Re: new CHEVY VOLT
GM's response to a know defect is inexcusable. They cannot simply say "Don't use a keychain" on their ignition switches, that doesn't cut it. Car makers are in a constant battle to contain price (like furniture makers) and they cut wherever they can. I see it every time I take a car apart to work on it. This past Monday I had to take my wife's center console apart to replace a main switch on her 2010 Mercedes GLK 350, a small SUV. I was amazed that the entire console is snap-together, not a single screw to hold it all in, like a Lego. All I needed to take it all apart was patience and a plastic putty knife. Even the $ 250 switch has a very cheap, very thin ribbon cable on it that I had to be very careful not to tear during replacement. My BMW K1600 Motorcycle is the same way, too many snap-together plastics. I like my stuff to have real nuts and bolts!
There are plenty of cars coming on line that will easily eclipse the Volt. The Tesla S for example, the Porsche 918 (its kinda pricey!) and the new BMW i8 for example. One thing with all these new cars that get great gas mileage though, people are buying less fuel and tax revenue for the roads is shrinking, so now the Feds are telling the states they can make the Interstates toll roads if they like to raise funds. You can't win....lol
Duane Collie
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