2012 Disposable Vehicle of Year Award goes to:

[mechanicaldj]

ANY HYBRID
PAST AND PRESENT!!!!!!!

When the battery dies and the warranty expires , everyone just junks the crap!!!!!!!


SO DEAR HYBRID OWNER:

HA HA

[200KGPGTP]

I approve this thread.

[Safety Guy]

He's BAAAAAACK!!

Where ya been?

Karl

[Pu241]

He's BAAAAAACK!!

Where ya been?

Karl

Yeah, wouldn't say we missed you!:p
But what have you been up to?

[mechanicaldj]

working in a new coalmine in Herndon, VA, after taking a job jan. 2nd and quitting it on the 28th....... i will save the bad mouthing of that hole for the ARENA. (can i state company names there without too much trouble?)

[Nerd Racing]

its about time you poked your head back out among the living

[blkfordsedan]

ANY HYBRID
PAST AND PRESENT!!!!!!!

When the battery dies and the warranty expires , everyone just junks the crap!!!!!!!


SO DEAR HYBRID OWNER:

HA HA

Unless it's a Chevy Volt. Then it self destructs and saves you the trouble of scrapping it.

[kellen302]

^I actually think the Volt is the first semi-intelligent hybrid or electric design. With the backup engine in case the battery runs out you have the same fuel up possibilities as a normal car, yet, because the gas engine acts like a generator and doesn't directly drive the wheels it never surpasses a few thousand RPM, so it gets excellent fuel consumption while preserving that fuel up anywhere characteristic.
But cars shouldn't burn on their own, even after a week has passed since a crash.

[freshtiva]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/02/honda-hybrid-lawsuit-heather-peters-wins_n_1248357.html

[bhazard]

What about the 1st gen Insight? Even running on the ICE they get awesome gas mileage. And they're aluminum... no rust!

[TominMO]

^I actually think the Volt is the first semi-intelligent hybrid or electric design. With the backup engine in case the battery runs out you have the same fuel up possibilities as a normal car, yet, because the gas engine acts like a generator and doesn't directly drive the wheels it never surpasses a few thousand RPM, so it gets excellent fuel consumption while preserving that fuel up anywhere characteristic.
But cars shouldn't burn on their own, even after a week has passed since a crash.

Eric Bolling, a guy on Fox News, was given a Volt on loan by GM because he was trashing them on air. Instead of a 40-mile battery range, two days in a row it had a 25-mile battery range, after 12-hour overnight charging both nights. Also it only has a 10-gallon gas tank. Between the 25 electric miles and the 10 gallons of gas, he said it basically had a 30 MPG fuel usage. For a $47,000 car. Which is subsidized with $7,500 of our tax dollars in a rebate to purchasers.

[AlaskaFestivaGuy]

Re: "Aluminum ... no rust"!

Aluminum most certainly does corrode. It's not as ugly as steel corroding ("rusting"); it turns to white powder, particularly in the presence of moisture.

[zoom zoom]

Too many batteries and not enough alternators imo

[mechanicaldj]

with all of the crap that is out there , maybe we should work on steam powered hybrids.....
if you should run out of gas, go chop a tree down or strip mine Ohio


Oh Karl, new project for you !

[mechanicaldj]

you have no idea how many hybrids my new shop has totaled for the battery packs out of warranty and even one civic hybrid for the a/c compressor going bad!!!!!!!!

this is freakin insane!!!!!!!