Wanna Keep That Gas Hog?

On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:36:54 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
> wrote:

>So, how does that Chevy Volt do towing a boat?

It don't. Nether does a Ford Focus, or a Prius, or a lotta other cars
designed to do what this one does - save gas.

On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:36:54 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
> wrote:

>So, how does that Chevy Volt do towing a boat?

The point is that you can save enough $$$ in gasoline expenses, by
parking the boat-tower MOST of the time, and riding around in a Volt
MOST of the time, so's your Volt turns out to be either free of
monthly lease payments (which you pay, of course, but they total the
same or less than the $$$ you would have spent on gas for the
boat-tower) and then the boat-tower isn't getting a pile of miles on
the odometer just going back and forth to work or school or to the
grocery. You can then keep the boat-tower longer, and save in
expenses of buying a new one for several years more.

On 4/1/2011 10:36 AM, Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:
> So, how does that Chevy Volt do towing a boat?
>
I think a more appropriate question is how does it do on a golf course.
You know 18 holes can be over 10 miles.
I know I know I'm going to burn in hell for this.

On 4/1/2011 10:37 PM, Dave Head wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:36:54 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
> > wrote:
>
>> So, how does that Chevy Volt do towing a boat?
>
> The point is that you can save enough $$$ in gasoline expenses, by
> parking the boat-tower MOST of the time, and riding around in a Volt
> MOST of the time, so's your Volt turns out to be either free of
> monthly lease payments (which you pay, of course, but they total the
> same or less than the $$$ you would have spent on gas for the
> boat-tower) and then the boat-tower isn't getting a pile of miles on
> the odometer just going back and forth to work or school or to the
> grocery. You can then keep the boat-tower longer, and save in
> expenses of buying a new one for several years more.
Save money by spending money. I keep trying that, on the wife. I haven't
been able to get the over and under, I want yet.

On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:12:25 -0400, Lil Abner > wrote:

>On 4/1/2011 10:37 PM, Dave Head wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:36:54 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> So, how does that Chevy Volt do towing a boat?
>>
>> The point is that you can save enough $$$ in gasoline expenses, by
>> parking the boat-tower MOST of the time, and riding around in a Volt
>> MOST of the time, so's your Volt turns out to be either free of
>> monthly lease payments (which you pay, of course, but they total the
>> same or less than the $$$ you would have spent on gas for the
>> boat-tower) and then the boat-tower isn't getting a pile of miles on
>> the odometer just going back and forth to work or school or to the
>> grocery. You can then keep the boat-tower longer, and save in
>> expenses of buying a new one for several years more.
>Save money by spending money. I keep trying that, on the wife. I haven't
>been able to get the over and under, I want yet.

Works in some situations. If you save more in gas than you spend on
the lease, then you can keep the truck longer, and make out by not
having to replace it so soon.

It comes under "Where there's a will, there's a way..."

In article >,
Dave Head > wrote:

>A Chevy Volt leases for $350 / mo. It'll cost about $1.60 - $3.20 in
>electric, for an 8 - 16 cents per KwH electric charge at your house,
>to drive 100 miles, or $288 - $576 in electricity to drive the Volt
>for 18,000 miles.
[...]

Won't work; you'll hit overage charges on that lease, which is 3
years/36,000 miles (and you haven't included the $2500 down payment).
Also my electricity costs more than that.
--
The problem with socialism is there's always
someone with less ability and more need.

In article >, Lil Abner > wrote:
>Most Americans don't live just a mile to work or the store.
>I haven't' driven a Volt but the Prius stinks, literally. It smells like
>a sulferous battery.

Probably shouldn't have driven the one the skunk family set up
underneath. The Prius doesn't use Pb/H2SO4 batteries and therefore
there's pretty much no way for sulfides to form from the battery.
--
The problem with socialism is there's always
someone with less ability and more need.

In article >,
Brent > wrote:
>On 2011-03-29, Dave Head > wrote:
>
>> I don't think any other gas powered car is going to compete with
>> electricity, that is essentially taking the price of a gallon of
>> "fuel" back to the 30 cents a gallon range.
>
>That will last so long as electric owners can avoid the taxes gasoline
>powered vehicle owners are paying. Taxes are a very significant part of
>the cost per gallon of gasoline.

Or until electric owners put such a demand on the electric
infrastructure (remember, we're in the BANANA stage for power plants
and transmission lines) that it can't keep up.
--
The problem with socialism is there's always
someone with less ability and more need.

In article >,
Dave Head > wrote:
>
>4 hours with the 240 volt charger. That charger costs $495 and weighs
>18 lbs, I've learned. Not too bad - you can throw it in the trunk and
>take it with you. I expected a charger lke that to be maybe 60 - 70
>lbs and be in a wheeled cart.

High power switching regulators have come a long way in the past few
decades.
--
The problem with socialism is there's always
someone with less ability and more need.

On 4/2/2011 6:25 PM, Matthew Russotto wrote:
> In >, Lil > wrote:
>> Most Americans don't live just a mile to work or the store.
>> I haven't' driven a Volt but the Prius stinks, literally. It smells like
>> a sulferous battery.
>
> Probably shouldn't have driven the one the skunk family set up
> underneath. The Prius doesn't use Pb/H2SO4 batteries and therefore
> there's pretty much no way for sulfides to form from the battery.
I don't own it but she keeps it spotless.
I didn't think it had lead acid batteries but it stinks like them.