Posted on 02/14/2011 8:28:45 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
There’s one more thing you forgot to ask:
What was the outdoor air temperature and relative humidity/dewpoint at the time the photo was taken?
The message I got was that liberals are deluded hypocrites in their hatred of oil, gas, and coal. Clearly, the pic is photoshopped doom and gloom, totally phony.
Also, for folks who may not be familiar with San Antonio, the city is rather hilly and has multilevel interchanges and overpasses in a few key areas.
Yesterday I spoke with a friend in Denver. He said that the recent cold weather took a toll on his wife’s Prius.
He said it just stops working in the snow. It just dies!
Dang, that’s tempting. The 2011 base model ‘Vette puts out 430 horsepower and yet gets 26 MPG (EPA) with the 6-speed manual.
regular gas too. (pretty nice car even if it is made by government motors)
The Juke is ugly... but nowhere near as ugly as the Aztec!
At our local downtown garages in Greenville Sc, there is free plug ins for electric vehicles. I am always so tempted to unplug them.
“Nissan intorduces the Juke.”
The AMC Gremlin for a new generation.
Why would you need navigation in a car that will only go 50 miles? It's only useful for local shuttle duty to the supermarket.
I’m not in favor of the Leaf, but these things are primarily for put-putting around congested urban areas.
So having nav in a place like NYC, DC, Chicago, etc would be helpful, especially if you’re a real estate agent, visiting nurse, on site tech support, etc.
If you use your car for your job or business, you won’t want a car like the Leaf anyway. You will want reliable transportation.
I only know one Leaf and one Tesla owner personally.
They both love them.
But obviously that’s a trivial sample size.
The real test will be to see what their next car is.
(The Leaf is sort of like driving an appliance, but the Tesla is a real burner, as it should be for 70 grand.)
Might make sense for me as I commute 1.7 miles to the commuter train and my wife as .5 mile commute to her job. But it still doesn’t look cost effective. My commuting cost is 1 gallon a week at now 2.49 per. In cool months, which is half the year for me I probably need to keep it charged overnight. I doubt my electric bill would beat my gas expense.
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