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Fisker Issues Second Recall of Electric Car (initiates voluntary recall of Karmas)
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| 8/20/12
| Randy Kreider | ABC News
Posted on 08/20/2012 8:02:10 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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Karma.. once ya got it.. it's hard to get rid of.
Houston.. We got us a problem, here.
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:03:34 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi)
To: NormsRevenge; All
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:04:46 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: NormsRevenge
What a $100,000 dollar POS
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:04:51 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: NormsRevenge
firefighters cut the car's battery cable after putting out the fire?
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:07:19 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
Just getting the bugs ironed out.. maybe they have Volt loaners.
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:07:19 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:08:43 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:10:21 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:16:28 PM PDT
by
RobinOfKingston
(The instinct toward liberalism is located in the part of the brain called the rectal lobe.)
To: NormsRevenge
This is one of my biggest problems with the electric car (and I suspect why the EV-1 rental fleet was recalled and destroyed).
These vehicles are more like a space shuttle than, say, a ‘69 Camaro. What I mean by that is that they are very complex, and alot of stuff has to go Right...or they may catch on fire.
What on earth is going to happen, as the electrical vehicle fleet ages? Some of these ‘sealed compartments’ might start leaking on the entire fleet.
Electric vehicles should be left as toys for the uber rich...they can afford to maintain them, in the same manner one might maintain a private aircraft. Anything less than that will ultimately result in more fires.
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:17:52 PM PDT
by
lacrew
(Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
To: mylife
“firefighters cut the car’s battery cable after putting out the fire?”
Yes, and I would also do so on a hybrid or an EV unless it was a battery fire in which case it would be lots of water and stand way back waiting for detonation.
I am a lot more leery of EV/hybrid fires than 50 gallons of gasoline in a fully involved Suburban.
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:19:36 PM PDT
by
Clay Moore
(The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2)
To: NormsRevenge
Isn’t Fisker one of Algore’s gigs?
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:21:58 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Had enough of the freaks running the show yet?)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:23:27 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong!)
To: Clay Moore
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:24:48 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: lacrew
Electric vehicles should be left as toys for the uber rich...they can afford to maintain them, in the same manner one might maintain a private aircraft. Anything less than that will ultimately result in more fires.
I've heard Jay Leno basically say the same thing. He said he likes his but its not for everyone. He cited expense, limited range, his own personal diving habits etc.
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:25:28 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: NormsRevenge
Instant Karma’s gonna get you...
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:26:39 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: NormsRevenge
karma...the name alone...will-not-make jokes.
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:27:44 PM PDT
by
Conservative4Ever
(The Obamas = rude, crude and socially unacceptable)
To: NormsRevenge
Wow, who would hate to return to their car and see THAT.
Are the affected owners going to get new cars and houses that burned down?
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:32:51 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: lacrew
That isn’t why the EV-1’s were taken back. They were not recalled. The people who wnet into that program never actually owned them, they were loaned to them with the expectation GM would take them back. People driving them begged to buy them when they were told GM was going to demolish them.
And they didn’t have the problems these newer cars have, they were using regular lead acid batteries and less technical, technology.
Everyone I have ever read about who participated in the EV-1 study really liked the cars and had overall very good things to say about them. They were pretty small for their time and perhaps GM didn’t think they’d sell because of that. Also given there wasn’t huge general popular demand for alternatives and even less charging stations around in case you did need a boost.
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:38:29 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: NormsRevenge
After the second of two mysterious fires in a Karma sedan, the government-backed electric car-maker Fisker has initiated a voluntary recall of its luxury vehicles.Another Obamamobile goes up in smoke!!
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:41:24 PM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(Congress - another name for white collar criminals!!)
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