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Wait I'm seeing MPG and MPH. Miles per gallon, miles per hour. Oviously those aren't the rates....

Also, for those wondering where you could go that fast in a car, there are some motorways in Europe that don't have speed limits.

At 8/11/09 11:03 AM, WadeFulp wrote: What if you're driving down a highway and a tornado is coming up your ass and your car can only do 55MPH and you need to do 80MPH to get away?

Escaping a tornado is really more about direction than it is about speed. Trying to outrace one is generally considered a bad idea.

This is great, providing you trying to save money on gas, rather than save the planet.

This car is a combination of a regular car powered by fossil fuels and the electric car. By using electricity to also propel the car, the amount of gasoline used has been significantly reduced.

However, you will not be any more "green" by driving this car, in fact you may be less so.

Think about where that electricity came from, most of the means that the US gets its electricity is from coal or from burning some type of material. In fact, the only truly "clean" form of energy production that is relatively mainstream is nuclear.

Seeing as nuclear only accounts for about 17% of the total electricity in the USA the odds are good that the electricity used to power your "environmentally friendly" car, is a lot more harmful to the environment than your average purely fossil fuel based car.

Is it more fuel efficient? Yes.

Is it any better for the environment? No.

At 8/11/09 11:14 AM, WadeFulp wrote:

At 8/11/09 11:12 AM, Idocreating wrote:

At 8/11/09 11:08 AM, WadeFulp wrote: Aha! Who's the TWIT now Idolcreating?!? (YOU ARE! YOU ARE!) :P

GOT MY NAME WRONG BITCH! YOUR STILL LEAD TWIT!

Oops, sorry Idocreating! However, you are typing in all CAPS, so now you're the lead Twit!

My caps typing merely implies my triumphany mighty shouting booming BRIAN BLESSED style voice at my victory. And you have a Twitter profile in your sig, so if that doesn't make you a bigger Twit i don't know what does!

Fox is again trying to counter liberal environmental agendas with poor fact checking. Typical.

At 8/11/09 11:38 AM, WadeFulp wrote:

At 8/11/09 11:25 AM, Elfer wrote:

Yeah, I know, I was just trying to come up with some kind of scary disaster coming up on you from behind. If you're on a limited access highway you have no choice but to drive one direction, so if there was a tornado you could either stop and let it pass infront of you, or if it's coming at you from behind, you have little choice but to try and out run it until you can find an exit so you can travel in a safer direction. Either way, you wouldn't want to be in a car that has a top speed of 55MPH, etc. :)

Perfect example for ya, evil T-1000 chasing you in a tanker full of liquid nitrogen. Definatly could've done with a truck that could go faster than 55mph.

At 8/11/09 11:38 AM, WadeFulp wrote: if it's coming at you from behind, you have little choice but to try and out run it until you can find an exit so you can travel in a safer direction. Either way, you wouldn't want to be in a car that has a top speed of 55MPH, etc. :)

According to every tornado safety thing I've ever heard, you're much, much better off abandoning your vehicle and lying down in a ditch. Even with a faster car, trying to outrun it usually ends up with people in a twisted heap of metal that used to be a car.

Lol, Fox News always seems to screw up more often than usual.

I rather get a flux capacitor and go 88 mph in a delorean.

At 8/11/09 10:58 AM, Idocreating wrote:

At 8/11/09 10:55 AM, Gagsy wrote: What's the point of these cars going so fast when it's illegal to go higher then 80mph in most places?

Is this a guy thing I'm missing?

And no your not alone. I've always wondered why petrolheads are so obsessed about top speed in a car they'd buy when they can't legally go full whack.

Unless they go to Germany and rev it up on the Autobahn.

The sense of satisfaction is the same as knowing your dick is the biggest dick ever. So a guy thing yeah.

At 8/11/09 10:55 AM, Gagsy wrote: What's the point of these cars going so fast when it's illegal to go higher then 80mph in most places?

Typically cars with more power (that can go into the 180's-200's) are used and have that much power simply because it makes the handling easier. For instance if I was driving a Ford Pinto i'd have to damn-near floor it in order to stay at a safe speed on the freeway, and that's a lot of work for the car. Whereas if I drove a Dodge Charger it would take very little effort for me and the car to keep up on the freeway.

At 8/11/09 11:03 AM, WadeFulp wrote:

Most cars do have devices that limit their top speed to something around 110-120MPH, even though the speedometer may go up to 165mph or whatever.

I had a mustang GT in high school and that's how it was. It went to either 150 or 165 but it'd cut out when I hit around 115.

My dad had done something to modify it where it didn't cut out anymore, but that was after I gave it back to them and moved out.

I was one of those reckless teen drivers who drove with my music too loud and defied establishment.

At 8/11/09 11:38 AM, WadeFulp wrote:

At 8/11/09 11:25 AM, Elfer wrote:

Yeah, I know, I was just trying to come up with some kind of scary disaster coming up on you from behind. If you're on a limited access highway you have no choice but to drive one direction, so if there was a tornado you could either stop and let it pass infront of you, or if it's coming at you from behind, you have little choice but to try and out run it until you can find an exit so you can travel in a safer direction. Either way, you wouldn't want to be in a car that has a top speed of 55MPH, etc. :)

Wade...are you high? Just wondering because your talking in all BOLD and just not seeming yourself.

At 8/11/09 10:52 AM, WadeFulp wrote: Fox News

there's your answer, anyone who read this and thought, why does this sound like total bullshit?

haha thats fast for electric but pointless to geo 230.

At 9/3/09 12:15 AM, IeatSmellyPussy wrote: haha thats fast for electric but pointless to geo 230.

FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO CANNOT READ
It's not about the speed of the car, it's about the typo on miles per hour and miles per gallon. The bolt doesn't go 230 mph, it gets 230 mpg.

Hey wade maybe Antony cumia should buy one so he can plug it up to his house so his Light bill can go sky high

So thats what the 230 ad was about...Wow, and that car looks horrible.

If you have a car that can go 200 MPH then you could probably get away with racing around at 1 - 4 AM. Cops wouldn't deploy spike strips at that speed, nor could they catch up to you. And helicopters would have trouble spotting you in the dark.

That makes it useful.

Then there's the whole escape tornado / car-driven-by-angry-man-with-gun thing. There's nothing like some enraged jackass in an SUV trying to run you off the road to make you wish you could do 200.

Still needs gas.

I introduce the challenger: Tesla Model S. Sports seven seats, two trunks, uses no gasoline, 0 to 60 MPH in less than six seconds; and if you're going to drive 230 miles in one go, you'll be recharging at a hotel anyway.

Chevy Volt? Relatively cheaper, out one year sooner, and has brand appeal - bailed-out, government owned brand appeal. Whereas Tesla Motors is expanding its enterprise in a bad economy. Think about that.

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At 8/11/09 10:55 AM, Gagsy wrote: What's the point of these cars going so fast when it's illegal to go higher then 80mph in most places?

Is this a guy thing I'm missing?

Are you stupid or something?

At 8/11/09 10:58 AM, Idocreating wrote:

At 8/11/09 10:55 AM, Gagsy wrote: What's the point of these cars going so fast when it's illegal to go higher then 80mph in most places?

Is this a guy thing I'm missing?

And no your not alone. I've always wondered why petrolheads are so obsessed about top speed in a car they'd buy when they can't legally go full whack.

It's because when your in the car going bast 230 MPH, it doesn't matter who you are or where you came from in those 6 seconds, you're free.

I'm hearing a lot about this chevy volt just not about when it's going to be available.

They've been hyping this car for almost a year now

At 8/11/09 10:55 AM, Gagsy wrote: What's the point of these cars going so fast when it's illegal to go higher then 80mph in most places?

Is this a guy thing I'm missing?

I'm a guy and I don't get it either so it's something else.

At 8/11/09 11:28 AM, physicsman09 wrote: This is great, providing you trying to save money on gas, rather than save the planet.

Power plants burn fuel more efficiently and cleanly than any car, if we had the battery technology everyone would be driving an electric.

At 9/3/09 02:31 AM, Mind-Edge wrote:

At 8/11/09 11:28 AM, physicsman09 wrote: This is great, providing you trying to save money on gas, rather than save the planet.

Power plants burn fuel more efficiently and cleanly than any car, if we had the battery technology everyone would be driving an electric.

And besides, if your power source is clean - say, solar cells on the roof of your garage - then you're not burning any extra coal. Electricity doesn't come from magic by any stretch, but it doesn't have to leave a carbon footprint either.

And again, you can avoid the gas altogether if you forgo the Volt and go with the Tesla Model S. Help me out here, people; I'm trying to lend support to a smaller business, that didn't go begging to Congress for bailout money! Do more for the economy and the planet! CLICK THE F***ING LINK!

At 8/11/09 10:58 AM, WadeFulp wrote:

At 8/11/09 10:55 AM, Gagsy wrote:

OMG! :P I can't believe some of you aren't getting the obvious typo! No way that thing does 230MPH. It gets 230MPG, but FoxNews screwed up and put 230MPH in the graphic. HA HA? HAHAHA?

Yes, yes, of course an "accident"

FUCK YOU FOX NEWS :'(