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With All The Volts Counted, Taxpayers Lose Again
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| February 15, 2012
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Posted on 02/15/2012 1:24:23 PM PST by raptor22
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posted on
02/15/2012 1:24:28 PM PST
by
raptor22
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posted on
02/15/2012 1:27:05 PM PST
by
raptor22
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To: raptor22
I have read that dealers are telling GM to not ship any more Volts because people just don’t want any and they can’t take the inventory hit..............
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posted on
02/15/2012 1:27:44 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you are unemployed long enough, you are no longer unemployed.)
To: raptor22
We will always loose.
Voting is 100% wasted effort.
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posted on
02/15/2012 1:28:57 PM PST
by
NoLibZone
(Buffet proves calls for more taxes is to buy votes,not reduce deficits.He pays less than Bush rates.)
To: raptor22
Even with the $10,000 dollar subsidy the thing is still $10,000 dollars over priced.
Hell: Why not just give them away to anybody with a car that gets less than 20 MPG and then take the old cars and destroy the motors.
HMMMM where did I get that destroy the motors stuff.
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posted on
02/15/2012 1:29:22 PM PST
by
Venturer
To: raptor22
Hey, Obamabutt, sell me one of those Volt turkeys for around $1k, and I’ll gladly buy it.
That way, I can have sufficient funs to repair it after GM goes under again and they pull the warrenty rug out - also again - from those suckers who stupid enough to purchase their MBA designed slugs. (Corvette excepted, of course.)
(Speaking as a consumer who made the same d*mned mistake with GM too many times.)
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posted on
02/15/2012 1:36:02 PM PST
by
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posted on
02/15/2012 1:37:06 PM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
To: raptor22; All
A big killer to the Volt is that, if you lease it, you CANNOT take the tax credit. The Leasing Company gets it.
Even at the GMAC/ALLY promo rate of 2.9% for 60 months, that’s a $750 car payment, to get the credit. Not a lot of regular folks are going to be able to afford $750 car payments.
If they could, they’d be buying a Benz that gets almost the same mileage.
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posted on
02/15/2012 1:41:55 PM PST
by
tcrlaf
(Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
To: raptor22
So, doing the math, we're talking about a $10 billion dollar "incentive" to get people to buy the Chevy Volt and similar vehicles.
Well judging by the absolutely dismal sales for these worthless vehicles, hopefully the majority of those funds won't be squandered before it can be ended.
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posted on
02/15/2012 1:47:01 PM PST
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: Red Badger
In a related story the City of Manassas, Virginia has purchased a Chevy Volt for a Utilities Department meter technician. The Chevy Volt requires a nightly charge and fill-up of the 10-gallon gas tank once a month if that. The City vehicle maintenance technician has completed installing emergency lighting and radio equipment. (I wonder how that will affect mileage.)
The Volt will run up to 40 miles on a charge and then switches to gasoline. The City is scheduled to install five charging stations throughout the city part of a federal grant award from ChargePoint America, a US Department of Energy program through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
No word on cost or break-even point. I suggest you contact the City of Manassas if you want more information.
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posted on
02/15/2012 1:50:01 PM PST
by
satan
(Plumbing new depths of worthlessness on a daily basis.)
To: raptor22
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posted on
02/15/2012 1:55:15 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Spoiler Alert! The secret to Terra Nova: THEY ARE ALL DEAD!!!)
To: raptor22
If I wanted a golf cart, I could get one a whole lot cheaper than the Volt, and I could get it from an honest company, not from a corrupt organization that stole the assets of their bondholders and then raided the United States Treasury. There is no way I will ever purchase a GM product again, and even if I was willing to deal with that sleazy company, I would not want a Volt. I make fun of Volt owners, but I would never want a vehicle that is that useless.
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posted on
02/15/2012 1:56:14 PM PST
by
Pollster1
(Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
To: raptor22
With all the limitations on this lemon, they are no where near where they need to be to reach their mass audience of Obama droids. They need to give it to you for free and pay you a monthly fee for the inconvenience of driving one. That’er git er done.
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posted on
02/15/2012 2:07:38 PM PST
by
Truth29
To: satan
Volts and others like it are good for that kind of service...........
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posted on
02/15/2012 2:10:17 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you are unemployed long enough, you are no longer unemployed.)
To: raptor22
We wonder if people making $170,000, the average income of the relatively few buyers of the $40,000 Volt to date, really need the incentive. It is not your typical family or factory worker's car. So doesn't that make this the functional equivalent of tax credits for the rich? No, reward for obedience. Absolutely necessary for patronage based governance. Punish the dissidents, reward the faithful. No matter what cost.
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posted on
02/15/2012 2:13:35 PM PST
by
LucianOfSamasota
(Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
To: satan
"The Volt will run up to 40 miles on a charge"
This reporter got 25 miles per charge:
Eric Bolling test drives Chevy Volt
The "40 miles" is another lie courtesy of the treasonous bastard occupying the White House.
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posted on
02/15/2012 2:21:25 PM PST
by
Ragnar54
(Obama replaced Osama as America's worst enemy)
To: raptor22
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posted on
02/15/2012 2:59:28 PM PST
by
SnuffaBolshevik
(In a tornado, even turkeys can fly.)
To: Pollster1
Stupid East German Communists sold the crummy Trabant cheap.
Wise American Communists sell the crummy Volt dear.
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posted on
02/15/2012 3:40:32 PM PST
by
Jacquerie
(No court will save us from ourselves.)
To: Da Coyote
My Buick has been fantastic. No complaints about it at all.
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posted on
02/15/2012 4:32:37 PM PST
by
arrogantsob
(Obama must Go.)
To: raptor22
Its a failure so lets up that subsidy
FAIL
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posted on
02/15/2012 5:26:12 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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