$20,000 over sticker for Chevy Volt is simply supply and demand
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From: Ant on 10 Aug 2010 18:31 In article <MPG.26cb77f023c25eb4989695(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Bob Cooper <bc(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > In article <$OWlTtItOFYMFwdE(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk>, > clive(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk says... > > > > In message > > <michelle-40096C.09085009082010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.ex > > ample.com>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> writes > > >That's 40 miles on just the initial battery charge; after that, the > > >gasoline motor kicks in to recharge the battery, and you'll keep going for > > >so long as there is gas in the tank. > > If the engine hasn't run for six months how do you know it hasn't seized > > on you? > > I read somewhere it does a monthly self-test start-up. > Another question for short commuters who always plug in is old gas. > There might be a mode to run the ICE so the the tank can be emptied > every year or so to refresh the gas, or a recommendation to not plug in > to do the same thing. You need an Amp, yes!! THE Amp, mfg in Yugoslavia and currently at the cutting edge of electrical technology. The battery will last for a whole week without charge and it is about the size of a pack of cigs....Plus, plus the car will do 100 km/hr sustained all the while towing a large boat.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 10 Aug 2010 19:34 On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:31:32 -0500, Ant wrote: > In article <MPG.26cb77f023c25eb4989695(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Bob Cooper <bc(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > >> In article <$OWlTtItOFYMFwdE(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk>, >> clive(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk says... >> > >> > In message >> > <michelle-40096C.09085009082010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.ex >> > ample.com>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> writes >> > >That's 40 miles on just the initial battery charge; after that, the >> > >gasoline motor kicks in to recharge the battery, and you'll keep going for >> > >so long as there is gas in the tank. >> > If the engine hasn't run for six months how do you know it hasn't seized >> > on you? >> >> I read somewhere it does a monthly self-test start-up. >> Another question for short commuters who always plug in is old gas. >> There might be a mode to run the ICE so the the tank can be emptied >> every year or so to refresh the gas, or a recommendation to not plug in >> to do the same thing. > > You need an Amp, yes!! THE Amp, mfg in Yugoslavia and currently at the > cutting edge of electrical technology. The battery will last for a > whole week without charge and it is about the size of a pack of > cigs....Plus, plus the car will do 100 km/hr sustained all the while > towing a large boat. Screw that. I want a Tesla.
From: in2dadark on 10 Aug 2010 20:14 On Aug 9, 3:50 am, "Sharx35" <shar...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > "john" <johngd...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:4fd01bbd-59a1-4f0f-bd19-b2fb813e9a75(a)z30g2000prg.googlegroups.com... > > > "So you think the Chevrolet Volt electric car will cost too much? Tell > > that to the Chevy dealer who has already decided to charge $20,000 > > over the sticker price. > > > That's right. Months before the first Volt lands on a showroom floor, > > there's enough excitement that the dealer -- who earns a living > > calculating what the market will bear -- is charging nearly 50% more > > than General Motors' asking price for the revolutionary car. > > > If that's any yardstick, the 2011 Volt is drastically underpriced. > > Supply and demand, baby. It's the free enterprise system." > > > Read more: Mark Phelan: Dealers' extra charge for Volt is simply > > supply and demand | freep.com | Detroit Free Press > >http://www.freep.com/article/20100808/COL14/8080504/1331/business01/D... > > Proving that there is a silly sucker born every minute. HELL will frigging > freeze over before I pay ANYTHING over sticker for anything. Especially now.
From: Agnasty Shagnasty on 11 Aug 2010 11:03 "Michelle Steiner" <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote in message news:michelle-98EC02.15383110082010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.example.com... > In article <MPG.26cb76f71bed6181989694(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Bob Cooper <bc(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > >> From what little I've read the Prius has no issue with cross-country. > > I've driven a Prius from the Phoenix area to San Francisco and back, > stopping only for fuel and food. It's about an 800 mile drive from my > house. > You mean you can drive a Prius from Phoenix to San Francisco and back? Amazing. It's a wonder what they can do with modern vehicles today. On two occasions, I drove a vehicle from Tucson Arizona to Seattle Washington! Would you believe that the vehicle was in good shape once I got there? I wonder if anyone has tried to drive from Los Angeles to New York?
From: Mike on 11 Aug 2010 11:16
One of my sons does so several times a week, in both directions, but he is driving an aircraft ;) "Agnasty Shagnasty" <Agnasty(a)shagnasty.org> wrote in message news:4c62bbdb(a)news.x-privat.org... > > > "Michelle Steiner" <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote in message > news:michelle-98EC02.15383110082010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.example.com... >> In article <MPG.26cb76f71bed6181989694(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >> Bob Cooper <bc(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >> >>> From what little I've read the Prius has no issue with cross-country. >> >> I've driven a Prius from the Phoenix area to San Francisco and back, >> stopping only for fuel and food. It's about an 800 mile drive from my >> house. >> > You mean you can drive a Prius from Phoenix to San Francisco and back? > Amazing. It's a wonder what they can do with modern vehicles today. > > On two occasions, I drove a vehicle from Tucson Arizona to Seattle > Washington! Would you believe that the vehicle was in good shape once I > got there? > > I wonder if anyone has tried to drive from Los Angeles to New York? > > > > |