Volt owner responds to Newt

[O.S.O.K.]

I'm pretty sure this isn't the type or rack that Newt was thinking of....



And his statement about oil doesn't make sense... but then, this is youtube...

[davepool]

Here's interesting math on the Chevy Volt.....cool rifle rack though

Cost to operate a Chevy Volt…..

Eric Bolling (Fox Business Channel's Follow the Money) test drove the Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors.

For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine.

Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on the battery. So, the range including the 9 gallon gas tank and the 16 kwh ba t tery is approximately 270 miles. It will take you 4 1/2 hours to drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery and you have a total trip time of 14.5 hours. In a typical road trip your average speed (including charging time) would be 20 mph.

According to General Motors, the Volt battery hold s 16 kwh of electricity. It takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery . The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is never mentioned so I looked up what I pay for electricity. I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $1.16 per kwh.

16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery . $18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate the Volt using the battery.

Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine only that gets 32 mpg. $3.19 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.10 per mile.

(Don’t forget the pollution produced to make the electricity is probably very comparable to the pollution emitted by the gasoline car. That is just a trade-off rather than an advantage.)

The gasoline powered car cost about $15,000 while the Volt costs $46,000 .

So this Administration wants us to pay 3 times as much for a car that costs more than 7 times as much to run and takes 3 times as long to drive across country.

Perhaps Obama voters would like to drive a Chevy Volt but those of us with thinking power – choose not to………….

[mriddick]

I think the volt is more R&R then productive car.

[O.S.O.K.]

Yep. And who in the hell in their right mind would spend hard earned cash for one? Apparently... that guy.

And he's saying Newt doesn't understand economics?

[mriddick]

Who pays a $1.16 per kwh?

[blacksheep]

Gun rack out of pvc ? this guy is douche bag and a phoney, a Chevy Volt says one thing about this guy.