- Joined
- Jan 12, 2004
- Messages
- 424
- Location
- Lakeside in Monmouth, Maine
- Corvette
- 75 Stroker 4spd Frame Off, 05 Cpe 6spd
Preach to me about comparisons when you own both cars, and really compare all the factors, including cool, based on experience and real knowledge. I'll tell you this, my wife gets more thumbs up from other drivers in her Volt than I do in my Vette, and this part of the country is far from tree-hugging green. BTW - I'm not embellishing the prices to suit my argument to make a point...I just bought a Grand Sport. I didn't pay the sticker of $68k, but that was the retail price. BTW, a colleague of my wife just picked up a base Volt for under $38. Bottom line, I'll "lose" a lot more money owning my Vette toy than my wife will driving the wheels off the Volt. She just passed 20,000 miles, and we bought the car in late January. The bottom line is that a Vette owner talking about ANY car not making economic sense is way more than silly. You don't have to like the Volt, or GM or the concept, or the technology or Obama, but saying that buying the Volt makes less sense than buying a new Vette doesn't make any sense to me, and I like both cars.
You're absolutely right but you started the next level with: "A Volt at $42k makes as much sense as a Grand Sport at $70k". THAT was more than silly. You actually put down both cars with that statement. But you own both so that statement actually makes sense to you.
I also understand the "spread the expense" manufacturing. I just don't like to use tax money to help with those cost overuns at the time of sale. But I guess if somebody uses the $7,500 gov grant and can also depreciate, that could be a big advantage for a small, med, or larger business. (They'd better have all their customers within range) Courier Services, Parts Delivery Companies, etc.
For me I really don't "aspire" to own a Volt as some do. We have our opinions and I respect yours.
Chuck M