Comments on: Toyota worried about GM’s Chevrolet Volt?

By: Matty

Matty — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:44:33 +0000

The volt looks good and i hope it sells but i dont think Toyota is worried at all. The big T is almost never first at anything, its a very conservitave company just like most of its loyal customers. When it decides to make its own improved copy of the volt it will quietly walk all over GM as it always has.

By: burnouts

burnouts — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:35:02 +0000

burnouts?

By: DanMan

DanMan — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:18:45 +0000

‘which is plagiarism, and illegal, and in the literary world means your character and moral fibre are on a par with a certain bearded chap who lives in a cave somewhere in remote Afghanistan. First name Osama.’
LOL Imagine the conversation in guantanamo!’what are you in for?’ I blew up the Marriot in islamabad,you?’
‘plagarism of wikipedia!’
‘allah akbar!!!’
Do the crime, do the time..

By: Millatime

Millatime — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:46:16 +0000

To get back on topic, to rubbish the Volt as useless because it needs coal burning electricity to recharge is a hopelessly thin and desperate argument.

We should all hope the Volt makes it to market, to challenge Prius and Insight to greater development, and to give those seeking alternatives to traditionally powered cars more choice.

In itself it may not be the answer, but if you live within 30 kilometres of your work and you drive, the savings on your fuel bill will be immense, and if you have had solar installed into your home, then your fuel bill will be zero.

It needs to be here now.

By: The Salesman

The Salesman — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:29:39 +0000

I see the humor in what you are saying. And I take your point.
I am actually a licensed dealer so breaking the law is not an option for me because if I lose my license, I can not trade, if I can not trade then my wife and kids will go hungry. So it is not worth it to me…

On the one final point, I hung up the turban some time ago. Sometimes I wake up at night shouting.
“I kill you, you bastards!!!!!” but it is controled with meds

By: Millatime

Millatime — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:07:59 +0000

Salesman

By not naming the author, or referencing the source, you’ve effectively made it your own, which is plagiarism, and illegal, and in the literary world means your character and moral fibre are on a par with a certain bearded chap who lives in a cave somewhere in remote Afghanistan. First name Osama.

Anyway credit to you for doing your homework and bringing some facts to the thread, but as DanMan say’s; “Reference your sources and i am wrong or proved overwise i will defeer to your point of veiw..” I think his sentance structure and some of his spelling is a little odd but I think you know what he means.

One final point, wow, a car salesman that knowingly breaks the law…! Have you ever been to Afghanistan?

By: The Salesman

The Salesman — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:53:27 +0000

SamR,

It is a document that supports my comments. Glad to see you took notice. Plagiarism is when you copy someone’s work and make it your own; this is a direct cut and paste.

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:11:00 +0000

Could be a good idea to name the source when you copy/paste to give credit where it’s due.

By: SamR

SamR — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:20:11 +0000

The Salesman says

“Pioneer work with the lithium battery began in 1912 under G.N. Lewis…..”

I put that into Google and found the real source with the first hit. Plagiarism is not nice.

By: DanMan

DanMan — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:27:44 +0000

Salesperson,
wow. You, you with your ‘science’… LOL.
Chances of the Volt making it to the showroom with 80% of it’s claims intatct… about 15%…
Cut and Paste people. It really ‘sells’ your opinions if you have some facts to back them up.
Not ‘my mate this’ or ‘i heard that’… Reference your sources and i am wrong or proved overwise i will defeer to your point of veiw..