“I mean, shit, brother. I’m already trying to give you all bullet trains. You’re gonna have to do at least some of the work, you know?
“– alternately, do what I did: get yourself elected President. Then it’s all personal planes and limos. Which, come on now. I deserve that, being historical and whatnot.”*
The guy complains he can’t afford gas, and Obama’s solution is for him to buy a new car.
he’s a freak’in economic genius!
Not just any new car: a Volt.
Because if you can’t afford gas, you can surely afford THAT.
Food is sure getting expensive, I can barely afford to feed my family. I know! I’ll buy a farm!
if he would just give us the unicorns he promised….
I can’t afford bread for my family. I know! I’ll let them eat cake!
The citation of 8 MPG too is, well, it hearkens back to the Carter administration, doesn’t it. The only production car for 2011 to only get 8 MPG is the Bugatti Veyron. Call me a hater, but I wouldn’t be willing to trade that in.
Yeah, if you’re only getting 8 MPG, you might want to think about a tune up and maybe a carb rebuild.
I have a coffee colored Bugatti Veyron. Man, does that thing understeer. But it’s fast as hell.
In Gran Turismo 5, I mean.
Having the AP bury the quote after the fact really demonstrates the lengths the “media” will go to in order to prop up The One.
I happened to catch a minute of Harry Reid’s press conference this morning. “Republicans want to shut down the government to keep women from getting cancer screenings”.
That is a lie. Not hyperbole, exaggeration, mistaken interpretation. A lie. Boehner has to stand up and say that, directly, repeatedly, and really say nothing else until the MFM has no option but to ask Reid about it.
Oh, who am I kidding. I’m going back to bed.
The Princess Obama did once have his own car: a Chrysler 300 with a Hemi V8. He got rid of it early in his 2008 presidential campaign when some wag pointed out that it was a gas hog (15 mpg).
My paid for ’94 Ram half ton 4X4 gets 15mpg. I need a truck, replacing the one I have with a new model (say 22mpg) would cost $30,000. I would save maybe $1000 year in $4/gallon gas, coincidentally about what the increase in registration and insurance payments would be.
Cash for Clunkers!
Somebody tell His Majesty that I will never buy a Volt.
“Let them drive Prius'”? Seriously?
Paging Louis XVI…
You’re in good company, Darth. For good reason.
Back when people were talking about the Volt, I was annoyed that the press reports kept talking about it as if it were some sort of great new invention: “it’s an electric car with a range of up to 50 miles”
Leading to the snark on our side (wrongly) saying “well, what the hell good is a car that can only go 50 miles… or 40… or 25, depending on who you ask?”
But it’s not an ‘electric vehicle’. It’s a plug-in hybrid; a crappier Prius with a bigger battery and a power jack. As such it’s neither a all-electric car (see the Nissan Leaf) nor is it as uselessly impractical as the anti-Volt rhetoric claims. It’s just a crappy, over-priced copy of a Prius made by union thugs, in the employee of the Federal Government.
—
But I recently found out why everyone was lying (or very “selectively focusing on certain features”) about the car. GM apparently lobbied the Feds to characterize the thing as an electric car, so that it would qualify for the $7500 tax credit, thereby making the car less wildly overpriced. You’ll note that there is no tax credit for Prius purchasers — “hybrids? Big deal, that’s old proven technology, we don’t need to hand out credits for those.”
Just a lie told by the Govt. to give a government-owned auto company a less of a competitive disadvantage. And no one’s fooled. Except the good folks at GE, who are apparently planning to buy 50,000 of the things. But they’re not ‘fooled’, either.
It pains me to admit that not only do I also enjoy spicy mustard, I have a 300 with a Hemi. Mine gets about 12 mpg, though, so I must be a lot more fun to ride with than President Dipstick.
Jim, you must have forgotten to keep your tires properly inflated.
Best motoring tip from a presidential candidate EVAH!!!!!
When it comes to Bugattis (and it doesn’t, mostly) I think I’d stick with the classic Type 41 Royale, if only because of the rampant elephant hood ornament.
It’s a Freudian thing.
The car won’t let me forget, darthlevin. It has a TPMS on it that makes noises and flashes some crap on the dash if I don’t maintain my pressures (I like 35 front and 40 rear). The damn thing is almost as annoying as a presidential finger-pointing.
I figure there’s no point in having a Hemi if you don’t use it every so often. It’s not the world’s fastest car, but it definitely gets out of its own way pretty well.
If ol’ flop ears hadn’t had all of the used cars bricked the guy might have been able to get a good one. But nooooooooooo!
Just a lie told by the Govt. to give a government-owned auto company a less of a competitive disadvantage. And no one’s fooled. Except the good folks at GE, who are apparently planning to buy 50,000 of the things. But they’re not ‘fooled’, either.
Honestly, I think GM might not be as stupid as we think. Everyone keeps asking who the hell they made this car for….
GE’s (and various other corporate, federal, municipal, etc) car fleets.
The Volt is the car you buy when you’re buying cars with taxpayer money.
All your local Water Dept dickheads will be cruising in them. It’s For Government, By Government.
All that savings from “green” technology? You’re soaking in it.
GM irritates the hell out of me.
No other American car manufacturer is building anything to match the following when it comes to speed:
Corvette ZR-1 (Hell, I’ll take the Z06)
The sadly discontinued Cobalt SS (I have one, absolutely unreal the way it handles. The 260 hp isn’t shabby in a small car, either)
The new Cadillac CTS coupe (A 190 mph luxury car?!?!?!!)
I’ve not heard anything about the new Camaro, however, since it is available with a supercharger, it’s probably pretty good.
The Corvette is a awesome piece of machinery. I’m not sure how I would feel about the computer that monitors all you’re activity and barfs it out for the service people, however. I think my computer would end up having a glitch in that data.
“I’ve not heard anything about the new Camaro”
here ya go Blake.
I still like the Mustangs more myself.
LBascom, Wow, the new Camaro is better than pretty good.
I understand about the Mustang, but it can’t compete with the Camaro.
And beyond the Mustang, what does Ford have?
Of course, GM won’t be building fast cars much longer. From what I understand, the GM speed division has been shut down and the engineers moved to other places within the company. If that’s true, speed technology will just pass by GM.
Honestly, I think GM might not be as stupid as we think. Everyone keeps asking who the hell they made this car for….
GE’s (and various other corporate, federal, municipal, etc) car fleets.
The Volt is the car you buy when you’re buying cars with taxpayer money.
All your local Water Dept dickheads will be cruising in them. It’s For Government, By Government.
And every single one of them will be taking that $7,500/car tax credit, too. So we’re partially paying for GE to buy brand new cars that should never have been produced in the first place (given that they can’t compete in a free market).
I know I’ve got a warm fuzzy feeling, knowing they’re using my tax money to “save the environment” — while I continue to drive a car built during the Reagan administration. Austerity is for the little people!
I rented a mustang and it was all the car I can handle. Auto was tight on the road through the turns, which is what I love. I’m more Monte Carlo than drag strip, myself.
I hate to say it, but I don’t like the look of the camero. It’s too much.
Ford has the Taurus SHO. AWD, 350 hp twin-turbo V6.
Hate the design of the new Camaro, the Challenger/Charger, and nearly every other new car on the road, with their ever-enhugening doors and archer-slit windows.
Safer cars? Give me visibility — like the nice big greenhouse on a mid-80s Accord or whatever.
Besides, a man should be able to comfortably hang his elbow out the window and cruise — this is America, dammit — hard to do when the beltline is up around your ears!
JB, yeah, I’m not a fan of the Camaro design. Under the hood, chasis and drivetrain is incredible, though.
cranky, 350 hp out of a twin turbo six is rather eh. Get back to me when it’s 450.
Not that I don’t like the SHO, not a bad car at all.
I hear you, Blake, but I still like it.
–>drives a Mustang convertible and loves it. We have 3 of em. 2 2004s and a 96. Just bought our daughter an 08 Ford Escape. Nice miniSUV.
Raspberries to all Camaro lovers.
Raspberries to all
Camaro loversGM supporters.(Sorry Carin, Detroit is stuck on stupid. Tough love is the only antidote)