Posted on 07/02/2008 7:52:35 AM PDT by ZGuy
Arnold Schwarzenegger has risked accusations of green hypocrisy by driving around in a gas-guzzling Dodge Challenger Coupe.
The Hollywood star-turned Californian governor has built a reputation as a leading green campaigner and last Friday told a climate-change meeting in Florida: "America is so addicted to oil it will take us years to wean ourselves from it, and to look for new ways to feed our addiction is not the answer."
In an interview last year, the governor spoke of his wish to create "a whole new industry of clean cars and clean engines and components to build those engines."
To this end, he did sell his fleet of Hummers.
But the former actor's green credentials may have been slightly dented after he was spotted driving the coupe in Los Angeles.
The vehicle, which does just 13 miles to the gallon, boasts a 6.1 litre V8 engine and can reach 60mph in under five seconds.
Schwarzenegger, 60, took the car for a spin with his sons Patrick, 14, and Christopher, 10, and his wife Maria Shriver, 52.
The model, an SRT8, is similar to The Dodge Charger made famous by The Dukes of Hazzard television series in the 1970s and 80s.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Arnold made a fool of himself on Meet the Press Sunday.
Ah, but this and his Gulfstream firmly cement his
ELITIST
credentials.
And that’s what the “green movement” is all about - reducing everyone else’s lifestyle so that they elites’ lifestyle appears to be that much more above everyone else.
I have a 2003 Mustang Cobra. Motor’s as strong as Arnold’s, and I get 28 to 30 mpg on the highway and 15 to 18 in the city.
Oh yeah, it’s also faster than the Challenger.
Arnie turned out to be a real cocky jerk...i can’t even imagine what his wife sees in him.
Good for Arnold for driving what he likes. It’s a mans car. I envy him.
There’s plenty of oil out there if the Dhims would let us drill for it, and refine it.
I hate the phrase “addicted” to oil. The whole world is addicted to and using energy. No energy, you die. Simple as that. Food is energy. Try not being “addicted” to food. Again, you die. No energy, no life, goodbye.
What do the dims, lefties, “environ-mental (very mental) ists” and “liberals” not understand about this?
Who is the Idiot reporter. ‘Vanishing Point’ is the Charger Movie. Not even close to a Dodge Charger.
Was it Bryant Gumball?
They understand it.
They also understand, at least deep down, even if they won’t acknowledge it, that
energy use = individual freedom
and individual freedom, when unrelated to consequence-free sexual behavior, is anathema to a leftist.
A hundred million dollars or so?
I’ll stay “addicted to oil” as long as the Liberals are addicted to stupidity.
“The model, an SRT8, is similar to The Dodge Charger made famous by The Dukes of Hazzard television series in the 1970s and 80s.”
Frickign retards in the press don’t know anything more about groovy cars than they do about guns.
“...i can’t even imagine what his wife sees in him.”
“cocky jerk”
Hmmm, I wonder if theres some connection here,.....let me think about it. Freudian?
Vanishing Point did have a Charger as a co-star, but so, of course, did the Dukes of Hazzard.
“And that’s what the “green movement” is all about - reducing everyone else’s lifestyle so that they elites’ lifestyle appears to be that much more above everyone else.”
That’s not how I interpret the motives of the elite. I think they want the little people to live simple, clean, green lifestyles, so that the elite’s planet isn’t dirtied up. Elites don’t concern themselves with little people, so they are unconcerned about comparisons of lifestyle.
But to have all those dirty little people dirtying up their planet will never do.
Where’s your Prius Arnuld?....
“energy use = individual freedom”
Same for the 2nd ammendment. Lefties are afraid of individuals owning guns. Guns keep the government afraid of the populace.
Freedom is the most radical political idea in all of human history.
The lefties can’t handle it.
The elitist lefties hate “the people”.
To clarify, the movie "Vanishing Point" is the Challenger movie, Dukes of Hazard used a '69 Charger. Only things similar to Termoinators car was the color, Make, and number of doors. New Charger has 4...
“i can’t even imagine what his wife sees in him.”
Well, could it possibly be $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and celebrity to some degree? Does anyone imagine that there would be the same result if Arnold hadn’t been a rich Hollywood star?
Oh, I know the Kennedy name is synonymous with “money”, but I wonder whether or not there are so many of them that the initial load of dough left by their patriarchs has been diluted somewhat. However, the “Kennedy” name is a commodity in itself (dubious in my opinion), so marrying Fort Knox is always an option for anyone with even a drop of the Kennedy blue blood in their veins.
I remember years ago while vacation in Sun Valley, I saw Arnold driving around in a Humvee.
You people don’t understand. Cars like this are necessary for a guy who hires a private guard for his cowboy boots while he’s staying at the Hyatt across from the Capitol in Sacramento. Now get back into your Yugos and shut up.
“Vanishing Point” is a white Challenger.
“Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry” was a Charger.
Wow! I thought I knew my Charger cinema. So V. Point was a Challenger? Thanks for the tip.
I thought the same thing until I noticed that the article was written by a Brit-he probably should get a pass, everything that’s not(or was) a British Leyland all looks the same.
This was my position for a while, until I read what CS Lewis had to say about the sin of Pride. The elites' lifestyle isn't going to change if the rest of us continue our lifestyle, and most of them know it. They just want there to be a huge difference, because that fuels their pride.
Vanishing Point featured a Challenger, not a Charger.
Yes, there were three, I believe, used in the movie, transferring parts to keep them alive. I think they were all 440 Magnum’s but one was a 383 which was mostly a camera car. Good they didn’t waste a 426 Hemi version.
The wrecked car at the end was a ‘67 or ‘68 Camaro with no engine towed behind one of the Challengers to the crash with the bulldozers.
Huh? Uh, no ... it's similar to a 1970 Dodge Challenger.
well, I hope it means he is a fan of musclecars enough to let them keep being sold in California.
I worry greatly about horsepower and the end of the second musclecar era.
Just to further complicate the issue, the made for TV remake of Vanishing Point had both a Challenger and a Charger.
The 70/71 Challenger was the sister car to the 70/71 Plymouth Barracuda. Slightly different body style except the Challenger had 4 headlights instead of the 2 on the Cuda. The Cuda also had a much “tougher” looking rear end than the “wussy” looking Challenger rear end.
I’m shocked at that crappy mileage. My 2500 Suburban (454, 6” lift, 36” tires) gets 13 MPG.
“America is so addicted to oil it will take us years to wean ourselves from it, and to look for new ways to feed our addiction is not the answer.”
No concept of reality at all. A totally useless human being who can only do damage.
The actual number seems to be lost to history, but near as I can tell there was either 4 or 5 440 4 barrel cars and one 383 automatic. One of the 440 cars was immediately cut in half for certain camera angles. The 383 car did the towing of the Camaro into the dozers. The rest were beaten to death shooting the movie.
There were no survivors.
Chrysler made sure of that. Word has it that Mother Mopar was so upset by the nudity and the drugs in the movie that they took the cars back and smashed them so that they would not end up in any auto shows.
Arnold,just another politician/actor who lives in fantasy land. He probably thinks the Flux Capacitor is real.
I think you miss the point. The point is that Arnold is for restricting the vehicle I drive while he drives whatever he wants. He is behind the stupid commission that is going to hand down guidelines for CA soon that will make the whole state, except for the politicians, into a third world hell hole. Drive what he wants and to he** with what anyone thinks? I love that attitude but unfortunately Arnold only wants it for himself and other "elitists", it is just another hypocritical moment brought to us by the idiot from Austria.
Yes the 383 auto was generally the camera car and did tow the Camaro.
The “official” number I heard was 3 plus, it appears, the 383 car. The 440’s were four-speeds as I understand it.
Yeah, they could have done without some of the stuff in the movie. Great soundtrack on it, though. Songs you never hear elsewhere.
I noted to imdb.com that John Amos was the uncredited radio engineer a few years back. They added him not long after that. I’ve submitted a few minor corrections on other movies too and they’re pretty good about following up.
In that it was a Dodge, was painted orange, or had a V-8??? In all other ways, it is nothing like the CHARGER used in the Dorks of Hazzardous, since it is a CHALLENGER. The new version of the CHARGER has been out for a few years now.
Don’t you dare dis ‘Bullitt’
Challenger.
Idiot. Looks like a Challenger or Cuda. Not a Charger.
Yes, indeed. Jerry Reed's "Welcome to Nevada" is fantastic, one of his best works.
I had the soundtrack on CD but stupidly left it in the player of a pickup I traded. Went to the place that cleaned up the used vehicles for the dealer but no luck. Right beside the place is a used CD store.
I think there may be a connection. Definitely need to get another one.
I noted to imdb.com that John Amos was the uncredited radio engineer a few years back.
Nice catch.
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