Headline I thought I'd never see

Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In >,
> > wrote:
>
>> <snicker>
>>
>> Let's see... The Volt cost $45K and has a 40 mile range
>>
>> The Nissan Leaf cost $35K and has a 100 mile range
>>
>> Hmmmmmmmm
>
> <snickersnort>
>
> Let's see... The Volt cost $45K and can be filled with, and run on,
> gasoline available at any of thousands of gas stations no more than a
> few miles apart anywhere in the country--said fillup taking no more than
> a few minutes. This makes it a real car, useful for anything a four
> seat car like that needs to do.
>
> the Nissan Leaf costs $35K and is tethered to hours of electrical
> charging to make each 100 mile trip.


The majority of American drivers travel less than a hundred mile per day.



> You remind me of those troglodytes 15 or so years ago who made fun of
> the small AWD car-based SUVs--OK, small tall wagons--that Japan Inc was
> beginning to bring out, such as the CRV. "That ain't no four wheeler!"
> they'd all cry, laughing to themselves. They seriously thought that
> driving all four wheels meant, by definition, crawling over rocks at
> half a mile per hour. They were too dense to grasp that there might be
> other reasons to drive all four wheels, not to mention other
> technologies not spelled J-E-E-P.
>
> In other words, they were comparing apples and oranges, and the laugh
> was on them.
>
> You're doing the same thing. You're comparing a pure electric car to a
> plug-in hybrid, and just because they share one function--being able to
> run on electric motors without a gasoline engine engaged or
> spinning--that doesn't mean they actually compare to one another.
>
> Get a ****ing clue.


Elmo, you're ususally a reasonable guy but the point of my post went
right over your head...

JT

On 03/28/2012 06:10 PM, Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In >,
> > wrote:
>
>>> the Nissan Leaf costs $35K and is tethered to hours of electrical
>>> charging to make each 100 mile trip.
>>
>>
>> The majority of American drivers travel less than a hundred mile per day.
>
> That may be.
>
> In which case, the Volt is *still* superior--because the majority of
> American drivers drive less than 40 miles per day, but some days do
> significantly more and want/need the flexibility to beyond that hundred
> miles.
>
> It doesn't make sense to have a specialty vehicle, like a $40K scooter,
> to do a narrow range of things.

and there you have it. in a nutshell.


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