tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post4226327620724472399..comments2023-08-20T07:06:14.115-04:00Comments on Thurber's Thoughts: What's missing from 'greenest cars of 2012' listMaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-31891783432035347862012-02-23T10:57:30.480-05:002012-02-23T10:57:30.480-05:00I think it's the credibility factor involved. ...I think it's the credibility factor involved. I mean, who in their right mind would actually spend $250,000 <i><b>per car</b></i> for Detroit iron?<br /><br />Sure, throw a quarter million at GM and write it off as Federal Government advertising - it'll get lost in the shuffle. But a quarter million per car? That's so nuts it is actually criminal - malfeasance of office or something.Mad Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190137186843630543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-22312653149109527972012-02-22T22:05:17.060-05:002012-02-22T22:05:17.060-05:00sorry for your confusion, Mad Jack - I thought the...sorry for your confusion, Mad Jack - I thought the whole 'a' car reference was clear...<br /><br />:)Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-24119983210380624572012-02-22T21:06:28.270-05:002012-02-22T21:06:28.270-05:00Hold the phone and stop the music, Mrs. Thurber. ...Hold the phone and stop the music, Mrs. Thurber. Your essay is somewhat misleading here.<br /><br />You said: <i>The Chevy Volt... a car that gets roughly $250,000 in government subsidies to be produced.</i><br /><br />To which I responded, so what? A quarter million isn't even a drop in the bucket compared to what is wasted in government employee perks every day. I was thinking that GM was getting a quarter million just to get these skunk wagons on the street. Then I followed the link. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/16192" rel="nofollow">Chevy Volt Costing Taxpayers Up to $250K Per Vehicle</a><br /><br /><i>Each Chevy Volt sold thus far may have as much as $250,000 in state and federal dollars in incentives behind it</i><br /><br />That's a quarter million <i><b>per car</b></i>, which is a big difference from the chicken feed I was thinking about. Each and every rolling junk pile that comes out of the GM factory is costing We the People $250,000.<br /><br />Admittedly it might be less, but that's a "maybe", not a certainty.<br /><br />This is nuts. A brand new Corvette sells for around $50,000, so even if the estimate is off by, say, half... then you and I can both get a brand new corvette for free as soon as they hit the market.<br /><br />This is so nuts I can't believe it. This is just plain stupid.Mad Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190137186843630543noreply@blogger.com