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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 02:29 PM Original message |
Chevy Tahoe Hybrid crowned "Green Car of Year" |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Chevrolet Tahoe Greeenwash Edition. 21 MPG... Geesh. Who ARE they kidding? n/t |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Tahoe hybrid fuel savings would equal the fuel savings of two Toyota hybrid compact cars |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wow. This is fuel efficiency? |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. my little Olds corporate cousin of this unit from 2003 gets better gas mileage |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. You probably have the clone of the Trailblazer and cannot tow 10,000 pounds... |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 02:11 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. no, but with the tow package it is rated at 6400 pounds towing |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. News flash: 21 mpg is CRAPPY MILEAGE. |
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doublethink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. LOL ..... this reminds me of the "Make Your Own Chevy Tahoe Commercial' online bout .... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Stop! |
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doublethink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Some more individual ones on YouTube ...... |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. very nice |
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doublethink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. They don't even try anymore do they? |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I'm sorry, what did you say? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. That's a lot of petrodollars |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 08:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
37. Absolutely brilliant! |
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doublethink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Here's 2 DU threads back then on it for the heck of it ...... |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. "passivity of Easter chiefs and Maya kings in the face of the real big threats" |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Jared Diamond == smart guy. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. TOTAL BS. They didn't even try..... |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. The Ford Escape hybrid is much smaller and lighter than the Tahoe |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. No duh. That would be the point. nt. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Atleast give them credit for trying then. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Who, the Los Angeles Auto Show ? |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I dont agree on that either, but still |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. Hell, if someone shoots me in the head with a 9mm instead of a .45 bullet |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. Its a small step in the right direction. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
13. Ahem! the city mileage is going from 14 to... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. All well and good, but Green Car of the Year?! |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Exactly! |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. Don't just look at miles per gallon |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. How so? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. OK we are doomed. our leaders are corrupt idiots. |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. Will save far more gas than a Prius Hybrid system |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. I don't buy that argument. |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Depends how the Tahoe is used? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I see a lot more of the former than the later |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Getting them into a Prius ain't gonna happen |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. And that's fine |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Come out to where my summer job is at the Outerbanks NC |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. That doesn't negate the parades of SUVs on I-93 |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Its one of the reasons I bought my Dakota |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
29. I think we're pretty much fucked when the "green car of the year" gets |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
30. "21 mpg...comparable to the much-smaller 2008 2.4L-equipped Toyota Camry sedan" |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. Ooooh..... Ahhhhhh!!!! |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. The Tahoe is plain obese. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:50 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Some motorists use them for mostly commuting, and then a few towing jobs/year |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
38. "make beautiful cars, strong cars, keep the size..." Priorities, people! nt |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
39. Green Car of the Year???????!!!!!!!!! |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
40. Hooray! The planet is saved!! |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
41. "Green" and "car" are mutually exclusive. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Bingo! Thank you Gregorian!! n/t |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Well, thank YOU. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Population growth |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. That's good thinking. |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
45. OMG. We need a head slap smiley. |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
48. Our 524td BMW is far greener than that beast.... |
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