

Chevy Volt
GM's shining star finally get an official price














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RE: 50 grand..
By theapparition on 7/27/2010 12:55:58 PM , Rating: 3
Depending on your driving habits, the Volt can save you close to $2000/yr on fuel over your Lancer (based on 15k miles per year).

Over 5 years that means the TCO of your Lancer will be $48,500 (36k + 5 x 2500). The Volt will be $36,000 (41k - 7500 + 5 x 500).

I'm not suggesting the Volt is great, or for everyone for that matter. Just that you are trying to compare two completely different cars to skew your argument.

The real punchline here is that you actually paid $36K for a frickin turbo'd Lancer.

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RE: 50 grand..
By theapparition on 7/27/2010 1:41:34 PM , Rating: 4
Don't you think you're being just *slightly* best-case in favor of the Volt?

I stated depending on driving habits. You could certainly not see those savings, but it will always be signifigantly less cost than the Lancer, even if fully on gas engine.

You aren't "saving" anything when you start at a MUCH higher initial buy-in. Total value needs to be assessed, not just gas savings

But you don't start at a higher buy-in. 41K (for most the base options are quite sufficient) less the hated tax credit starts you at 33.5K. Fully optioned out starts you at 37k, same ballpark as the Lancer mentioned earlier.

Sorry but it doesn't work that way in real life.

And why not. For most, it is entirely possible they won't use any gas at all for normal commuting. Please enlighten me on how my numbers don't work in real life. And be specific.

If you commute more than 40miles a day, then the Volt may not be for you (or maybe it still will be since it gets very good mileage even with the gas engine).

RE: 50 grand..
By hyvonen on 7/27/2010 2:18:54 PM , Rating: 2


Yeah, no kidding

RE: 50 grand..
By kfonda on 7/27/2010 2:47:32 PM , Rating: 3

Does that include the cost of electricity to charge the Volt?

RE: 50 grand..
By clovell on 7/27/2010 3:22:30 PM , Rating: 2
Driving Habits... and the price of electricity, and the money saved on interest paid or earned on the $$-delta.

Still - I like the punchline.

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By The0ne on 7/28/2010 11:09:57 AM , Rating: 2
Yea, damn me and my rally cars. What was I thinking! Urgh, I need to get something that goes fast on straights and has absolutely no racing history to back it up! Hell, my rally cars are all cheap cars with turbo's attached like you said, nothing special. Hey, I'm a car noob, but I'll stick with my rally cars.

I just pray Tommi isn't on this pathetic blog reading idiotic threads, he'll be dead from extreme laughter.

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By The0ne on 7/28/2010 12:34:41 PM , Rating: 2
So here is a bit of history on my pathetic rally car choices. Please forgive this dumb fck of a vehicle owner, I'm so noobish.

And here's the poor slob that drove those crummy "lancers."

So as you can see, I totally blew it when I decided on them rally cars because what I should have done was bought cars that were fast in a straight from 0-60. Gosh darnit! Urgh, makes me so mad! Forget that I love driving on country roads, mountain roads and valleys...which have little to no straights.

Can some knowledgeable person here advise me on my next vehicle purchase. Please list all cars you think I need to go in a straight line. OBVIOUSLY, I'm too fcking dumb as I'm sticking with rally breed cars. Maybe I can just buy a small old civic, gut it out, turbo it and run a few nice times on the straights. Oh wait, then I be consider a rice boy eh? LMAO.

Yea, the real punchline it surely is LMAO


RE: 50 grand..
By Reclaimer77 on 7/28/2010 8:43:13 PM , Rating: 2
Yeah he's just ignorant. The simple fact of the matter is, for the money, the amount of value and performance packed into the Evo, STI, and similar vehicles are astounding. Those "rally" cars are awesome.

Also notice he laughs at your vehicle choice, and makes several degrading comments about your "Lancer", but never says what he's driving. Makes you wonder, eh?

