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The Sad Plight of Obama’s Edsel (The Volt won't make it to 2017 -- the time he says he'll buy one)
National Review ^ | 03/20/2012 | Rich Lowry

Posted on 03/20/2012 6:35:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 03/20/2012 6:35:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Rush needs to launch a fund to “Buy Obama a Volt”

Everybody can spare a dime and pitch in.
We can make this happen.

Instead of “Hope and Change” we can call it “Spare the Change”. We can give obama a Volt of his choice of color- a white Volt or a black Volt, or maybe a red one.

Why, I remember when Rush started a fund to pay for Dick Gephardt’s mother, to buy her the medicine Dick said she couldn’t afford.

Any leftover money can go to the Georgetown “Condoms-for-Coeds” fund


2 posted on 03/20/2012 6:40:34 AM PDT by silverleaf (Funny how all the people who are for abortion are already born)
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To: Nachum; Red Badger

Ping.


3 posted on 03/20/2012 6:43:00 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: SeekAndFind

They haven’t replaced the White House limo’s with Volts?


4 posted on 03/20/2012 6:43:08 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: SeekAndFind

> The Sad Plight of Obama’s Edsel (The Volt won’t make it to
> 2017 — the time he says he’ll buy one)

How convenient...

...for him.


5 posted on 03/20/2012 6:46:41 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Second-hand Volt? I don’t think there will be very many of those, since the ‘First-hand’ Volts will be still sitting on the lots with their batteries corroding away...............


6 posted on 03/20/2012 6:47:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (If the Government can make you buy health insurance, they can make you buy a Volt................)
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To: SeekAndFind
when he’s out of office in five years.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

7 posted on 03/20/2012 6:54:26 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Red Badger
Recently, GM has been running tepid Chevy Volt commercials with some guy who looks like a typical San Francisco drone. He loves his Volt and he says that when its batteries are low, the gas engine kicks in to get him there. (He never bothers to mention that once “there” where he can plug it in or how long it takes to recharge.)

This is the most pathetic car ad I've seen. It must’ve been written by the White House.

8 posted on 03/20/2012 6:58:02 AM PDT by MasterGunner01 (11)
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To: Army Air Corps

McNamara had his Edsel literally when he was at ford before becoming SecDef, now Obama has his in the volt...


9 posted on 03/20/2012 7:02:16 AM PDT by Schwaeky (The Republic--Shall be reorganized into the first American EMPIRE, for a safe and secure Society!)
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To: MasterGunner01

Da, comrade.........


10 posted on 03/20/2012 7:06:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (If the Government can make you buy health insurance, they can make you buy a Volt................)
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To: SeekAndFind; TPD_Jim.Smith

Government Motors “Volt” car runs on a LOT of electricity, and must be re-charged frequently.

Since half of America’s electricity comes from utilities burning 98.7 % carbon, maximum known Carbon Footprint, old-technology, fossil fuel, dirty-air COAL, then which half of the Government Motors “Volt” car should we despise?

Which half of the “Volt” should be praised for it’s “Greenability” for the future of Mankind, as our Czars know that it SHOULD be?

These questions must be answered, so our Dictator Baby-Doc Barack can dictate how we are to think about the companies that he puts OUR tax dollars into.

BTW, wasn’t the “Volt” supposed to jumpstart, stimulate and otherwise “grow” the Economy? Maybe something “shorted out” between The District of Corruption and REALITY?


11 posted on 03/20/2012 7:15:46 AM PDT by Graewoulf (( obama"care" violates the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND is illegal by the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: silverleaf; rush

That is a great idea, but you should have pinged him to it.


12 posted on 03/20/2012 7:19:19 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Beagle8U

I guess you did
I didn’t know ‘he” was a freeper


13 posted on 03/20/2012 7:30:12 AM PDT by silverleaf (Funny how all the people who are for abortion are already born)
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To: SeekAndFind
Great news for zero.....there will still be plenty of Volts available in November......
14 posted on 03/20/2012 7:32:47 AM PDT by Hogblog
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To: SeekAndFind

The idiot does own a Ford Escape Hybrid. I like the Escape, but it’s stupid as a hybrid.
I’ll bet that puppy will soon be coming up on needing a battery replacement.


15 posted on 03/20/2012 7:41:28 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (End Obama's War On Freedom.)
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To: silverleaf
You would be surprised at the number of famous FReepers that are little known as such.
16 posted on 03/20/2012 7:49:42 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: MasterGunner01

Been seeing that one ..... it would be laughable if I didn’t know Obama is trying to cram this cr@p down our throats by cutting off the oil lifeblood of the country. There is a female version as well .... I think ‘Sandra Fluke’ every time it runs.


17 posted on 03/20/2012 9:49:06 AM PDT by MissMagnolia (Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
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To: SeekAndFind; DungeonMaster
In the case of the Chevy Volt, ...

435 lb. battery = 1 gal. gasoline

... in terms of how far it will take you.

Makes little sense to me. Of course, I'm no off-grid, free-loving, sandal-wearing, bong-sucking, rarely-bathing, tofu-eating, microbus-coveting, earth-worshipping, whirled peas visualizing, tree-hugging, hookah-toking, hemp-growing, koolaid-swilling, Nader-voting, Lennon-singing, herb-squeezing, ganja-rolling, solar-collecting, foil-ovening, cave-dwelling, peace-signing, backpacking, brokebacking, flag-burning, quiche-gumming, Volvo-loving, hybrid-humping, earth-shoeing, God-hating, gun-grabbing, pony-tailing, thumb-sucking, navel-gazing, Obama-fawning, granola-crunching, earth-first vegan hippie commie deadhead loser, either. Although I did test-drive a used Volvo once.

18 posted on 03/20/2012 9:53:58 AM PDT by newgeezer (It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson)
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To: SeekAndFind
20 miles on a charge running A/C or heat. I'll bet it has really high output heating & A/C. (sarc)

How many people have a Volt as their only vehicle?

If they have another vehicle, what is it? Hummer?

19 posted on 03/20/2012 10:04:22 AM PDT by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: SeekAndFind

Chevy Volt battery warranty

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“Chevrolet Volt Coverage
Propulsion Battery Warranty
Policy
Like all batteries, the amount of
energy that the high voltage
“propulsion” battery can store will
decrease with time and miles
driven. Depending on use, the
battery may degrade as little as
10% to as much as 30% of capacity
over the warranty period. A dealer
service technician will determine
if the battery energy capacity
(kWh storage) is within the proper
limit, given the age and mileage of
the vehicle. Typical tests can take
up to 24 hours.
Repair
If possible, components will be
repaired or replaced, and the
original battery will be returned to
the vehicle.
Replace (If Necessary)
Under warranty, the high voltage
battery will be replaced with either a
new or factory reconditioned high
voltage battery with an energy
capacity (kWh storage) level at or
above that of the original battery
prior to the failure.
Your Volt battery warranty
replacement may not return your
vehicle as an “as new” condition,
but it will make your Volt fully
operational appropriate to its age
and mileage.”


20 posted on 03/20/2012 11:00:10 AM PDT by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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