“You Just Have To Love The Drama Involved With American Business”

“You Take The Good, You Take The Bad…”
But we’re not here to talk about eighties sit-coms.

One of the hardest things (I think) for anyone to do is to “commit” long-term to anything,,, but there are some “who come off the fence” who plunge head-long into the great unknown “whether…good, bad, or really bad” to take those unforeseeable risks.

Is that a good thing??? I’m not sure,,, but it definitely looks to me that I will be one of those poor committed souls who will be going head-long and straight-forward to buy one of those GM “Next-Generation” cars…

I guess all of us shall see… “when the next generation gets here” if this was
“A Big Hoo-Rah!”
“A Big Hype”
OR… “Industry Shenanigans At Its Finest!”

This whole economy is,,, was,,, and will always be (until they change the rules) about “Taking Risks”. But how can we be better, smarter, safer consumers and take out all of those mind-numbing risks???

Especially when considering a new concept like the “VOLT”…

Those who comment about the “good” and the “bad” about the Chevy Volt do a great “armchair-service” in that they make everyone “THINK” a great deal about those pesky variables in committing to a $40,000 dollar car.

What I do think is that if this car is going to be “marketed” as a revolution then it needs to “be” in every respect that revolution.

The Design,,, The Cost,,, The Buying,,, The Maintenance,,, The Customer Support,,, The Recycling,,, The Repair Process,,,

And The Upgrading (Yes, I said upgrading… Wouldn’t it be a crazy miracle if you could cost-effectively upgrade certain aspects of a “short-sighted car design” modular-ly and keep that little bugger running on the road “perfectly” indefinitely… I mean just as easy as changing your tires!!!

“For Example: old batteries out,,, new batteries in… 100 miles per charge!!!” HOORAY!!!” Now that just could be “A Real Revolution!”

It would be nice to be a part of some fabled “American Tradition” of investing in ourselves “not only” because it’s the right thing to do,,, but because of the “truly inspired and believable promises of every facet of this GM project…

From the thousands of parts, making those thousands of cars, being represented by all of the thousands of GM employees.

I truly believe you cannot do this using…
The Same Sales Strategy
(using the same “smarmy” sales people for that matter)
The Same Showroom Visuals
The Same Maintenance Tactics (That’s a Shameless Money Pit!)
The Same Extended Warranty Harassment at the end of the sale (HECK! Why Not Standardize The Whole Warranty Process!)

…and the list goes on… In my mind… and in yours I’m certain…

But we, as an industrial society may not be ready for that… we may only be ready for a partial revolution… sort-of like a much needed hip replacement…

A good car may not a long term answer,,, but I’m certain that “A Great Car” is…

The Volt “may at the least” put GM back on its own two feet again.

“Keep The Faith… Better Yet, Share The Faith”

R.A.V.

It doesn’t look a whole lot better than the Prius. The Prius looks like an old man’s car. Whatever happened to styling?? At the car shows people were “oooooo…. ahhhhhh” over the Avalanche, Honda Element, Scion xB, Ford Gorilla concept, etc. What the hell…. fugly. Anybody can put 4 wheels under a square box.