Bad Karma: Our Fisker Karma Plug-in Hybrid Breaks Down

Consumer Reports, via Yahoo ^ | March 8, 2012 | Consumer Reports Staff

[RetroSexual]

Our Fisker Karma cost us $107,850. It is super sleek, high-tech—and now it’s broken.

We have owned our car for just a few days; it has less than 200 miles on its odometer. While doing speedometer calibration runs on our test track (a procedure we do for every test car before putting it in service by driving the car at a constant 65 mph between two measured points), the dashboard flashed a message and sounded a “bing“ showing a major fault. Our technician got the car off the track and put it into Park to go through the owner’s manual to interpret the warning. At that point, the transmission went into Neutral and wouldn’t engage any gear through its electronic shifter except Park and Neutral.

[dfwgator]

Instant Karma’s gonna get you.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

And the kicker is, there are conventional cars in its price range that can almost match it on fuel consumption and kick its battery-laden ass performance-wise. And they don’t suffer from silly electrical glitches during their break-in period either.

[OneVike]

The very idea of Karma does not, and never has existed.

I despise the use of the term Karma being used as as much as I despise the use of the phrase, “Global Warming”.

Neither Karma, nor Global Warming exists, and thus should never be used in any way to ever describe anything.

[Eldon Tyrell]

over designed. Over weight. Current engine is a turbo 4 - no room for LS-7.

When you could have an Alfa 8C - straight out of production?

4300 lbs. 124 inch wheelbase. Some sports car. It is a grotesque. Even the giant Panamera is 115 inch x 4100 lbs.

Anyone who would even review it as a sports care is a liar.

I could send a better design from a blank sheet of paper by midnight tonight.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

The very idea of Karma does not, and never has existed.

Then you don't know what Karma is. Karma is just the word for the idea of the cause and effect of one's actions.

[Rooivalk]

The very idea of Karma does not, and never has existed.

Then you don't know what Karma is. Karma is just the word for the idea of the cause and effect of one's actions.

Thanks for straightening that poster out. In the Bible it is referred to as "What you sow, so shall you reap"

[Ole Okie]

Well... at least it didn’t catch on fire.

Naw, bricks don't burn very well.

[Neidermeyer]

Just get a 918 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnJ3OsRssQM