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The first car built using Common Core math

Posted by richrobinson 8 years, 4 months ago to Humor
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I wonder how much it costs?

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    Posted by edweaver 8 years, 4 months ago
    I don't know how much it costs but if it were real I would bet a large sum of money that they received a government grant to design and build. :)
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    • Posted by richrobinson 8 years, 4 months ago
      Like the Chevy Volt. They still couldn't sell them.
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      • Posted by $ Thoritsu 8 years, 4 months ago
        Aside from being unnecessary, the Volt is a much, much nicer car, technically superior to the Prius. My buddy has one; he commutes ~15 miles to work, and hasn't bought gas in months, although he could drive hundreds of miles on a tank.
        The Volt doesn't sell because the same Walmart-Lemming, US-deprecating mentality that gravitates to Sanders and Hillary think Toyotas are better because they are Toyotas.
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        • Posted by richrobinson 8 years, 4 months ago
          I just assume when I see a Prius I am looking at an Obama supporter. I talked to someone who has a Volt and she likes it too. The government subsidies bother me but she said it's a good car.
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          • Posted by livefree-NH 8 years, 4 months ago
            I thought about that fact when I was thinking of buying the Prius that I currently drive. I like the car a lot, and I've put 30,000+ miles on it during the first year, and I am very happy with it. But whenever I pass another Prius on the road, I still think to myself "F***ing Prius driver!" Maybe I am a bigot after all.
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            • Posted by $ root1657 8 years, 4 months ago
              I ride a Harley most days. I get just as good (or better) gas mileage than a Prius, and I don't have to be in a Prius... That said, on a motorcycle you become hyper-aware of your surroundings, and are in a good position to be able to see more. I've learned that SUVs notice me and stay clear, while a Prius is WAY more likely to not see me, not be paying attention, be doing something distracting, and most likely, a Prius will be the cause of my ultimate death on the highway. Prius drivers are, through my own loose statistical sampling, jerks, and I stay well clear of them when I can.
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            • Posted by richrobinson 8 years, 4 months ago
              I should be more open minded. I have to say that working in a small town I am surprised how many people drive big SUVs. The Prius drivers have no trouble parking and getting around.
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              • Posted by livefree-NH 8 years, 4 months ago
                Just to be clear, I am like you - I assume the same thing about Prius drivers. And they usually have some kind of dorky bumper sticker that confirms it. I'm guessing, but I think when people see my ham radio antennas and aggressive driving style, they figure I'm someone who does things for himself instead of someone who expects other people to do it for me.
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                • Posted by edweaver 8 years, 4 months ago
                  Aggressive, you should fit right in. Most Prius' that I see are passing me and I don't drive the speed limit or below it. I also laugh out loud when I see a Prius going 80 miles an hour with a save the climate bumper sticker on it.
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              • Posted by edweaver 8 years, 4 months ago
                I once saw a Prius with a Scott Walker sticker on it. I about had a heart attack. I guess if you were closed minded that makes me closed too. Good to see livefree owns a Prius. Maybe we can both open our minds a little. LOL
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          • Posted by $ Thoritsu 8 years, 4 months ago
            True enough about the subsidies. That is a "par" issue Volt-to-Prius. That was sort of the point about the introductory note ("aside from being unnecessary"), although I was really thinking about he unsupported concept of carbon reduction.
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        • Posted by term2 8 years, 4 months ago
          The Volt doesnt sell because its too expensive for what you get. Without the tax subsidy, its cheaper to just get a similarly sized gas powered car. Blindfold me and I couldnt really tell the driving difference between prius, volt, and a gas car.

          A friend of mine bought one recently. Its a nice car, but a bit over the top for something that needs to primarily get you from A to B

          I hope we taxpayers havent paid a lot for its development and sales.
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          • Posted by ohiocrossroads 8 years, 4 months ago
            I think the Volt has been a sales flop because of the photo op early in Oblabla's reign where he drove one off the production line at the GM plant. I think the car has had the "Government Motors" stigma ever since. They originally planned to sell 40,000 of them a year, but it actually did more like 13,000 a year.
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          • Posted by $ blarman 8 years, 4 months ago
            Yup. And they haven't even factored in the costs of replacing the batteries as compared to the cost of gas. I really don't care how nice the car is: if I'm paying $20K per car more (via tax subsidies) than its competitor, it's not the car for me.
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          • Posted by $ Thoritsu 8 years, 4 months ago
            Quite right about subsidies, but they are equal Volt-to-Prius, and don't account for the sales difference.
            More fools, and if they really did care about carbon emissions (I don't) or oil independence (I do), they'd run SVO/WVO in a diesel.
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            • Posted by term2 8 years, 4 months ago
              I can tell you that when the VOLT came out, I thought it was a totally electric car which would strand you after 40 miles of driving (that seemed ridiculously inadequate). Then I read some time later it had a small engine that ran a generator so it could go farther than 40 miles. It wasnt until a friend recently bought one and he showed me that it is really pretty well designed and is unlikely to strand you somewhere when the supply of electrons was diminished. GM hasnt advertised and promoted it very well in my opinion.

              On the other hand the prius was advertised well in that it had two modes of propulsion right from the start, and it switched between them continually in response to some sort of computer control. I understood that right from the get go. I even drove one, and although it was OK, I didnt really get the need for the electric part, and its cost was prohibitive.
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              • Posted by $ Thoritsu 8 years, 4 months ago
                Agree, although Prius really has 2x 0.5 modes of propulsion, not 2x 1.0. I also think the Prius drives like a wheelbarrow, with pathetic skinny tires and cabin noise all over. The Volt drives like a real car. Not sure if new Prius's are better. I drove one as a rental a couple of times.

                The Prius is a parallel hybrid, combining the torque of the engine and motor in a semi-complicated gear (with a generator in the mix too). The Volt is a series hybrid, with only the motor providing torque to the wheels. The power to the motor comes from either the battery or the generator. The Volt is an electric car with a generator to keep the battery charged on long trips.
                Agree that neither is necessary, and incentives are inappropriate, but if you live in a city with lots of stop/go or close to work, you can save a lot of $ by plugging in each night, and not using gas. At $2/gal this is a lot less interesting than at $4/gal, but we will be at $4/gal again soon enough.
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                • Posted by term2 8 years, 4 months ago
                  The power (VOLT) to the motor comes from either the battery or the generator. The Volt is an electric car with a generator to keep the battery charged on long trips.

                  From what I read recently, the engine can also drive mechanically to the wheels with some sort of clutch system, as well as driving the car through its generator to a separate motor from the battery drive motor. Very complex. I got that from Wikipedia I think.
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                  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 8 years, 4 months ago
                    Think you are right, with an uncharged battery at highway speed, it seems the engine can drive the wheels (mechanically) and charge the battery. I didn't know this.
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      • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 4 months ago
        The Trabant Ugo? Yes I know ....I Know it's sunday. I'm trying to keep someone awake
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        • Posted by richrobinson 8 years, 4 months ago
          Did you mean Yugo? I don't see many on the road any more. Wonder why? ;-)
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          • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 4 months ago
            Trabant is russian, Ugo was a race drirver in Italy and Yugo was as I recall a disaster non electric version of the Volt. GMC you see is not too big to fail as the Volt proved as did every car from what 57 Chev and 61 Chev on up to present no matter what their Buick or Plymouth name was. they managed to turn a corvette into a two door sedan sedan, let a non deisel jeep hummer copy wax hummer and a corporation that no other corporation in the world would touch. But they had a big time political budget... Yugo? Not my favorite but if I HAD to have a car Yugo over GMC any day of the week and twice on Sundays. I'm not paying twice for anything.
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  • Posted by ChestyPuller 8 years, 4 months ago
    Love it!! I am amazed all four wheels are on the ground; My Common Core figures say one should be on the roof and one should be mounted to the windshield. hmmm...maybe I should add a few more columns on my stack of paper?
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 4 months ago
    I did just fine with regular math. I dont need some government bureaucrats interfering with my learning. which is what happened in the government indoctrination schools I was forced to attend. They were boring, and for comparison, I learn far more now from YouTube than I ever did in their schools.
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  • Posted by $ Abaco 8 years, 4 months ago
    In all seriousness...Common Core Math is an abomination. I can't believe some of the stuff my kid brings home. The latest one?...On one of his math worksheets were three multiplication problems, side-by-side. The question was, "Which problem doesn't belong?"

    I honestly think some people need to go to prison for this...
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 8 years, 4 months ago
    Who ever built that should pay someone to take it off their hands.
    Great Museum and social commentary piece.
    "The Car that liberal progressive education built"
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