solman98

I predict this thread has an early death......

GRUMPEE

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Oops...prolonging the inevitable

urbexHHR

Yeah, and what was the purpose of this anti GM thread anyways?

JoeSchmoe

ummm... pardon????? Did you actually say the Prius was "good looking"??? hahahahaha

Old Lar

There are a few days that I drive less than 40 miles in a day, but many more that I drive hundreds of miles. A $40,000 less $7000 tax credit is still more than I'm willing to pay or afford. With all the technology forced on today's cars, to me, means more things that can go wrong down the road. With the HHR (and GM's ) drive by wire cars, they become non repairable by the average car owner and expensive to repair at the dealer.

Maybe my age is just showing.. I learned to drive rear wheel cars, no seatbelts, no traction control, no antilock brakes, no disc brakes, no tire pressure monitors, air bags, Sirrus radio, ipods, heated seats, automatic transmissions, electric windows yada, yada,yada.

urbexHHR

GM is the first to admit they aren't going to make a profit on this, they aren't trying to. They're trying to develop it, and hoping that by the 2nd or 3rd generation the price will be down so that people can afford it. Remember when DVD players came out or digital cameras? They were really expensive but now cheap. It'll work down...

Snoopy

I drove one recently for about 25 miles. I like it, but not for that price. My opinion....more like a $30K-$32K (then minus credits).

I was impressed with the smooth quite ride. It's pretty quick (probably would beat or at least give the SS a good 0-60 run) but heavy acceleration rapidly depletes the battery. Has all the "creature comforts" and appears to be well made, quality wise. Also a unique switch, which is supposed to extend battery life, for mountainous terrain ( I asked, why not use this all the time?....but didn't quite get an answer).

My only complaint...you must use premium gas in the electric generating engine. That doesn't seem practical to me...especially with premium fuels constantly increasing in price.

As far as worthiness....It's a "groupie" vehicle. There will be (and are) people that must have it. But the advantage transmits to GM on the sale of this vehicle. For those that remember the old days when GM produced and sold cars with the intent of having the customer "test it"....this is probably one of those, BUT greatly reduced because of the mandated emphasis on quality. GM will gain information and knowledge (as the "kid" stated above) and migrate the results into the next generations (if any). The cost may not be reduced over this period but the technological advancements and inflation will provide a better consumer product. JMO