6SpdLT1Z

It's definitely a unique car that sounds like a pretty good concept. It just doesn't fit my situation. I've got a toy car that I'm not willing to sell unless for another toy (boat, another f-body, corvette, motorcycle, etc.) and I feel I need a truck for maximum usability (taking a dirtbike to the track, keeping mobile as I'm renting and I don't want to get a U-Haul everytime I want to move, able to get around in the snow, etc.)

OutsiderIROC-Z

Z28Wilson

A++++++++++.

Ripping Fox News is just like ripping the Volt - both sides huffing about things they don't watch/study, don't understand, aren't interested in understanding and mostly parroting things they've heard from others.

I consider myself a pretty conservative guy, and I use my brain. This stuff about the Volt is ridiculously overblown as we all know and just like Stock said it's shameful that the talking heads on "my side" are trying to score a few stupid political points with it. I've always viewed Bob Lutz as kind of a conservative guy and obviously he feels the same way.

5thgen69camaro

That says a lot about the writers either ignorance and/or bias but let me fix that.

failed Socialist-collectivist $7,500 tax credit was enacted under the Bush administration

Just because one is a Republican or self described conservative does NOT mean everything they do is conservative. It also does not mean nothing they do is socialized or subsidized ... unfortunately. Pet peeve of mine. I wish people would stop mistaking an individuals actions with that individuals over generalized self description that everyone just accepts.

This is using a persons self description as an absolute attribute to all of their actions to redefine that description even when it does not apply.

graham

Doesn't the Volt have a 93% customer satisfaction rate? The highest of any...

guionM

Not sure of the exact number, but it does rate some astronomical customer satisfaction number.

guionM

To a large extent I'm in the same boat as you. I outgrew my 4th gen Camaro, and my Silverado fits my bill more as a single divorced guy who needs to occasionally haul a lot of stuff for work as well as for myself. I drive 200-250 miles per week commuting to and from work plus the occasional jaunts San Jose, Monterey, and Tahoe, let alone Southern California, Vegas and Phoenix.

A Volt isn't quite what I'd drive since I still need a bit of versitility (my ideal vehicle would be a new El Camino, but that's a different thread) and the price is still a bit too high. But it hits all my mileage targets and it's the anti-Prius in my view. I haven't found an owner say a bad word about it, and while Prius buyesr seem to be a group that simply wants to make a statement, Volt buyers seem to actually buy the car for practical reasons.

Ford had a number of cars whose ignition caught on fire, and in some instances where the car was parked in a garage, burned the house down. But while not a single solitary Volt has ever caught on fire in an accident or anyplace else, and the Feds dropped their investigation, you still have yellow journalist piling on the car as if it's a rolling fierbomb that the Feds swept under the rug because they pushed GM to make it as part of their bailout.

I find this whole lie-to-make-political-points pretty disgusting myself.