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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (27013)	6/26/2011 10:55:55 AM
From: bentway	Respond to of 119360

It's worse than that, patron. It took that non-dork, and turned him into a dork! The same thing has happened with a buddy of mine who's wife bought a Prius. Soon, HE was driving it all the time, and he'd boast of his stellar MPG's. Now, they have TWO Pri-i. I rode with him the other day. It was like riding with your ancient grandmother! The opposite of jackrabbit starts. NEVER even doing the speed limit, let alone speeding..

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (27013)	6/27/2011 10:44:34 AM
From: ayn rand	8 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 119360

the volt is one of the biggest P.O.S. in the automotive world. you can't drive it very far. it has no range. it doesn't even get good gas mileage. it's not inexpensive. there are many cars in europe as well as in the u.s. that are clearly far superior in economy and mileage and range. the volt is an ideal yuppie car for an affluent housewife, that has minimal financial constraints and does not desire to drive the traditional vehicle of choice for the typical young beautiful blonds who mostly drive range rovers. that will use the volt, to do grocery shopping in the neighborhood or run errands with the children. perhaps they will keep their range rovers in the garage if they have to make a trip to visit relatives. it is ironic that honda still makes a vehicle called the insight, however, hardly resembles the earlier vehicle that could easily get 70-90 mpg with manual transmission. the current honda insight gets poor mileage. on my 2006 manual trans honda insight i drove one day over 40 highway miles getting 100 mpg, but i probably had the wind and a good draft that day. my lifetime average mileage is still 70 mpg. the 2002 honda insight w automatic only has a lifetime average of around 60 mpg and i have over 110K miles on it. we have 2 recently purchased prius vehicles that are a little less "spartan" than the 2 seater insights that we enjoy and get 50-60 mpg and better if you want to play mileage games. the daddy prius car has the solar package which is a little bit cool! admittedly these vehicles are a little bit expensive for most car buyers. but we do enjoy them. they probably are not cost efficient with a price near $30K i believe. i bought my 1st honda insight at a bargain price, new, for around $14.5K, they almost couldn't give them away in 2001-2002. what a steal i got at that time. list price at that time was around $20-21K. all 4 of these vehicles have great driving ranges of >500 miles and their tanks are easily filled at any station. the volt p.o.s. has terrible driving range, poor fuel efficiency, and requires constant recharging. and is expensive to boot. GM still deserves to be bankrupt but fortunately for them, the middle class of america has been forced into saving their p.o.s. company. some multimillion dollar ballclub i saw on the news is trying to go BK. i understand the same option is not being extended to student indebtedness and even to ordinary individuals. i guess students and the financially strapped middle class are too little to save. those still employed and working, must now work more, earn less, pay more for goods and give more in taxes if we are to collectively get ourselves out of this financial dilemma.