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TOPIC: Consumer Reports: GM's Volt 'doesn't really make a lot of sense'
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Date: Wed, Mar 9 2011 11:17 pm
From: Canuck57
On 01/03/2011 6:14 AM, Jim_Higgins wrote:
> On 3/1/11 7:47 AM, C. E. White wrote:
>> Consumer Reports: GM's Volt 'doesn't really make a lot of sense'
>>
>> David Shepardson / Detroit News Washington Bureau
>>
>> Washington - Consumer Reports offered a harsh initial review of the
>> Chevrolet Volt, questioning whether General Motors Co.'s flagship vehicle
>> makes economic "sense."The extended-range plug-in electric vehicle is
>> on the
>> cover of the April issue - the influential magazine's annual survey of
>> vehicles - but the GM vehicle comes in for criticism.
>>
>> "When you are looking at purely dollars and cents, it doesn't really
>> make a
>> lot of sense. The Volt isn't particularly efficient as an electric
>> vehicle
>> and it's not particularly good as a gas vehicle either in terms of fuel
>> economy," said David Champion, the senior director of Consumer Reports
>> auto
>> testing center at a meeting with reporters here. "This is going to be a
>> tough sell to the average consumer."
>>
>> The magazine said in its testing in Connecticut during a harsh winter,
>> its
>> Volt is getting 25 to 27 miles on electric power alone.
>>
>> GM spokesman Greg Martin noted that it's been an extremely harsh winter -
>> and as a Volt driver he said he's getting 29-33 miles on electric
>> range. But
>> he noted that in more moderate recent weather, the range jumped to 40
>> miles
>> on electric range or higher.
>>
>> Champion believes a hybrid, such as the Toyota Prius, may make more sense
>> for some trips.
>>
>> "If you drive about 70 miles, a Prius will actually get you more miles
>> per
>> gallon than the Volt does," Champion said.
>>
>> But GM has noted that most Americans can avoid using gasoline for most
>> regular commuting with the Volt, while its gasoline engine can allow the
>> freedom to travel farther, if needed.
>>
>> The magazine has put about 2,500 miles on its Volt. It paid $48,700,
>> including a $5,000 markup by a Chevy dealer.
>>
>> Champion noted the Volt is about twice as expensive as a Prius.
>>
>> He was said the five hour time to recharge the Volt was "annoying" and
>> was
>> also critical of the power of the Volt heating system.
>>
>> "You have seat heaters, which keep your body warm, but your feet get cold
>> and your hands get cold," Champion said.
>>
>> Consumer Reports will release a full road test of the Volt later this
>> year
>> and will update it.
>>
>> Champion praised the heater on the all-electric Nissan Leaf - which
>> Consumer
>> Reports borrowed from the Japanese automaker -- but said it also got very
>> short ranges in very cold weather.
>>
>> On one commute, his range in a Leaf was at 43 miles when he turned
>> onto an
>> eight-mile stretch of highway, but it fell from 43 to 16 miles after
>> eight
>> miles at 70 mph.
>>
>> "If it keeps on going down at this rate, will I get to work," Champion
>> said.
>>
>> Champion said in an interview he thinks the Volt "will sell the quantity
>> that they want to sell to the people that really want it."
>>
>> Despite his criticism of the Volt, Champion praised its acceleration and
>> acknowledged that under certain driving cycles, consumers could mostly
>> avoid
>> using gasoline. The magazine noted the Volt is nicely equipped and has a
>> "taut yet supple ride."
>>
>> But he said there are a lot of trade-offs.
>>
>> "They are going to live with the compromises the vehicle delivers,"
>> Champion
>> said. "When you look at it from a purely logical point of view, it
>> doesn't
>> make an awful lot of sense."
>>
>> Before Consumer Reports decides whether to recommend the Volt, it
>> needs data
>> from at least 100 subscribers who own one, and a year of reliability
>> data.
>>
>> dshepardson@detnews.com
>>
>> From The Detroit News:
>> http://detnews.com/article/20110228/AUTO01/102280401/Consumer-Reports--GM's-Volt-'doesn't-really-make-a-lot-of-sense'
>>
>>
>>
>
> Volt, aka "Short Circuit"
And a truly "jolting" experience for the new shareholders...every body
went up in the last few months but GM went down....
You can bailout turkeys, but they still be turkeys. I figure you and I
didn't, but wonder how many in the group actually bought GM shares?
--
Socialism is a great ideal as long as someone else pays for it. And when
no one is left to pay for it, they all can share nothing.
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TOPIC: nick.mercedes@ntlworld is Nick Johns, euromerc mercedes parts.
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Date: Mon, Mar 14 2011 1:37 pm
From: Sarah Ehrett
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:08:26 -0000, "nick mercedes"
<pizzalovingcriminal@allstar.gg> wrote:
>
>"Sarah Ehrett" <ninety7gt@cox.net> wrote in message
>
>>>Those are your posts, Ken.
>>
>> Read on, you fat useless turd.
>>
>>
>> In his own words , nick johns aka nickj, nickjj, confirms " My e-mail
>> address is still nick.mercedes@ntlworld.com "
>
>What?
>
>> http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/archive/index.php/t-31505.html
" Nickj is from England, but he is no longer on this site, he got kicked
off for being a dealer, "
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of classic parts.
Nick JJ "
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This is where you went ape-shit 9 years ago when Alan exposed you and your
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Newsgroups: alt.personals.homosexual
Subject: bi guy seeks fun in chilterns area
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 18:43:41 +0100
Message-ID: <c90076$1c90$1@news.wplus.net>
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>Special Agent Ehrett shows why he had to lie about being in naval
>intelligence...
Ken was in Naval Intelligence, nick mercedes. Every one here has seen the
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