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.

OK, let's break this down:

Population of the US-311,017,059

Volts sold in February 2011-281

So am I to conclude that 311,016,778 people in the US are right wing? :???:

I guess the cost doesn't turn people off? or that hybrids use more energy than a hummer does?
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2011, 09:15:03 AM »
Quote from: Texacon on March 20, 2011, 05:56:15 AM
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.

KC

Hell, I don't care either. I heard Rush say several years ago that man couldn't destroy what God made. I agree. Working under that premise, Algore and company are full of shit.

BTW. MY truck gets 10 MPG and my Blazer gets 17 MPG. I make it up with my Harley, which gets 40 MPG.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2011, 09:16:18 AM »
Look Dumies, let's make this real easy for a bunch of half ass pea brains like you to understand.

The Volt is a compact car.  Which is to say small and underpowered.  It costs north of $32K while it's competition in that class is available at $14K.  I know you would like to mandate this vehicle, but you would just wind up running a lot of your precious poor people out of the new car market all together.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #15 on: March 20, 2011, 09:17:55 AM »
sigh...I love my Jeep.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #16 on: March 20, 2011, 09:19:16 AM »
Quote from: Vagabond on March 20, 2011, 09:16:18 AM
 I know you would like to mandate this vehicle, but you would just wind up running a lot of your precious poor people out of the new car market all together.

Imagine Bobo in a Volt...
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #17 on: March 20, 2011, 09:27:10 AM »
Quote from: Vagabond on March 20, 2011, 09:16:18 AM
Look Dumies, let's make this real easy for a bunch of half ass pea brains like you to understand.

The Volt is a compact car.  Which is to say small and underpowered.  It costs north of $32K while it's competition in that class is available at $14K.  I know you would like to mandate this vehicle, but you would just wind up running a lot of your precious poor people out of the new car market all together.
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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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #18 on: March 20, 2011, 09:48:32 AM »
Quote from: Texacon on March 20, 2011, 05:56:15 AM
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.

KC
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Imagine Bobo in a Volt...
I dare say, her lap-top probably has more energy. :whatever:
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #19 on: March 20, 2011, 09:50:36 AM »
Quote from: Skul on March 20, 2011, 09:48:32 AM

I dare say, her lap-top probably has more energy. :whatever:

 :p She not only have to find empty parking lots to sleep in, she'd have to find power outlets too for her car :)
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #20 on: March 20, 2011, 09:50:57 AM »
Quote from: compaqxp on March 20, 2011, 09:19:16 AM
Imagine Bobo in a Volt...

Her sex aid would never run out of juice.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #21 on: March 20, 2011, 09:52:22 AM »
My husband just bought a 2011 Ford F-150 Rapter, I hope it pisses off all the nutty liberals here in CA.
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #22 on: March 20, 2011, 09:56:30 AM »
Quote from: BEG on March 20, 2011, 09:52:22 AM
My husband just bought a 2011 Ford F-150 Rapter

What to trade? I've got a car he'd like....  :-)
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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #23 on: March 20, 2011, 09:58:22 AM »
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What to trade? I've got a car he'd like....  :-)

Ha!

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Re: The right-wing REALLY hates the Volt.
« Reply #24 on: March 20, 2011, 10:01:36 AM »
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...  ::)

Off-the-shelf technology could have made a better, cheaper, more reliable car than the Volt.  They weren't even TRYING on this one.
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