Agreed. I don't even commute any more. My 124 just sits in the yard most of the time. Just it hope it can ready for when I need it.
Wilton Sent from my iPad > On Feb 17, 2015, at 10:07 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > They're selling, but I'm not sure what kind of volume. > > I've heard a lot of good things about them as far as being electric cars. > With the Federal spiffs on hybrids they're relatively affordable. > > That being said, until these sorts of cars get in the low $20k range, I'm not > interested. I would rather drive my gas burner and not have a car payment. > My situation is perfect for such a car - 38 mile round trip commute, rarely > go farther, etc. I just can't justify the current cost. > > Dan > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Feb 17, 2015, at 9:55 AM, Alice Strickland via greedMercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote >> Is anybody buying Volts - the car? I never hear 'bout anybody buying one. >> >> Wilton >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Feb 16, 2015, at 11:35 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> If you look carefully at the Volt, it is actually elegant. The powertrain >>> is the only one that makes sense, and would be even better with a Diesel >>> engine. The prise was too high, and I'm irrationally attached to Diesel >>> fuel, or I would have bought one instead of the Passat. >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 8:23 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>>> The Volt is the first hybrid that makes any sense, series hybrids should >>>> be much more efficient than parallel plus you can plug it in. Many people >>>> would make much of their driving purely on electricity with no need to >>>> worry about running out since the gas engine would just start. >>>> Now if they'd made it with a diesel engine they'd be able to see some real >>>> mileage... >>>> Which reminds me Chevy is still making the Cruze diesel but apparently >>>> they don't sell many. I wonder if this is the same foolishness Jeep did a >>>> few years ago with the Liberty CRD, they only made 8,000 and complained >>>> that they couldn't sell them but there weren't any available... >>>> -Curt-- >>> >>> OK Don >>> >>> NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! >>> >>> *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of >>> our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain >>> >>> "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who >>> learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence >>> for themselves." >>> >>> WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* >>> 2013 F150, 18 mpg >>> 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg >>> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >>> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner >>> has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has >> no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
