Comments on: Geithner Says GM Will be Part of Country’s Future, and 2010 GMC Terrain Previewed http://gm-volt.com/2009/04/05/geithner-says-gm-will-be-part-of-countrys-future-and-2010-gmc-terrain-previewed/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Sat, 26 May 2012 00:24:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: David L G http://gm-volt.com/2009/04/05/geithner-says-gm-will-be-part-of-countrys-future-and-2010-gmc-terrain-previewed/#comment-105769 David L G Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:20:20 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1600#comment-105769 Man you guys are grumpy. An SUV that gets 30mpg on the highway w/o hybrid tech is incredible! That's very nearly as good of mileage as my wife's '05 Camry - and it's a car! Maybe we don't need more SUVs, but I'd sure be tempted by an SUV that's cheaper to drive than many sedans that are on the road. I have a Jeep Cherokee and I use is capabilities everyday, but on a good day it only gets 19 mpg or so. Man you guys are grumpy. An SUV that gets 30mpg on the highway w/o hybrid tech is incredible! That’s very nearly as good of mileage as my wife’s ’05 Camry – and it’s a car!

Maybe we don’t need more SUVs, but I’d sure be tempted by an SUV that’s cheaper to drive than many sedans that are on the road. I have a Jeep Cherokee and I use is capabilities everyday, but on a good day it only gets 19 mpg or so.

]]> By: J. Muchagrove http://gm-volt.com/2009/04/05/geithner-says-gm-will-be-part-of-countrys-future-and-2010-gmc-terrain-previewed/#comment-105665 J. Muchagrove Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:49:20 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1600#comment-105665 Ron: We all know you loathe fuel cells with your disparaging 'fool cells' remark. I'm sure some distant great-great relative of yours said the same thing about the gasoline powered horseless carriage. 'Oh where oh where will we purchase this horribly explosive gasoline?' Enough. The technology needs to start somewhere. Ron: We all know you loathe fuel cells with your disparaging ‘fool cells’ remark. I’m sure some distant great-great relative of yours said the same thing about the gasoline powered horseless carriage. ‘Oh where oh where will we purchase this horribly explosive gasoline?’

Enough.

The technology needs to start somewhere.

]]> By: Luke http://gm-volt.com/2009/04/05/geithner-says-gm-will-be-part-of-countrys-future-and-2010-gmc-terrain-previewed/#comment-105628 Luke Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:48:19 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1600#comment-105628 Wow, I have no use for this vehicle. I'm 30-ish, in a committed relationship, and I live in a suburban neighborhood that was built in the 1950s, and I work at a university. You'd think I'd be in the demographic that they're targeting with a somewhat-bigger-than-a-CUV vehicle. But it won't do what I need. Here are the problems for me: * Will it be extra work to put it into a tight parking spot in the parking garage at work? (My Ford Ranger takes a lot more care to park than her Prius.) * For any vehicle that isn't a pickup truck, I'll need to make extensive use of home-made roof-racks to haul materials for home-improvement, gardening, and woodworking projects. I'm short, so, accessing a roof-rack on this thing would be tricky. Both the Saturn Vue and the Ford Escape Hybrid are a little too tall to make accessing the roof-rack comfortable for me -- especially while maneuvering a sheet of cabinet-grade plywood over my head. * This thing is appears to be too long to share my side of the driveway with a 4'x8' utility trailer. So, even if it can tow, the towing-capacity is mostly-irrelevant to me. I should probably wait until my Ranger dies and replace it with a Subaru Impreza wagon, then get on with life -- but that doesn't decrease my use of foreign oil, or my CO2 footprint... No plug, no sale. So I'm hoping for a Volt Wagon or a Ford Focus BEV wagon. And, yes, I realize a monstrous roof-rack with a sheet of plywood will destroy the AER on any vehicle -- but I plan to take the roof-rack off when I'm not using it. That means that the details of how I connect my stuff to the factory-roof-rack are quite important. The hardware store is close by, so if my AER is cut by 2/3rds, I'll still be able to make it there and back. Anyway, I realize that this may be a "different strokes for different folks" type of situation, but this vehicle certainly won't convince me to open my wallet. No plug, no sale. I hope that GM can find it's way back to viability, though, so that the Volt can make it into production! P.S. I may be able to convince her that we can upgrade her Prius to a Volt hatchback/sedan -- but the Prius has to start wearing out before that happens. And the Prius is still going strong at 100k-miles. Wow, I have no use for this vehicle. I’m 30-ish, in a committed relationship, and I live in a suburban neighborhood that was built in the 1950s, and I work at a university. You’d think I’d be in the demographic that they’re targeting with a somewhat-bigger-than-a-CUV vehicle. But it won’t do what I need.

Here are the problems for me:

* Will it be extra work to put it into a tight parking spot in the parking garage at work? (My Ford Ranger takes a lot more care to park than her Prius.)
* For any vehicle that isn’t a pickup truck, I’ll need to make extensive use of home-made roof-racks to haul materials for home-improvement, gardening, and woodworking projects. I’m short, so, accessing a roof-rack on this thing would be tricky. Both the Saturn Vue and the Ford Escape Hybrid are a little too tall to make accessing the roof-rack comfortable for me — especially while maneuvering a sheet of cabinet-grade plywood over my head.
* This thing is appears to be too long to share my side of the driveway with a 4′x8′ utility trailer. So, even if it can tow, the towing-capacity is mostly-irrelevant to me.

I should probably wait until my Ranger dies and replace it with a Subaru Impreza wagon, then get on with life — but that doesn’t decrease my use of foreign oil, or my CO2 footprint… No plug, no sale.

So I’m hoping for a Volt Wagon or a Ford Focus BEV wagon. And, yes, I realize a monstrous roof-rack with a sheet of plywood will destroy the AER on any vehicle — but I plan to take the roof-rack off when I’m not using it. That means that the details of how I connect my stuff to the factory-roof-rack are quite important. The hardware store is close by, so if my AER is cut by 2/3rds, I’ll still be able to make it there and back.

Anyway, I realize that this may be a “different strokes for different folks” type of situation, but this vehicle certainly won’t convince me to open my wallet. No plug, no sale. I hope that GM can find it’s way back to viability, though, so that the Volt can make it into production!

P.S. I may be able to convince her that we can upgrade her Prius to a Volt hatchback/sedan — but the Prius has to start wearing out before that happens. And the Prius is still going strong at 100k-miles.

]]> By: Evil Conservative http://gm-volt.com/2009/04/05/geithner-says-gm-will-be-part-of-countrys-future-and-2010-gmc-terrain-previewed/#comment-105577 Evil Conservative Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:35:32 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1600#comment-105577 Put the volt system in this .... get me at least 30 miles on a charge and sign me up. Put the volt system in this …. get me at least 30 miles on a charge and sign me up.

]]> By: N Riley http://gm-volt.com/2009/04/05/geithner-says-gm-will-be-part-of-countrys-future-and-2010-gmc-terrain-previewed/#comment-105566 N Riley Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:21:49 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1600#comment-105566 The GMC Terrain looks really good. I guess this answers any question we may have had about GM rolling GMC into the Chevrolet division. Good design, GM. Not sure about GMC, though. The GMC Terrain looks really good. I guess this answers any question we may have had about GM rolling GMC into the Chevrolet division. Good design, GM. Not sure about GMC, though.

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