But both the Edsel and Delorean are sought after collectable cars. I doubt any of the current crop of plug in greenie weenie cars will be much sought after. Not so sure todays kids will look back upon their time in a priapus the way kids did 40 years ago with a VW Bug.
clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers On Jun 2, 2015, at 7:55 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Curt, > All true, I did take a little artistic license on the Volt, but it is such > a handy whipping boy when it comes to the whole green machine thing. Based > on sales volume and public acceptance, it has been a stunning...... > failure... > > Sort of like Edsel, or Delorian... grand idea, poor actual preformance and > return on investment. > > Still, I take your point, and will however keep owning diesels. > Grant... > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 7:35 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Grant, >> As much as I like picking on the greenie weenies I think you may have >> missed the fact that the volt is a series hybrid, it has a gas engine so it >> can keep going when the battery dies. >> >> Actually in being a series hybrid I like it, conceptually anyway, a lot >> more than a parallel hybrid like the pious Prius. The fact that it can >> cover some mileage on just batteries makes it better as a plugin option for >> city folk that don't drive much. >> >> >> On the whole I'll keep my Jetta. In fact Angie is pushing me to find >> another... >> >> >> Curt >> >> >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >> >> From:"G Mann via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Date:Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 10:22 AM >> Subject:Re: [MBZ] EV Charging sans a cord >> >> <<<<< And how far is that Starbucks? ;<) >> >> Wilton >>>>> snip >> >> Wilton, >> The nearest Starbucks to El Rancho Playa Fin Del Mundo is 92 miles, so if >> I owned a Chevy Volt, I would only have to walk the last 47 miles to buy >> that $9.00 latte`... Then of course, the tow bill to recover and recharge >> the Volt so I could drive it another 45 miles [with AC on full of course, >> since it was 107° here yesterday with ground temps measured at 138°] before >> abandoning it yet again. >> >> Hahaha.. Thanks just the same, I'll "plug in" my diesel. >> >> Grant... >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
