Comments on: Bob Lutz Calls It Like He Sees It http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/06/20/bob-lutz-calls/ CarDomain Blog - Automotive news & crazy member rides from the CarDomain Community Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:15:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: RAD http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/06/20/bob-lutz-calls/#comment-25395 RAD Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:25:36 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/bob-lutz-calls#comment-25395 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>This guy sounds like quite the son of a bitch</p> </div>

This guy sounds like quite the son of a bitch

]]> By: Chevy Volt Guy http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/06/20/bob-lutz-calls/#comment-25398 Chevy Volt Guy Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:48:26 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/bob-lutz-calls#comment-25398 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Love the Lutz, but I gotta say based on what I have read about the Volt over at <a href="http://www.chevy-volt.net" rel="nofollow">http://www.chevy-volt.net</a> I am a little dubious about the car's future. I guess time will tell!!</p> </div>

Love the Lutz, but I gotta say based on what I have read about the Volt over at http://www.chevy-volt.net I am a little dubious about the car’s future. I guess time will tell!!

]]> By: GTwildfire http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/06/20/bob-lutz-calls/#comment-25404 GTwildfire Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:52:46 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/bob-lutz-calls#comment-25404 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>If congress wastes taxpayer money mulling over such nonsense, they should be smacked upside their heads.<br /> -<br /> If anything, legislation may be needed to prod auto makers into making alternatively-powered vehicles, incrementally so models will be developed and introduced. Any legislation shoule be a "carrot and stick" approach, rewarding those who oblidge and punishing those who refuse or underperform based on the guidelines.<br /> -<br /> We can't rely on the industry because they do what's good for THEM, and if consumers benefit, that's a fringe benefit. Now more than ever WHAT MANY CONSUMERS WANT should drive the market, not what executives think consumers want, or what they're willing to provide because it best suits their plans.</p> </div>

If congress wastes taxpayer money mulling over such nonsense, they should be smacked upside their heads.
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If anything, legislation may be needed to prod auto makers into making alternatively-powered vehicles, incrementally so models will be developed and introduced. Any legislation shoule be a “carrot and stick” approach, rewarding those who oblidge and punishing those who refuse or underperform based on the guidelines.
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We can’t rely on the industry because they do what’s good for THEM, and if consumers benefit, that’s a fringe benefit. Now more than ever WHAT MANY CONSUMERS WANT should drive the market, not what executives think consumers want, or what they’re willing to provide because it best suits their plans.

]]> By: Steve http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/06/20/bob-lutz-calls/#comment-25405 Steve Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:14:24 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/bob-lutz-calls#comment-25405 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Tom, you are a funny guy. It's true too.</p> <p>I'll agree with you on the card, John. You lucky dog for meeting Mr. Lutz himself.:)</p></div>

Tom, you are a funny guy. It’s true too.

I’ll agree with you on the card, John. You lucky dog for meeting Mr. Lutz himself.:)

]]> By: tom c gray http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/06/20/bob-lutz-calls/#comment-25406 tom c gray Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:03:16 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/bob-lutz-calls#comment-25406 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p> I have to laugh at the sheer stupidity of worring about blind predestrians. First is the idiocy that all gas powered cars make noise. Anyone who can hear the engine of a Lexus or Toyota coming down the road must have Superman ears. What you hear are the tires on the pavement, and that's the same for an electric car. The other absurdity is that blind people use sound to tell when it's safe to cross the street. If any were ever dumb enough to depend on that nutty strategy, we can assume they are now in their graves. If you are going to require sound for blind people, then by all rights, you should also require bright flashing lights on vehicles for the deaf. And since there are physically handicapped folks, you should not allow autos to travel over 10 MPH, to give those physicalled impaired folks the opportunity to leap out of the way. We also need to install "screamers" in baseballs so that the blind "spectators" at the ball park can tell when that foul ball is headed their way. 3</p> </div>

I have to laugh at the sheer stupidity of worring about blind predestrians. First is the idiocy that all gas powered cars make noise. Anyone who can hear the engine of a Lexus or Toyota coming down the road must have Superman ears. What you hear are the tires on the pavement, and that’s the same for an electric car. The other absurdity is that blind people use sound to tell when it’s safe to cross the street. If any were ever dumb enough to depend on that nutty strategy, we can assume they are now in their graves. If you are going to require sound for blind people, then by all rights, you should also require bright flashing lights on vehicles for the deaf. And since there are physically handicapped folks, you should not allow autos to travel over 10 MPH, to give those physicalled impaired folks the opportunity to leap out of the way. We also need to install “screamers” in baseballs so that the blind “spectators” at the ball park can tell when that foul ball is headed their way. 3

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