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July 2, 2008 at 9:15 PM #232710July 2, 2008 at 9:20 PM #232521
PadreBrian
ParticipantWhat’s really awful is they saw oil hitting record highs in 2003 and laughed it off. Five years later oil is now 3 times what it was in 2003.
In those 5 years they have given us 2 huge SUV and Truck updates, a new Hummer, FORCED retirement of the all electric Saturn EV1….and ZERO hybrid power plants for normal family cars…they squandered their engineers on hybrids for their HEAVIEST SUVs.
Now THAT’S awful.
July 2, 2008 at 9:20 PM #232643ParticipantWhat’s really awful is they saw oil hitting record highs in 2003 and laughed it off. Five years later oil is now 3 times what it was in 2003.
In those 5 years they have given us 2 huge SUV and Truck updates, a new Hummer, FORCED retirement of the all electric Saturn EV1….and ZERO hybrid power plants for normal family cars…they squandered their engineers on hybrids for their HEAVIEST SUVs.
Now THAT’S awful.
July 2, 2008 at 9:20 PM #232654ParticipantWhat’s really awful is they saw oil hitting record highs in 2003 and laughed it off. Five years later oil is now 3 times what it was in 2003.
In those 5 years they have given us 2 huge SUV and Truck updates, a new Hummer, FORCED retirement of the all electric Saturn EV1….and ZERO hybrid power plants for normal family cars…they squandered their engineers on hybrids for their HEAVIEST SUVs.
Now THAT’S awful.
July 2, 2008 at 9:20 PM #232696ParticipantWhat’s really awful is they saw oil hitting record highs in 2003 and laughed it off. Five years later oil is now 3 times what it was in 2003.
In those 5 years they have given us 2 huge SUV and Truck updates, a new Hummer, FORCED retirement of the all electric Saturn EV1….and ZERO hybrid power plants for normal family cars…they squandered their engineers on hybrids for their HEAVIEST SUVs.
Now THAT’S awful.
July 2, 2008 at 9:20 PM #232705ParticipantWhat’s really awful is they saw oil hitting record highs in 2003 and laughed it off. Five years later oil is now 3 times what it was in 2003.
In those 5 years they have given us 2 huge SUV and Truck updates, a new Hummer, FORCED retirement of the all electric Saturn EV1….and ZERO hybrid power plants for normal family cars…they squandered their engineers on hybrids for their HEAVIEST SUVs.
Now THAT’S awful.
July 2, 2008 at 9:27 PM #232536Participant[quote=novice1027]Have you seen “Who killed the electric car”? Very interesting documentary.
I think GM got greedy and deserve what they get![/quote]Yeah, it was sad…a GM car that never needed service, and ran on the equivalent of 50¢ a gallon. A crying shame. There’s a blog from a old GM engineer that said GM got the price per car down to 50k. A bit more mass producing he thought they could get it even cheaper.
What will a Toyota Prius after dealer markup run you? 35k?
July 2, 2008 at 9:27 PM #232657Participant[quote=novice1027]Have you seen “Who killed the electric car”? Very interesting documentary.
I think GM got greedy and deserve what they get![/quote]Yeah, it was sad…a GM car that never needed service, and ran on the equivalent of 50¢ a gallon. A crying shame. There’s a blog from a old GM engineer that said GM got the price per car down to 50k. A bit more mass producing he thought they could get it even cheaper.
What will a Toyota Prius after dealer markup run you? 35k?
July 2, 2008 at 9:27 PM #232671Participant[quote=novice1027]Have you seen “Who killed the electric car”? Very interesting documentary.
I think GM got greedy and deserve what they get![/quote]Yeah, it was sad…a GM car that never needed service, and ran on the equivalent of 50¢ a gallon. A crying shame. There’s a blog from a old GM engineer that said GM got the price per car down to 50k. A bit more mass producing he thought they could get it even cheaper.
What will a Toyota Prius after dealer markup run you? 35k?
July 2, 2008 at 9:27 PM #232711Participant[quote=novice1027]Have you seen “Who killed the electric car”? Very interesting documentary.
I think GM got greedy and deserve what they get![/quote]Yeah, it was sad…a GM car that never needed service, and ran on the equivalent of 50¢ a gallon. A crying shame. There’s a blog from a old GM engineer that said GM got the price per car down to 50k. A bit more mass producing he thought they could get it even cheaper.
What will a Toyota Prius after dealer markup run you? 35k?
July 2, 2008 at 9:27 PM #232721Participant[quote=novice1027]Have you seen “Who killed the electric car”? Very interesting documentary.
I think GM got greedy and deserve what they get![/quote]Yeah, it was sad…a GM car that never needed service, and ran on the equivalent of 50¢ a gallon. A crying shame. There’s a blog from a old GM engineer that said GM got the price per car down to 50k. A bit more mass producing he thought they could get it even cheaper.
What will a Toyota Prius after dealer markup run you? 35k?
July 2, 2008 at 9:43 PM #232546novice1027
ParticipantI heard a “rumor” that the 2010 Prius would have the capability for an after market electric conversion for about $4k. We’ll see.
But it goes to show that GM’s greed didn’t pay off. I feel bad for the employees, but the rest of the greedy pigs are getting what they deserve!July 2, 2008 at 9:43 PM #232668ParticipantI heard a “rumor” that the 2010 Prius would have the capability for an after market electric conversion for about $4k. We’ll see.
But it goes to show that GM’s greed didn’t pay off. I feel bad for the employees, but the rest of the greedy pigs are getting what they deserve!July 2, 2008 at 9:43 PM #232680ParticipantI heard a “rumor” that the 2010 Prius would have the capability for an after market electric conversion for about $4k. We’ll see.
But it goes to show that GM’s greed didn’t pay off. I feel bad for the employees, but the rest of the greedy pigs are getting what they deserve!July 2, 2008 at 9:43 PM #232720ParticipantI heard a “rumor” that the 2010 Prius would have the capability for an after market electric conversion for about $4k. We’ll see.
But it goes to show that GM’s greed didn’t pay off. I feel bad for the employees, but the rest of the greedy pigs are getting what they deserve! -
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