Comments on: Volt Birth Watch 142: Ask A Cheerleader

By: NickR

NickR — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:42:58 +0000

‘Cheerleader’ in the title and nary a cheerleader to be seen? *air of resignation*

By: Robert Farago

Robert Farago — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:02:27 +0000

That put the “sick” in sycophant.

By: KixStart

KixStart — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:51:43 +0000

I’ll add this… At this point, Burgess and Phelan are driving some sort of testbed vehicle. If a question reveals some aspect is wonderful, all well and good. If a question elicits a “not so hot” response from Burgess and Phelan, GM just points out that this is a testbed vehicle and doesn’t compare to the real deal.. Whatever it may ultimately be like.

There are no wrong questions in Volt Cheerleading Jeopardy.

By: KixStart

KixStart — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:48:36 +0000

More lame boosterism for the Volt. Who cares how it drives? Any former EV-1 lessor or current Rav4-EV owner could tell you how an electric car drives.

Still, Burgess and Phelan are constrained to write stories based on what they can learn, not on what they can’t. If they get a test-drive, they might as well report on that.

And, at a planned 10K units in 2011, who cares, anyway? Until GM can start selling these against the Prius in volume with a decent profit margin, it’s just a cash sink.

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don1967,

I’m nominating you for Comment-of-the-Day.

By: don1967

don1967 — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:59:44 +0000

I asked them whether the vehicle was able to finish all 18 holes without switching to gasoline, unfortunately all they did was send someone over to cut my DSL line.