I was driving home a week ago and I noted to myself that on the expressway home I often see this same white Chevy Volt with giant letters in charcoal that say "VOLT". Every time I see it I laugh to myself over the idiot that paid $42,000 for the very ugly econobox that it is. Yesterday as I approached a clog in traffic I inched forward to the obstruction and lo and behold in the center lane going 15 miles an hour is the Volt with the giant billboard on the side advertising why it was crawling in the center lane. Probably the combination of having to run the heater and the wiper blades at the same time used up his juice. I laughed my ass off. Sucker!!!
Would seem to be the same smashing success Clunkers and Obamacare enjoy........... Personally I'm waiting for their new Vegimatic, it's supposed to work right off your Christmas Lights. Oh I know, you are thinking isn't that awfully inconvenient to need your Christmas Tree just to slice and dice,,,,nope! It will also works off Wall paper that glows in the dark they are coming out with...Wall-O-paper.... Isn't it wonderful having our very own Ron Popeil in the White House? Who knew? Oh, since I called the same day I get six months worth of food stamps with every order,,,cant wait!
How long will it be before the downsized GM has their lack of sales catch up with their bailout money minus the Union pensions that GM did not shake because of the Obama intervention. I give it two years for the red ink stories to start again. Actually I think the media will quash it for another year till after the general election.
I guess they figure at worst, it becomes OUR problem,,,just like Obamacare.....Personally I do not think anything will help them after the Health care mess,,,seriously. If anything the mess with GM may take the peoples mind off of Obamacare....mmmm,,sounds like we did this before..... Oh I remember,, The last GM mess was supposed to take our minds off the unemployment failure numbers,,,,that's it,,or was it the stimulus?,,or wrecking Welfare reform,,,hard to tell...
It certainly wasn't to buy a Volt. Sales of the Volt are down 50% in October 2013 from October 2012. The car sucks and only a fool would buy one.
The even bigger joke is GM is planning to produce a Cadillac version of the Volt for twice the price. What moron is going to buy that? I give GM two years and they will be back asking for government help. Perhaps if Obama had not sided with the Unions GM would be a more viable company today. Instead it is a puppet of the Left making cars that people do not want to fulfill a utopian idea. Meanwhile Toyota sells as many Camrys in two day as GM sells Volts in one month. The Volt is an utter failure.
It's funny you mentioned it, for whatever reason I checked how they were doing a week ago or so,,,really poor. It's Obama's Edsel....he should have named it after one of HIS daughters ...LOL I would have loved to have seen what results Romney would have had with them AND with Health Care.....We would not be in this mess, for sure.
Here is the point, in my opinion. By the time that comes even close we would have gotten a much better system then present, and not have used the American peoples families as guinea pigs... This thing was political and not ready [not even close] for prime time. So,,,just like with Health Care,,gun jumped, stupidity and lack of experience rule the day. HAIL TO THE KING......
Lithium batteries? I do not think infact we will. I think Lithium batteries are expensive, made of a rare earth material that is finite. Oil will be around a lot longer than Lithium batteries, Basically the Volt is run off of 60% coal and oil the other 40% is mostly natural gas, so I have absolutely no idea of why people concerned about the earths atmosphere think the Volt is good.
We still have no idea how much blood will be spilled with ObamaCare,,,none. One thing is very clear, the only thing they cared about was getting it passed, the concerns of the American people were the least on their mind. As far as Romney goes he was known for his ability to manage, Obama was known for,,,,,meh.... They rushed the Volt for political reasons, it will cost us big, same thing with Health Care.
Better to have tried as a guinea pig than to have never had the chance to be a guinea pig at all.Catch my drift? As for health care, there is no such thing as prime time. Just ask the rest of the developed countries of the world. They figured out a long time ago, healthcare can only be achieved by using simple logic. A basic understanding of math and physics with the understanding that healthcare should never be for sale.
Romney is a chump. Only the blind can't see it. The Volt was conceptualized and under development in 2005 not because of politics as you foolishly assume, but because of Toyota.
That is absolutely true. GM was under the guise of the Obama administration and the Volt was pushed through for political reasons. The Volt was supposed to be the car that lifted GM out of the hole. Instead it is the stake in the heart of GM. What is GM planning to offset this? They are going to produce a Cadillac version of the Volt. They are doubling down on stupid.
Geez I just cant believe they are doing that, Cadi drivers are not exactly fuel conscious guys....I had three myself. Still have one 120,000 miles still purrrs. The only thing I can think is that the Volt was too expensive for the Market they were shooting for, I mean after all it CANT be the car ...LOL Sooo,,,they are shooting for a more up scale fellow....big Bucks. I believe they are wrong, Cadi drivers are usually Traditionalists, and Battery Power is far from Norman Rockwell.....but nobody ever said these people are Marketing geniuses,, We have seen that battle, and the only thing the Volt brought out was a Huge White Flag....
I recall back in 1977 when then US President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the Whitehouse. He was also proposing incentives for any builders in states like California, Nevada and Arizona to utilize this technology in and new buildings and plans to retrofit existing buildings with this technology. I haven't done the math but I wonder what the economic effect on my state, California would be by now if this strategy would have been enacted starting in 1978. Personally, I remodeled a home in LA County a few years ago and installed a system which ended up costing me 7K after the Obama induced tax break which saves me about 5k a year in heating, air conditioning and general electrical usage. Imagine what the economic effect would be if Carter's plan had been enacted in '78 and all new buildings were equipped with solar systems, especially taking into consideration that much of California's economic woes stem from the multi-billion dollar Enron energy scam in the late '90s. I remember that as soon as Reagan, a classic tool of corporate interests, got into the White House, they ripped those panels off. By making fun of alternative energy systems, like the GOP spin doctors do on a daily basis, you prove only your ignorance and the fact that much of the GOP is controlled by greedy scumbags who are vested in oil interests and pay your so called representatives to suppress technology at great expense to their constituents. Cheers
It's really very simple jack, the Car either sells itself because it's a winner,,,or it fails because it's a Tub,,,,it failed. Now that's ignorance.
Why were people taxed to build the Hoover Dam? Probably because they figured it would be good for the development of the western US to provide electricity to the area. Cheers
Regarding the VOLT, I agree. Evidently, it's badly engineered and therefore a loser. The point I was trying to make is that there are many alternative energy systems and ideas that are well worth government investment. All of the great dams built from the '20s through the '60s were government funded projects that have served the public very well. Cheers
