Comments on: Could GM’s Economic Hardship Delay the Volt? Poll Finds 50% of Michigan Residents Think So http://gm-volt.com/2008/10/24/could-gms-economic-hardship-delay-the-volt-half-of-michigan-thinks-so/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:04:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan Petit http://gm-volt.com/2008/10/24/could-gms-economic-hardship-delay-the-volt-half-of-michigan-thinks-so/#comment-76687 Dan Petit Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:17:54 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1347#comment-76687 Whenever the Volt becomes available, I am patiently waiting, financially-preparing, technologically-studying, post-writing-contributing, and customer/friends/relatives-educating. In short, I am changing my entire world and existence to accommodate the Volt. What I want from the Federal Government the day after election day is the elimination of this " 'do nothing' and 'therefore do nothing wrong' " mentality of the very elders in our frozen governmental hierarchy. They all need to be voted out of office, the ones who, over the last 8 years, all of a sudden, advertise in the last 8 days that they are somehow worthy of being kept in office. There has been a great slow-down in the field of auto servicing, for many reasons,but, I suspect that maybe one that I had not considered before is that many people may be delaying scheduled services and repairs all to soon. This would be an extremely unwise thing to do, because when that check-engine light comes on,you don't really have more than a few weeks to deal with the cause of it before expensive other secondary things go wrong. This is ALWAYS the case with the check engine light. But I hope that after election day, all parties can give themselves permission to see that the desires of most Americans (whether or not you own a Toyota, or a Honda, or a Chevy), that there is a moral commitment to invest in all worthy (and GM IS MOST CERTAINLY WORTHY), pathways to environmental cures which may extend our chances of ADAPTING to future changes. This planet belongs MORE to the people who are younger than you, as just as a fact of the matter that they (and their right to have kids) need more time to exist than you or me. The arrogance of people who choose to believe that there is "nothing wrong" amazes me entirely when they are younger than the age of, say , 40 or so. I sometimes say "It is your planet more than it is mine" for that reason, when I am training auto techs about emissions systems, and they don't believe emissions problems really need to be corrected. (My Emissions course is the exact same course as my "Fuel Economy" course). Yes, GM is completely deserving of large levels of assistance be it either grants, loans, or even stock purchases by you individuals. Why does everyone think that the only imperative to buying something is that they must absolutely make "good" financially on it, when there may be an imperative to make "good" environmentally on it, just because you know it is the right thing to do. (You can't take it with you, why not buy that stock, a little or a lot). If GM did not start doing the Volt project, I very seriously doubt anyone else would have, (Which has me bring complete credabitily to the Volt project.), You know, I still don't hear very much about other OEM's (from their official sites, not made-up smoke-'n-mirrors and "rumors" from "unofficial sites", which I find grossly unimpressive as of this date.). Anyone who thinks that GM is not completely deserving of very strong levels of assistance as I described above, is too deeply routed in "single or several solutions" thinking, when in fact, WE HAD BETTER SEND EVERY RESOURCE POSSIBLE TO EVERY CREDIBLE PROJECT POSSIBLE or we are really going to give ourselves the scre_. (am i allowed to say that?). Dan Petit Austin TX Whenever the Volt becomes available, I am patiently waiting, financially-preparing, technologically-studying, post-writing-contributing, and customer/friends/relatives-educating. In short, I am changing my entire world and existence to accommodate the Volt.
What I want from the Federal Government the day after election day is the elimination of this ” ‘do nothing’ and ‘therefore do nothing wrong’ ” mentality of the very elders in our frozen governmental hierarchy.
They all need to be voted out of office, the ones who, over the last 8 years, all of a sudden, advertise in the last 8 days that they are somehow worthy of being kept in office.
There has been a great slow-down in the field of auto servicing, for many reasons,but, I suspect that maybe one that I had not considered before is that many people may be delaying scheduled services and repairs all to soon. This would be an extremely unwise thing to do, because when that check-engine light comes on,you don’t really have more than a few weeks to deal with the cause of it before expensive other secondary things go wrong. This is ALWAYS the case with the check engine light.
But I hope that after election day, all parties can give themselves permission to see that the desires of most Americans (whether or not you own a Toyota, or a Honda, or a Chevy), that there is a moral commitment to invest in all worthy (and GM IS MOST CERTAINLY WORTHY), pathways to environmental cures which may extend our chances of ADAPTING to future changes.
This planet belongs MORE to the people who are younger than you, as just as a fact of the matter that they (and their right to have kids) need more time to exist than you or me.
The arrogance of people who choose to believe that there is “nothing wrong” amazes me entirely when they are younger than the age of, say , 40 or so.
I sometimes say “It is your planet more than it is mine” for that reason, when I am training auto techs about emissions systems, and they don’t believe emissions problems really need to be corrected. (My Emissions course is the exact same course as my “Fuel Economy” course).
Yes, GM is completely deserving of large levels of assistance be it either grants, loans, or even stock purchases by you individuals.
Why does everyone think that the only imperative to buying something is that they must absolutely make “good” financially on it, when there may be an imperative to make “good” environmentally on it, just because you know it is the right thing to do. (You can’t take it with you, why not buy that stock, a little or a lot).
If GM did not start doing the Volt project, I very seriously doubt anyone else would have, (Which has me bring complete credabitily to the Volt project.),
You know, I still don’t hear very much about other OEM’s (from their official sites, not made-up smoke-’n-mirrors and “rumors” from “unofficial sites”, which I find grossly unimpressive as of this date.).
Anyone who thinks that GM is not completely deserving of very strong levels of assistance as I described above, is too deeply routed in “single or several solutions” thinking, when in fact,
WE HAD BETTER SEND EVERY RESOURCE POSSIBLE TO EVERY CREDIBLE PROJECT POSSIBLE or we are really going to give ourselves the scre_. (am i allowed to say that?).

Dan Petit Austin TX

]]> By: alisa http://gm-volt.com/2008/10/24/could-gms-economic-hardship-delay-the-volt-half-of-michigan-thinks-so/#comment-76197 alisa Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:23:42 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1347#comment-76197 106 keith The way I see it the ONLY ONES who will be able to buy a Volt when they are finally manufactured will be those who have CASH or HAVE A TOP CREDIT RATING. This will remove 75% of the people on the waiting list so I guess GM had it figured out right from the start . 10,000 units for sale the first year. ******* I think 75% is very generous. Even in the old days of good credit I would figure maybe 20% of people on a internet wait list could afford it, with the new financing, maybe 10% 106 keith

The way I see it the ONLY ONES who will be able to buy a Volt when they are finally manufactured will be those who have CASH or HAVE A TOP CREDIT RATING.
This will remove 75% of the people on the waiting list so I guess GM had it figured out right from the start . 10,000 units for sale the first year.
*******
I think 75% is very generous. Even in the old days of good credit I would figure maybe 20% of people on a internet wait list could afford it, with the new financing, maybe 10%

]]> By: Aaron Jae http://gm-volt.com/2008/10/24/could-gms-economic-hardship-delay-the-volt-half-of-michigan-thinks-so/#comment-76110 Aaron Jae Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:30:56 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1347#comment-76110 I know this is in no way a long term solution, but it might help get them to the point where they can release the Volt & consequently continue on in their plans of world domination........ I know a lot of people have their hopes & dreams of a better future riding on this car & although I doubt many of us have the millions or billions necessary to get this to market, I do have a couple thousand that I've been putting away for a deposit on this thing & I'd be more than willing to put it down early, if that's what it'll take to ensure it's made. The waiting list of this website is touting that it's current subscribers have already committed to almost 40 million in deposits alone for the volt. I bet an early deposit would be willingly given by a ton of people on this list in exchange for early & guaranteed delivery of the car when it gets released...... I know this is in no way a long term solution, but it might help get them to the point where they can release the Volt & consequently continue on in their plans of world domination……..

I know a lot of people have their hopes & dreams of a better future riding on this car & although I doubt many of us have the millions or billions necessary to get this to market, I do have a couple thousand that I’ve been putting away for a deposit on this thing & I’d be more than willing to put it down early, if that’s what it’ll take to ensure it’s made.

The waiting list of this website is touting that it’s current subscribers have already committed to almost 40 million in deposits alone for the volt. I bet an early deposit would be willingly given by a ton of people on this list in exchange for early & guaranteed delivery of the car when it gets released……

]]> By: koz http://gm-volt.com/2008/10/24/could-gms-economic-hardship-delay-the-volt-half-of-michigan-thinks-so/#comment-76017 koz Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:55:18 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1347#comment-76017 J Man #100 "I am glad to see that a lot of you see that the UAW workers should be taking pay cuts, I think those of you that think that should take one right along with them!!!!!" Not sure what economy your living but those people fortunate enough to keep their jobs are looking at pay cuts from shorter work weeks, less overtime, and lower pay. Only those with longterm union contracts are immune but their companies are not. If the US automakers cannot become competive with Japanese and European automakers then there is no point to the taxpayers bailing them out or even loaning them money only to be on life support for a few more years. We are staring at some tough times and some hard decisions need to be made to pull through this without disastrous consequences. J Man #100

“I am glad to see that a lot of you see that the UAW workers should be taking pay cuts, I think those of you that think that should take one right along with them!!!!!”

Not sure what economy your living but those people fortunate enough to keep their jobs are looking at pay cuts from shorter work weeks, less overtime, and lower pay. Only those with longterm union contracts are immune but their companies are not. If the US automakers cannot become competive with Japanese and European automakers then there is no point to the taxpayers bailing them out or even loaning them money only to be on life support for a few more years. We are staring at some tough times and some hard decisions need to be made to pull through this without disastrous consequences.

]]> By: Keith http://gm-volt.com/2008/10/24/could-gms-economic-hardship-delay-the-volt-half-of-michigan-thinks-so/#comment-76012 Keith Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:44:27 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1347#comment-76012 The way I see it the ONLY ONES who will be able to buy a Volt when they are finally manufactured will be those who have CASH or HAVE A TOP CREDIT RATING. This will remove 75% of the people on the waiting list so I guess GM had it figured out right from the start . 10,000 units for sale the first year. Better start putting $ 500.00 aside every month if you want to get your Volt before the car goes into second generation production because your chances of getting a used Volt are next to ZERO. Have you been watching the financial news lately , only those with CASH and EXCELLENT CREDIT are able to buy cars now and it is going to get worse before it gets better. The way I see it the ONLY ONES who will be able to buy a Volt when they are finally manufactured will be those who have CASH or HAVE A TOP CREDIT RATING.
This will remove 75% of the people on the waiting list so I guess GM had it figured out right from the start . 10,000 units for sale the first year.
Better start putting $ 500.00 aside every month if you want to get your Volt before the car goes into second generation production because your chances of getting a used Volt are next to ZERO.
Have you been watching the financial news lately , only those with CASH and EXCELLENT CREDIT are able to buy cars now and it is going to get worse before it gets better.

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