The Chevy Bolt Is the Ugly Car of the (Very Near) Future

[mikegrb]

Just to clarify my point a bit. I'm happy with a loose usage of English. It was more of a fight fire with fire rant, after all. Sure econobox originally was a combination of economy and box, but the Chevy Bolt absolutely fits even the most pedantic definition of the word today.

[phil0909]

We've all used hyperbole to emphasize our points. Haven't we all watched a baseball game and at some point said "he was out by a mile". Technically, he wasn't out by a mile since the bases are only 90 feet apart. Personally, I don't want to "live in a world" where some guy is in the room proclaiming: YOU"RE WRONG!...he was out by 10.62 inches, then another debating it was only 9.55 inches, then yet another insisting EVERYONE'S wrong because he was out by 0.02 seconds. Who cares? He's out.

You missed the point entirely. 'Out by a mile' is fine. 'Literally out by a mile' is not, because the runner was figuratively out by a mile.

[phil0909]

Just to clarify my point a bit. I'm happy with a loose usage of English. It was more of a fight fire with fire rant, after all. Sure econobox originally was a combination of economy and box, but the Chevy Bolt absolutely fits even the most pedantic definition of the word today.

Yes, I got that. And I enjoy a good rant as much as the next guy. But the Bolt does not fit any definition of the word today, because it is not an economy car. It is too expensive to be an econobox, econocar, or economy car.

[SparkE]

But it's just fine to say "FEELS like an econocar" or "accessorized like an econocar" or "with econocar seats and dash" ...

[SeanNelson]

But it's just fine to say "FEELS like an econocar" or "accessorized like an econocar" or "with econocar seats and dash" ...

Exactly. It may not be an "econobox" per se, but it is appointed like one. Albeit with some nice high tech features.

[oilerlord]

We're still doing this? Geezus, guys.

[SparkE]

We're still doing this? Geezus, guys.

Now, the correct spelling isn't Geezus - and if you do use the bastardised form (as you did) it should NOT be capitalized!


(Sorry, couldn't resist. )

[oilerlord]

LOL!

[GetOffYourGas]

Wow, this has gotten way off topic, guys. Can't we get back to talking about how ugly the Bolt is?

[dDF]

What the Bloomberg pen-pusher (along with many others) overlooked is that the Bolt ushered in the era of pragmatic, affordable long-range EV's. Not everybody invests money into a car to salivate over its (supposedly) "sexy" shape. I need my car to carry my work gear, for which I need a hatch rather than a narrowly opening trunk. High driving position is an additional bonus.