Dying for a Chevy Volt, but....

[Michael A. Terrell]

Their egos have always outreached their grasp.

[CRNG]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:33:00 -0600, Vic Smith wrote in Re Re: Dying for a Chevy Volt, but....:

That is most certainly very true.

[Michael A. Terrell]

Not when there's plenty of smoke from fires in Mexico blowing across the Gulf.

[Michael A. Terrell]

He was delivering their Pizza and it took three hours.

[Michael A. Terrell]

Most people don't beleve that I drive less than 3,000 miles a year.

[HeyBub]

I wish those dying for a Chevrolet Volt would.

Others apparently feel the same way. In 2012, Chevy sold 23,461 Volts. Compare this, for instance, to 2012 Ford F-150 sales of 645,316.

But 2012 was not a banner year for auto sales. In 2001, for example, Ford sold over 900,000 F-150s and Chevrolet sold not a single Volt.

[AMuzi]

No 2001 Volts, but GM was leasing EV1 back then. EV1, a.k.a. "Impact".

[The Daring Dufas]

I'll bet you could get lost in The Black Forest. ^_^

TDD

[The Daring Dufas]

Didn't GM recall most of them and send them to the crusher? O_o

TDD

[AMuzi]

GM has one good idea like that every few years.

[The Daring Dufas]

I think I read about a few of them still existing in museums. O_o

TDD

[gfretwell]

Heat is not really an issue here but the A/C is on most of the year and in the summer you are starting with a 140 degree car.

[gfretwell]

So the poor are subsidizing the rich. That sounds right, at least the way it works here. They also subsidize the people who can afford $50,000 solar PV arrays. I am surprised the big business republicans are not really pushing this. but maybe they are.

[Jim Wilkins]

Shell sold excellent road maps with topographic contour lines, accurate and detailed enough to plan an invasion.

There were two of us who found we could go anywhere and never get lost. The other guy didn't even read German.

[gfretwell]

I have already seen the prototype of the charger that talks to your smart meter and bills the car separately. They will tax from that.

[gfretwell]

The leased them as a promotion. The cars themselves cost more that $100k each according to the GM CEO

[Ed Pawlowski]

1969 Beetle 1764 lbs Sedan 1852 lbs Convertible

But they got fat The curb weight for a base model 2012 Volkswagen 2.5L Beetle is 2,939 lbs.

[Wes Groleau]

You're missing the point. You are paying for the ability to brag about how much money you're saving and how green you are.

I beat the system though. I put my 35-year-old bicycle back in service and I can brag about both with no costs other than the replacement of parts that resented coming out of retirement.

[Wes Groleau]

One-note Wes here again, pushing the bicycle option.

Bike: $400 (more than thirty years ago; would be 1000-2000 today)

Panniers, each big enough for a gallon of milk and more, $70/pair

Trailer two-thirds the size of a shopping cart: $350

Repairs (bearings don't like going back to work after a twenty-year retirement): $150

Things to prevent frostbite, if you live where I do: $100

Now comes the full disclosure part...

Hospital visit after forgetting the right way to turn a corner in a blizzard: $150 co-pay.

But you could always stay home when there's a blizzard.

I'm not really saving any money on fuel--I just get it at a different store. But the insurance and registration is a lot, and the $150 repairs in three years (that I probably won't have to repeat for ten more years) is WAY less than car maintenance.

[The Daring Dufas]

Well darn, I knew it was heavier than the Renault 10 but I suppose I was thinking of The Super Beetle which was around when I owned the R10. ^_^

TDD