Posted on 01/07/2013 9:17:53 AM PST by jazusamo
“It’s a green vehicle because it moves the pollution from the vehicle to some other place out of sight out of mind!”
*snicker*
welcome.
Have an eco-hippy here who has a black Volt.
She “drives” down teh middle of the road with a cellphone plastered over her left eye using her right arm.
Amazing nobody is dead yet because of her.
It will be replaced by a Trabant filled with AAA bateries: 
I've been a member here since '98 and take a backseat to no one on conservative issues, so why am I going against the overwhelmingly negative response from my fellow conservatives and buying this car?
First, the Volt is an amazing piece of engineering. It's the first true practical electric vehicle designed for the way most people drive. The clincher for me was the fact that its all-electric range of 40 miles is adequate for most of my daily driving needs. I can charge up every night and then I'm good to go all day in all electric mode. In doing my early research, I found that 80% of drivers in the U.S. have a commute of 40 miles or less, so that's a big market for this car. This means that, theoretically, you'd never have to buy gas for most daily driving.
Second, the performance of the Volt is outstanding. Electric drive generates tremendous torque off the line, which makes this a very fast and sporty car to drive. No, it's not a Corvette, but 0-60 is a respectable 8.5 seconds, about the same as most gas-powered sedans, and good enough for me. I also really like the fact that it's quiet too--perfectly silent at idle, and extremely quiet overall due to electric drive and optimized aerodynamics which virtually eliminates wind noise at higher speeds.
Third, I think we as conservatives have been grossly unfair to this car, and to GM. I take a backseat to no one in my negative response to the way Obama stiffed bondholders and gave preferential treatment to the UAW in the GM bankruptcy, but the fact is that whoever was president was not going to let GM and one million auto industry jobs go down the drain. Hopefully after decades of mismanagement GM will turn itself around, and after driving imports for 30 years I'm giving them another chance because of my interest in this car and its technology.
Fourth, the Volt development program, including the $7500 tax credit, was started during the Bush administration, so the implication that this was some kind of Obamamobile is false.
I'm looking forward to a long and happy experience with this car and think the technology behind it holds great promise for the future. I think that many people, including those here on FR, after doing extensive research on the Volt, would reach the same conclusion I reached.
Flame suit on, so let the fun begin ;)
I won't take it...
Congratulations. The Volt is a really nice car. People who say it is a overpriced Chevy Cruse don’t know what their talking about. I’d hate to see liberals take over the EV. I don’t want to see those stupid Coexist bumper stickers on them too. I don’t want the libs getting all our tax rebates either. I recommend Freepers go test drive a Leaf or a Volt and then pass judgment. I think you will be surprised.
Coal fired cars. /laugh
So what does that have to do with an overpriced car that R&D has been subsidized by taxpayers and the sales are subsidized by same?
It's the first true practical electric vehicle designed for the way most people drive.
Most people?
If that was the case the sales would be in the hundreds of thousands per year instead of the low tens of thousands.
Second, the performance of the Volt is outstanding.
No argument there but there are many cars with outstanding performance.
Hopefully after decades of mismanagement GM will turn itself around,
I don't disagree with that but the government should have let a normal bankruptcy take place instead of bailing out the UAW and screwing the bondholders. Just because GM is a large company doesn't mean the government should have treated them any differently than any other company in bankruptcy.
Fourth, the Volt development program, including the $7500 tax credit, was started during the Bush administration, so the implication that this was some kind of Obamamobile is false.
It may have started in the Bush administration but does it really make a difference to the taxpayers who are supporting this? Obama made a campaign out of bailing out GM and got reelected on our taxpayer money and you say you're a conservative?
I'm looking forward to a long and happy experience with this car and think the technology behind it holds great promise for the future
I wish you luck on a long and happy experience. I only wish the entire program, especially the subsidies and tax credits would not have been payed for by taxpayers. Let companies produce a product that the public wants and buys with their own money...That's capitalism, not socialism.
I’ll miss the Volt commercials with all of those useful idiots talking about how little gas they use. Not!
Well said, Jaz. I have seen a lot of these so-called conservatives come out in support of the Volt. They sound like GM/Obama Admin. shills to me.
Some of the ridiculous claims they make include ending terrorism by driving Volts, since the miniscule reduction in oil consumed by this country will supposedly stop funding of terrorists. Fox (Fox and Friends in March) went as far as putting up a graph showing how much oil would be saved by selling 30 million Volts. Only 29 million, 970 thousand to go! Amazing what kind of coverage GM can buy with its multi-billion dollar marketing budget.
A message to the shills, be satisfied with fooling the majority of Americans, don’t bother trying to convince those who know better. The boycott of GM products by many of us who know the truth will not be stopped just because people like Bob Lutz say they are Republicans. In fact, being Republican or Democrat has nothing to do with knowing that taking money from taxpayers and GM bondholders and giving it to the UAW (who then helped Obama win reelection) was wrong.
Thanks for your support! I agree with you that wanting to free ourselves of dependence on foreign oil should be something that we conservatives should be practicing and not only preaching. I wish more conservatives would try to take a closer look at the Volt without throwing politics over it, and glad I’m not the only one here with an open mind on this.
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