Posted on 03/10/2011 5:59:18 PM PST by jazusamo
I drive a 2000 Expedition. It is getting a few miles on it so I need to just take it back and forth to work and around town. I will soon be getting a 2008 Expedition (extended), Eddie Bauer edition. I REFUSE to sacrifice my families safety and comfort.
I knew they were full of *bleep*.
Few people see the practicality of a way-overpriced, heavily-subsidized tin can that can get you to the grocery store and back, and that's about all.
And the same people who want millions of these things on the road don't want the new power plants and infrastructure necessary to support them. Idiots. Fantasy Land thinking.
That is graph is very unfair. February is the shortest month of the year. GM would have at least an extra five cars if it was a regular month.
What’s even scarier is that I read it as CFO the first time, and I haven’t even had any wine. ;)
Zero WANTS GM to fail.. Occams razor demands it Cloward-Piven proves it..
You nailed the whole fiasco in a very few words.
I don’t usually drink wine during the week, but I’m working on emails to State Farm and a plumbing company. It helps frame the proper attitude.
LOL! You’re right.
Consumers Reject OBAMA’s Volt
Electric cars have been around over 100 years and while battery technology has improved mightily, it just hasn’t eveolved to the point where elec vehilces can replace the internal combustion engine. I’ll bet it will never be viable.
I forsee a presidential executive order: Buy a Volt or get the electric chair!
Only the government would spend billions to produce a product that doesn’t work very well and no one wants to buy. GM was doomed from the day they got bailed out.
Lol. That sounds like a two-glasses-of-wine job, definitely. And btw, your first post was very funny!
Thanks, Have a great evening...
Quote: GM and the Feds are betting the farm - and their credibility - on the Volt.
1 - They are not “betting the farm” nor any farm whatsoever, they are betting your taxpayers dollars on this game!
2 - They may not be betting their “credibility” for they have none!
Conclusion - Game Over with one more “socialist experiment” based on YOUR TAX-PAYERS DOLLARS!
WHAT NEXT?
LOL!!! That's good.
I couldn’t agree more. Running around a small town for whatever would be fine though cost per mile will be outrageous when all costs are figured in.
The initial cost is out of sight and the only way to make that up is keeping it a lot of years. If you do keep it then you have the maintenance costs and replacement battery costs. It just isn’t feasible.
I’m still waiting for the pink “Energizer Bunny Edition” model to come out.
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