Get your name on the waiting list
#1
Get your name on the waiting list
Hi,
I just called my local Saturn dealer and asked the saleman to my name on the list for when they get one of the hybrids in. The best answer to FUD is 'hands on.'
You know they will let you test drive it. <GRINS>
Bob Wilson
I just called my local Saturn dealer and asked the saleman to my name on the list for when they get one of the hybrids in. The best answer to FUD is 'hands on.'
You know they will let you test drive it. <GRINS>
Bob Wilson
#3
Re: Get your name on the waiting list
If only the FIT had a proper final drive ratio, as in the CVT version that has yet to be brought to the US. But we're talking about the View.
Let us know how it goes, Bob. Got a color picked out?
Let us know how it goes, Bob. Got a color picked out?
#4
Re: Get your name on the waiting list
Originally Posted by brick
If only the FIT had a proper final drive ratio, as in the CVT version that has yet to be brought to the US. But we're talking about the View.
Let us know how it goes, Bob. Got a color picked out?
Let us know how it goes, Bob. Got a color picked out?
My partner wants a Prius, so we'll still have a hybrid in the family.
By 2008, maybe Honda will decide to make the Fit as a hybrid (since the Insight propulsion system would fit nicely into a Fit).
#5
Re: Get your name on the waiting list
I regret not having the time to test drive the Saturn VUE SUV at HybridFest 2006. For that matter, never had the chance to drive any other hybrid.
The reports on the dash were not raving to put if mildly. It looked almost like a conventional dash. While not hybrid per see, I can't think of a respectable hybrid without a dashboard that clearly gives you instant mpg, trip mpg, the charging, the discharging, etc....
Think Steve V started a thread about the video arcade aspect of hybrids. It's like a video game of seeing how good your fuel economy can be. It's addicting and the general public is simply unaware that it's why so many hybrid drivers are going below the pack speed.
I'm suprized that GM did not make a better dash. Getting a typical hybrid dash would have been an extra $100 max. After market, you can go to www.scangage.com and put down $169 to get your instant mpg and at least 25 other functions.
I hope GM upgrades their dash soon.
The reports on the dash were not raving to put if mildly. It looked almost like a conventional dash. While not hybrid per see, I can't think of a respectable hybrid without a dashboard that clearly gives you instant mpg, trip mpg, the charging, the discharging, etc....
Think Steve V started a thread about the video arcade aspect of hybrids. It's like a video game of seeing how good your fuel economy can be. It's addicting and the general public is simply unaware that it's why so many hybrid drivers are going below the pack speed.
I'm suprized that GM did not make a better dash. Getting a typical hybrid dash would have been an extra $100 max. After market, you can go to www.scangage.com and put down $169 to get your instant mpg and at least 25 other functions.
I hope GM upgrades their dash soon.
#6
Re: Get your name on the waiting list
Originally Posted by brick
. . . Let us know how it goes, Bob. Got a color picked out?
Bob Wilson
Last edited by bwilson4web; 08-14-2006 at 10:09 AM. Reason: Meant to clarify my standards about commenting
#7
Re: Get your name on the waiting list
It was not my intent to stir things up with my second-hand comments about the dashboard - sorry if anyone was offended. My remarks were limited to just that item.
I'm convinced every new vehicle should display:
I'll leave it with it would be very disappointing for a hybrid not to have the dashboard features mentioned above. It's like being in a fitness program without scales.
I'm convinced every new vehicle should display:
- instant mpg
- trip mpg
- lifetime mpg
I'll leave it with it would be very disappointing for a hybrid not to have the dashboard features mentioned above. It's like being in a fitness program without scales.
Last edited by Delta Flyer; 08-14-2006 at 06:37 AM.
#8
Re: Get your name on the waiting list
Originally Posted by bwilson4web
It is not fair of me to make a comment about a vehicle that I haven't test driven. I've only driven a Prius and test driven a Ford Escape. It is only fair to put the Saturn Vue through at least the same loop I used for the Ford. Heck, it might be the perfect vehicle for 'PrivateTroll.'
Bob Wilson
Bob Wilson
Having driven one, my low expectations were evidently too lofty for the vehicle. I wrote a review, but it was incredibly unkind, and isn't here on GH.
#9
Re: Get your name on the waiting list
Speaking of indicators, an "EV" light would be handy for a HCH-II instrument cluster.
I wonder if the 2-Mode hybrid trucks will have a more "hybridish" set of gauges?
Maybe power *thoughput* would be a useful gauge for the Silverado, since that hybrid system is geared more for functioning as a mobile power plant.
I wonder if the 2-Mode hybrid trucks will have a more "hybridish" set of gauges?
Maybe power *thoughput* would be a useful gauge for the Silverado, since that hybrid system is geared more for functioning as a mobile power plant.
#10
Re: Get your name on the waiting list
My new Car and Driver just had a short take and they were very unimpressed. They said that "for $22,995 you get 3 shiney hybrid badges, a 2-3mpg increase and a weak effort."