# Chevy Volt **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 11, 2009, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-volt/203423 "2009-08-11T06:42:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-volt/203423/7 "2009-08-11T10:30:31Z")
> [@fs:barely used rock band(360)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-barely-used-rock-band-360/40783/14): > > They should have achieved this goal 5 years ago! What is going to happen when 100,000 people plug these cars in at the same time? the stretch marks on your asshole will instantly disappear. > [@FS: Mono amp, Pioneer CD player & iPod adapter, radar detector](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-mono-amp-pioneer-cd-player-ipod-adapter-radar-detector/40790/6): > > yeah so…hotels and apartment complexes and “charging stations” will charge an ass load for you to plug in your car… It shouldnt be that bad for you. The standard “ass load” is based on the dimensions of a 5’10, 165lb man’s ass. Therefore, with an ass of your size, you should be able to carry around at least 2 or 3 normal ass loads. So proportionately, you would be paying a lot less. > [@Financing question?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/financing-question/40814/2): > > The Volt will be the final nail in GM’s coffin. > > Honda has the right idea with the Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (FCX Clarity). GM has a few hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, but it seems they stopped development work on them to put all their resources into the Volt. > > Deisel cars (VW Jetta) are the alternative fuel vehicles of now. Too bad the American buying public still has a bad taste in their mouth from the GM deisels of the early 80’s. Most european ‘high mileage’ vehicles are deisel. If anyone had half a brain, there would be much more work being done on natural gas powered cars. There’s already a sizeable infrastructure. all you would need is a tank and a compressor and you could fill up at your house. Any gas station that already has a natural gas feed could be converted to also dispense NG for very cheap. It’s WAY cheaper than oil. Much more abundant domestically. Much cleaner. It’s the bridge we need to get from oil to completely renewable sources. > [@.iso to .avi conversion??](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iso-to-avi-conversion/40805/15): > > I don’t understand how you can have a brand new company like Tesla Motors come along and make a 250+mi range vehicle, while GM has all these R&D teams, billions of dollars to throw at it, etc., and can only muster 40. GM said people didn’t like the EV1 because of it’s crummy range (50-75mi), so they develop an EV with a lesser range and strap a gas engine to it… Think with your dipstick Jimmy!!! Chevy had a LOT tougher act to bring. They have a much smaller budget. The demographic that they are looking to reach needs much different things out of the car. Chevy has to worry about the sourcing of parts. It has to worry about mass production issues. It has to worry about a LOT more things than Tesla. If you commute less than 40 miles each way, you’ll be able to get the equivalent of 200+ MPG. What Chevy achieved for $40K is a hell of an accomplishment. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-volt/203423)._