See The Chevy Volt Parody Ad That GM Probably Doesn’t Like
- Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:37am by
Mike Opelka
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Yesterday we posted a story about a memo allegedly sent by GE Healthcare America to its employees. The memo was a corporate mandate explaining that company cars will be replaced by the Chevy Volt, and anyone who chooses to drive a gas-only car on company business will not be reimbursed for travel expenses.
Today we offer a follow-up. A parody ad for the Volt titled, “Do You Smell Something?” It’s filled with plenty of cheeky comments that especially poke fun at the Volts problem with catching on fire:
The video has been on YouTube for just over two weeks and comes from bailoutcost.com, a group that is promoting awareness of the real cost of the GM bailout.




















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Comments (196)
ColoradoMaverick
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:42amThat’s awesome! Can‘t wait to see how the Obummer administration tries to kill this dead in it’s tracks.
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:16amFunny – Funny. I know the wrecker driver who handels our local Chevy dealer and a month ago he hauled the only Volt here to OK City where it is being repaired for a electrical fire. He also knows the lawyer that owns it and hi sueing under our Lemon Law. This is it’s 2nd trip to OK City. He thinks the local dealer has most of the other problems fixed.
Report Post »lynskinners
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:26amNot sure what you’re paying for gas in your city, but you can now “Tweet” your (@GASrageous) thoughts to twitter.com/GASrageous while your pumping that liquid gold into your vehicle. (It’s a good time to get in-touch with your feelings) They also have a .com web site where you can track your gas prices, see interesting “gas” facts and contact your politicians to vent.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:39amObama’s and his liberal douchebag brigade is pushing electric cars and gas prices are soring inspite of large reserves in U.S. MSNBC,CNN,and other supposed media outlets had no problem trying to tie Bush in with Gas price increases when A hurricane knock several oil platforms and refineries off line. But now prices are surging and production is high yet we‘re passing throse numbers under Bush and not a peep from the media about Obama’s Volt push being tied to high gas.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 11:09amThis makes commuting to work on a motorcycle look much safer. Cheaper too! Buy a Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha, Star, Harley today! They are going like hotcakes right now!
Report Post »PuntoVistaSur
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:18pmYou’re right. They stopped the unrehearsed Ford testimonial ad with a man who said he’d never by GM or Chrysler. He would only buy Ford who did NOT take a dime of bailout. Ford pulled the ad “voluntarily”…I agree with the man in the original ad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGN0Y-ppIgI&feature=related
Report Post »SavvyCowboy
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:54pmPERFECT!! Let’s help this PAC get air time and run this ad on national television during the DNC Convention, RNC Convention, World Series and the PBR Championship in Las Vegas late October this Fall! hehehe
Report Post »Protoham
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:08pmLove it, the commercial that is.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:24pm@lynskinners, . no point in venting they already know.. we didn’t drill back in 2008/09 so we are 3 years further out than we should be for getting our own oil..although IF we put a limit how much the companies could send to places like CHINA it would bring down the price .. my guess is there’s a treaty somewhere which says we HAVE to sell x amount and import x amount..YOU KNOW to make things a level playing field…we could stop printing money and decreasing the value of our dollar which is WHAT oil is traded in .. IF oil goes UP bet your bottom dollar your dollar is worth less.. However with the price of electric NECESSARILY SKYROCKETING as promised a electric car besides NOT working would cost you as much or MORE than gas
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 3:45pmHey, Turkey13, RIGHT ON! Maybe we’ll develop a new set of laws specifically designed for the Chevy Volt, namely, the HOT POTATO law!
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 3:51pmCOLORADO….weren’t you listening to Barry yesterday man? Algae! Algae! Algae will fix our fuel problems. We just need more algae research.
Report Post »osgeek
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:08pmturkey13 – I’ll bet your friend has made a fortune with 92-02 Ford Rangers, Explorers, and Crown Vics since they are the absolute most fire prone vehicles ever made. Check the facts, there have been many people killed and injured by those rolling bonfires, hence the reason Explorers and called Exploders… Where is your outrage about that?
Report Post »Uranium Wedge
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:04pmAll this for only 40 grand?
Report Post »What a deal!!!!!!!!!!!!!
loriann12
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 6:52amThink on this: Obama is pushing electric cars as “green.” They run on electricity. Electricity is currently generated by coal plants. Obama is on record as saying he wants to get rid of coal production. Under my plan, prices will necessarily sky rocket. So, once he gets everyone off gas and onto electric, he can subsidize the coal plants, and then get rid of them, and we’ll be back to horse and buggy or bicycles.
Report Post »JohnGalt
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:07amThat was hilarious, probably because its so true. Not to knock Chevy, but Ford is doing well, without a bailout and is actually being competitive. Maybe we should look at other companies rather than look to Government to help us.
Report Post »Macman1138
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 9:37pmI have seen only one of these things on the road.
Report Post »I was driving up i 95 from Baltimore to Philly, doing the speed limit in my Jeep Rubicon, and this Volt passed me doing at least 80 MPH.
The driver probably smelled something.
americansfightingforcommonsense
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 10:05amsaw this on Fox this morning, but couldn’t find it anywhere to watch again. Thanks Blaze for allowing me to share this with others.
Report Post »keaton
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 12:45pmNo body understands how much 13 billion. That is 13 thousand million dollars that the union and GM got from taxpayers. And you have to pay workers, $120,000.00 per year to build your car if you buy GM. Even if you only make $30,000.00 per year yourself.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 9:27pmI haven’t said Pinto in a long time!
Report Post »sixtysix
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 9:03pmSorry, our president will not be apologizing – his rep said today that it is not their intention to lower energy prices. They want to force us to try to get by on alternative energy – which does not exist in anything but theory. Oboma was not shy in telling us before he was elected that he wanted to see energy prices rise in order to stop our energy consumption and force alternatives. He believes he knows better than we what we ought to have.
Report Post »littlefish
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:39amI am probably the only person who benefited from Obama’s Cash for Clunkers idiot program.
Report Post »AND it wasn’t because Obama intended it that way.
I bought my 2008 Chevy Impala three years ago . . . . .Right before the C for C started . . . .
I paid 11 K for this used car.
Now in 2012 the same model still is listed at 11,000 plus.
WHY . . .??
Because AFTER Cash for Clunkers . . . .prices for used cars of any merit . . . .if you could find any…….
shot through the roof . . . .
They had to destroy cars that would have made fine family cars for many years . . . . .
Obama destroyed the used car market and ran many dealers out of the business . . .(his REAL plan)
This amateur in tinkering with everything MUST be removed before you HAVE to buy a VOLT . . .or worse
cloudsofwar
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:47amthe peoples car? sort of like the vw bettle, hitler’s car. except the vw is much better. resist we much.
Report Post »Bryansblog
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 11:55amThere is only one thing each of us must do! Put aside any reservation you may have with whatever candidate the Reps put force.. support him 100% only talk of the good things he will do for this country and stop all the bashing of any candidate that wants to beat Obama.I don’t want anyone to feel as though the have to go against any principles they may have but We must get rid of Barrack Obama! And don’t let anyone anywhere tell you or even say this has anything to do with race!
Report Post »http://bryansaunders1.blogspot.com
GeorgieJo
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 12:05pmCASH for CLUNKERS was a big Obummer scam.
So was Solyndra.
You could not give me a GOVT MOTOR (GM) car.
FIAT owns 60% of Chrysler….so thats a no go too.
Think I’ll stick with my 2003 German made car.
The local dealer has asked me 3 times to sell it to him
NO THANKS.
OMG 2012
Report Post »anticomm
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:49pmyes the voltwagon ti’s the marxist version of the volkswagon
Report Post »Ironbalut
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:23pmI’m currently paying about .14 per kWh after taxes and other charges are added for BGE electricity in Maryland. However, what is the cost for the charging station? How long is the warranty on a Volt? How much are repair costs after warranty? Looks like another Studebaker to me.
Report Post »ACACIA
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:36amthe only thing missing is a bumper sticker that says ” KEEP AWAY FROM THIS CAR IT COULD CATCH ON FIRE AT ANY MOMENT AND YOUR LIFE COULD BE IN DANGER.”
Report Post »IronSights
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:49am“Flames in mirror are closer than they appear”
Report Post »dublinthewagons
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:28amPerfect car for progressive lberals. When it catches on fire you think you have reached your destination. HELL
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:40amIronsights:
ROFL…
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 11:17amIronsights:
Ditto what RightThinking1 said.
Report Post »flashback
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 11:37amCaution…Contents Are Dumber Than They Appear
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 12:22pmLOL .. to all !!!
Report Post »KILLACOMMIE4MOMMY
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 5:26pm“Liberal Crybaby On Board”
Report Post »osgeek
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:37pmFunny you guys reactions to Volt‘s overrated fire potential yet clearly ignore ’90s models Ford Rangers/ Explorers now legendary flammability. I was an EMT (now a RN) and 3/4 of the car fires I have seen involved those particular models. This was so bad in the Explorer models they were called Exploders.
Report Post »jackbauer
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:00amosGEEK it’s not just about the fires. It’s about forcing people to buy a car that goes 40 miles to a charge, costs taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars per unit sold and just happens to catch fire while on the charger. These vehicles you mention never caught on fire while parked in the owner’s garage, burning down the house. To my knowledge your vehicles were never subsidized by taxpayers and no one was forced to drive one.
Report Post »cripplecreek
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:53amI’ve found that the fire only helps me get to my destination faster.
LOL
Report Post »JBaer
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:41amHahahahahaa!!! That was my favorite line!!
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:54amFear of fire is a great motivator. The Volt may be around for awhile and people will accept “this lemon”. The Edsel car, some said the front of the car looked like someone sucking on a lemon went away after only a few years. My dad drove a Whippet in the 30′s and they are long gone Seems like the cars with the “odd” names disappear. P.S. my budget-billing electric bill went up and my own usage has gone down slightly from last year (not so cold winter) but like he said,“electricity rates will necessarily go up”. A few years from now, inflation, a barrel-of-money to buy a loaf of bread. Good grief!
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:43am“Skyrocket”
“Electricity rates will necessarily skyrocket”
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 12:27pm@BSdetector
“Electricity rates will skyrocket, along with Gas prices, Food Prices and
everything else during Obamas Administration………………….
DUMP THIS CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION,..I Really Miss “W” ….
Report Post »and GET OUR TROOPS OUT OF “YOUR WAR” Mr OBAMA !!!
NancyBee
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 12:53pmlol…..that was a good line
Report Post »osgeek
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:11pmThen go purchase a 92-02 Ford fullsize or pickup, they have legendary flammability issues. Something like 5 million total recalled for faulty ignition issues with real fatalities…
Report Post »conservativejon
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:49amthis made me chuckle. loved the subtitles.
Report Post »Madmilo
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:48amHave you ever noticed their other commercial about the VOLT? The guy says” It’s not the car we wanted to build, Its the car we had to build”. Yea, Because Obummer made you do it. And the other commercial that says ” we tested the batteries for 350,000 hours. Figure that one up. That equals about 14,583.33 days or 39.95 years. Have they been working on that piece of crap for 39.95 years?
Report Post »Thevoice
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:21amActually it took the “New age progressive commies” around 47 years to finally push that crap down our throats. And you can bet in the next forty years there will be some granite statue in Washington with Obama standing on top of one. Proclaiming he was the savior of the auto and the weather. By that time they will go 41 miles on a charge on a day of the month you get electricity..You will know the statue, museum, national holiday is about ready to come when they start having your second grader bring home coloring books of Obama and the volt..Sure enough …Trust me seen it happen before.
Report Post »vrodder
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:25amThey probably get that number by adding up the hours of ALL the batteries they used….like if they tested 40 batteries for a year…
Report Post »Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:47amGreat parody. I used to buy GM vehicles exclusively. Now, I refuse to even look at a GM car as long as the government owns a stake in them.
Report Post »ProudAmericanConservative.Com
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:01amAmen to that one!!! I will buy a pre 1970 model
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 12:58pmI agree and I won’t buy GE either……matter of fact…..if one of their commerials come on the TV…I quickly change the channel……Uhg!
Report Post »jdare
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:04pmI won’t even ride in one.
Report Post »osgeek
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:39pmOk, so don’t buy GM and let the company fail and have to bailed out again, as you know it will be.. That makes a lot of sense…
Report Post »joe conservative
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:45amThat was hilarious, I love it. Did you notice on thier latest official GM Volt commercial that they say it’s not the car we “wanted” to build, it’s the car we “had” to build? I couldn’t have said it better myself GM. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1oDqfTl3KA
Report Post »1956
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:43amGreat parody.
This just reminds me that this is WWII Germany all over again. Sig Heil, Obama, you racist, anti-Semite, socialist dictator, narcissistic piece of work. (Work isn’t exactly the word I had in mind, but it will do.)
Report Post »Mrtoohappy
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:39amPeople don’t know that you only get the first 25 miles on the battery power then it goes over the gas engine. Read this report. Cost to operate a Chevy Volt
Eric Bolling (Fox Business Channel’s Follow the Money) test drove the Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors.
For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine.
Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on the battery.
So, the range including the 9 gallon gas tank and the 16 kwh battery is approximately 270 miles.
It will take you 4 1/2 hours to drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery and you have a total trip time of 14.5 hours.
In a typical road trip your average speed (including charging time) would be 20 mph.
According to General Motors, the Volt battery hold 16 kwh
of electricity. It takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery.
The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is never mentioned so I looked up what I pay for electricity.
I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $1.16 per kwh.
16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery.
$18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate the Volt using the battery.
Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine only that gets 32 mpg.
$3.19 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.10 per mile.
The gasoline powered car cost
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:48amYou forgot to mention the enviromental impact on making and disposing of the battery… It is another dumb idea just like limited water flush toilets, the mercury filled cant see a damn thing bulb and bird killing windmills. I wont even talk about the stupidity of solar power…
Enviro mental midgets.
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:00amI agree that this car is the worst investment a person could make but you need to check the cost of electricity. The U.S average residential retail price of electricity was 11.53 cents per kilowatt-hour in 2010. If you are paying $1.16 I suggest changing electricity companies.
http://www.electricchoice.com/electricity-prices-by-state.php
Report Post »Slideways
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:05pmYou don’t suppose someone from Fox would be out to get the Volt, do you?
Report Post »About the numbers you’re touting, they’re BS. A complete fabrication to push an agenda. You don’t have to like the Volt, but you shouldn’t have to perpetuate lies to make your point. Anyone can look at those electricity numbers and know something’s not right, and anyone that knows how a Volt works knows you can drive it just like a gas car if you choose.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/chevyvolt.asp
osgeek
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:25pmYou are fsking lying, there is absolutely no way you are paying $1.16 per Kwh. That rate would be the highest in the nation, probably the world.
Report Post »rolla020980
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 10:16pm@Dowcrow
“I agree that this car is the worst investment a person could make but you need to check the cost of electricity. The U.S average residential retail price of electricity was 11.53 cents per kilowatt-hour in 2010. If you are paying $1.16 I suggest changing electricity companies.”
While its nowhere close to the $1.16 quoted, the 11.53 cents is not entirely accurate either. That is what people pay for generation. The electric companies, mostly due to state competetive business laws, typically charge for generation and transmission separately. It is more like 12 cents for generation and about 4-5 cents for distribution. That way, the power company gets their money for generating the electricity, while a second company can distribute it to you and charge their own amount.
Report Post »Notorrius
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:36amGE and GM are in the pocket of the White house we all know that. But if we all go green where do they think the electricity comes from? We still will be on electric power which is powered by gas and coal. THEY SURE THINK WE ARE DUMMIES.
Report Post »MBA
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:33pmThe problem is, there are a lot of dummies out there who do believe this crap–they gave algore and obamy and fake peace prize and algore got an academy award for his crap sandwich.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:32amWhere does that number come from? They say on their website… it is a “Potential Loss” amount that is based on intentionally underselling all stock owned by the public. But that would not be rational! I would not advocate doing that!
TEA
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:16pmHow would you know anything about being rational? Aren’t you Encinoms blow-up doll?
Report Post »kfrederic
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:30amThis is priceless. The technology just isn’t there, these things are nothing but obscenely overpriced golf carts driven and admired by idiots but paid for by all of us because in 2008 Americans committed an unprecedented error in judgment.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:34amOn the money.
Report Post »nilo
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:30amNow G.E. is buying Volts. What a great country where corruption if the norm. I have no intention of ever buying another new car — the cost of ownership in the 1st. five years will eat you alive. But one thing for sure, if I do break down and buy a new car, it won’t be a GM product.
Report Post »Mr.Fitnah
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:28amThey’re in trouble now.
Report Post »whereareyourbrains
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:20amSometimes your post is on immediate then sometimes it take minutes to appear. What gives
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:29amRead below: “Your comment may take a few minutes to appear on the site.” Took me a while to finally figure it out too. Sometimes the post is immediate, and sometimes takes more than five minutes.
Report Post »drago
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:19amAfter many years as G.M. mechanic, and seeing the crap they make, this ad is spot on,and reflects G.M’s car line as a whole, love the comercial.
Report Post »Oh, and chevy owners, dont even try and say G.M. this or that is great, ive owned Fords, all pickups but my first car, a ‘71 Torino gt, and they have lasted far longer than most G.M. products.
Madmilo
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:31am@Drago, These days I wouldn’t buy a Government Motors vehicle. But I gotta say my Chevy pickup has done alot better than your piece of crap Ford Truck. I got 250,000 miles on it now and just recently had to rebuild the transmission. How many transmissions have you been through? And thats the only thing I have ever had to do to my truck.
Report Post »happ77
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:29amI won’t buy anything from GM (or GE) any longer but i have had 3 buicks
Report Post »a Skylark with 225,000 miles that I drove to the junkyard, a Regal I gave away
with 330,000 miles on it, and my daughter drives the last GM I’ll ever buy,
a Regal with well over 200,000 and it runs great. The only major repair
was a tranny on the current one. Maybe just luck or that I only use Mobile 1.
smithclar3nc3
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:45amI’ve got 326,000 on my Toyota t-100 SR5 same 4 wheel drive tranny same engine nothing rebuilt. I uncle’s Ford with a powerstroke has passed the 500,000 mark.
Report Post »whereareyourbrains
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:18amHow come its okay to pay lots of money to the electric company to charge this baby up? It’s it necessarily going to sky rocket you electric bill. Still expensive…………..just like oil………..Oh thats right, he is in with GE….thats brings good things to light………..lol
Report Post »osgeek
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:14pm$1.50 is a lot?
Report Post »http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/chevyvolt.asp
The same distance in a pickup costs nearly $5.00
Slowman101
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:17amWhat a great parody!! I love it!!
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:57amBwahahahaha! I’ve always owned Chevys and really prefer their trucks to others. But, have not bought one in a few years. A real federal court under a new and true attorney general needs to reverse 0bama’s theft from the bond holders and given to the unions. Once GM stops being part of the government I will buy again. This ad is dead on and funny.
Report Post »rdk
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:16amI never have understood how Obama got away with that theft. And why has it not been investigated?
Report Post »osgeek
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:15pmRepeal Chrysler’s bailout in the 80s also… While we are at it…
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:57amHahaha! Yes I do smell something, it’s what Obama is full of!
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:53amThe Chevy Volt brings a whole new meaning to that ‘new car smell’.
Sorry GM,I‘ll take the nice pleasant toxic smell of ’Polyvinal Chloride’ in my new Ford Truck over burning electrical components any day.
Report Post »http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/02/20/is-new-car-smell-toxic/
oldguy49
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:20ambut you got to admit, its a hot car {hahahahaha}
Report Post »SLARTIBARTFAST
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:48amBrilliant!…..and spot on too!
Report Post »Grasshopper42
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:47amNow that’s funny! I love it. Needed a good laugh this morning . . .
Report Post »Rick300
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:45amLMAO!!!! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY SMELLS LIKE! LOL LOL LOL
“Break out the marshmallows, I just brought a VOLT!!!”
Report Post »Farmer John
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:55amSounds like a Volt would be great for camping! Once you get to your camp site, you have an instant camp fire.
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