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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:43 PM Original message |
if Detroit Electric can make a $25K electric car- why can't gm? or chrysler? or ford? |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. I bet "gm? or chrysler? or ford?" can. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. my hope is definitely in their corner. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. How low are willing to accept American wages going? NT |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. Um... where have you been? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. um...you might want to check the projected price again- that's NOT a $25K car. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. And that Detroit whatever car is ugly as sin. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That is a hybrid, not an all electric car. The Volt is a plug-in hybrid... |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Did you read the article? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I still don't see your point. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. what he said. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 03:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
52. Ugly as sin? It looks JUST LIKE the production run of the 2010 Chevy Volt |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Nor is it even for sale. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Sometimes you can't get what you want on what you earn, |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Because the Big 3 business model depends on options to make money |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. $25K is super expensive for me as is |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. consider the cost of gasoline over the life of the car... |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Screw that. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. i've always bought used cars as well...but that probably won't be as good a deal with electrics... |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Thats a scary thought |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. For many of us a key issue is air conditioning |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. You are exactly correct. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. when i was a kid, we had 4/60 air-conditioning in our car... |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Uh, yeah if I lived in a place with a record temperature of 101 I wouldn't use ac either. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. apparently, you've never experienced summer in chicago. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Sorry, I was looking at Elgin. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. So if 101 is comfy enough not to use AC for you, |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Actually, I've only owned a car with functioning A/C since this past July. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. What Im asking is... |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. No, 70 is too cold for me. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Its called a window |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. LOL. This, from a Canadian? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Im not a Canadian |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Heat stroke - never leave home without it. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Oh bullshit |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Come to Nevada in August and try that, he-man |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. If you live in a place where you have to burn up fossil fuels to stay "comfortable" |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. I know you weren't responding to me, |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. "Once everyone else stops driving trucks and SUVs maybe I'll feel guilty about using a little A/C" |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I don't know why I'm arguing with you about this. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I don't live that far north |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 02:51 AM Response to Reply #43 |
51. i never feel guilty about using a/c, in the car or in the house... |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. I am a big electric car booster and am in no way a strictly "buy american" type. |
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hugo_from_TN (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. They can't get the UAW to accept Malaysian wages. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm sure they could, if they paid their workers slave wages or exported the labor. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
26. If $12/hr is to become a "too expensive" wage for even the best worker, a $25k car will NEVER sell. |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
31. First off |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. first off- |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. People quickly forgot after the oil crisis of the 70s, and they will forget again. NT |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. i don't know about that...it feels a lot different this time around. |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. this time around was quickly written off as wall-street greed |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. additionally |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
32. Maybe we need to look at the sale of electric cars differently |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
53. PROTON= FAIL |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
54. PROTON= FAIL |
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