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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 |
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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. -- nomina rutrum rutrum |
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