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What, they couldn’t at least come up with a set of wheel covers? Or would that have been too “showy”?
And I think he left a window rolled down…
I can only assume that the length of Rick’s tie is juuuust riiight.
Sigsworth :
I lol’d hard at that. Thanks.
I still think he should have been forced to drive an Aveo.
Let me get this straight, Red-Ink Rick’s in so much of a hurry that he can’t park in an actual, you know, parking space?
Will a government bailout cover his parking fine?
Here’s a little tidbit, re the magnitude of Rick’s (GM’s) challenge.
What does it mean when you aspire(d) to be the world’s largest manufacturer of cars?
Let’s say the average length of a GM vehicle is 5 meters. (It’s probably well over, but I’m being conservative.)
And that GM built 8,5 million of them last year.
The circumference of the Earth at the Equator is 40.075 kilometers.
8.500.000x5m=42.500.000m
Yes, GM in a year makes enough vehicles to stretch around the world at the Equator, and then some. Should companies be that large? Can they be that large, and operate efficiently, delivering topical solutions that are cutting edge?
To answer that question: no. (Rick toodling up to Congress in a concept car without hubcaps, begging cup in hand, should be clear evidence of that.)
Picture Caption:
” Bailout Financing brought to you by the law firm of Wagoner, Levin and Levin…”
Did he really drive all 540 miles in this or was it just from the penthouse suite to congress? Suit looks to pressed. Did he drive 40 miles, plug-in, recharge, drive 40 miles, plug-in, recharge, etc? Do we have an actual picture of him on the road? Still don’t believe it unless I have a picture.
I can hear the questioning now:
“How many of you parked illegally to get here today?”
@1996MEdition:
Wagoner definitely didn’t make the entire trip in a Volt prototype. Here’s a picture of him riding shotgun in a Malibu (presumably hybrid) in Frederick, MD.
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Financial-Crisis/ss/events/bs/093008bailout#photoViewer=/081204/480/16546b429bcb4ddfaa247f62d4cb5e3a
Alternate Picture Caption:
”Bailout Financing brought to you by the law firm of Fine, Howard and Fine…”
I CAN HAZ BALEOUT?
http://www.vg.no/uploaded/image/bilderigg/2008/12/04/1228394906349_254.jpg
East bound and down, loaded up and truckin’,
we’re gonna do what they say can’t be done.
We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I’m east bound, just watch ol’ “Bandit” run !.
……..
My mind is picturing his private jet just to the left, carefully cropped out. Upon leaving it, they happened to walk past this small car that some have-not must own.
toxicroach :
I CAN HAZ BALEOUT?
No you can’t has baleout…
I has cheezburger for ya if wanted =)
GM cars must have really lousy seats or interiors or something, because he always looks so glad to be getting out.
Ummm… I want to see Mullaly and Nardelly’s rides
Maybe I’ve been playing Resident Evil too much but Wagoner looks like he’s starving for brains.
Nah, it ran out of charge there – he’s in a hurry to avoid having to talk to people about it not having the advertised range yet.
(I kid. I think)
Can’t wait to see the photo shopped versions!
Watching Wagoner get out of that car reminds me of the saying “10 lbs of s**t in a 5 lb. sack.”
From what I heard he used the :Volt: only for last two miles, before that it was the Malibu H for most of the trip!
So who are the two dour looking seniors traveling with him? Ebenezer Scrooge and Montgomery Burns?
Who got to ride shotgun and who had to ride in the back?
Watching Wagoner get out of that car reminds me of the Simpson’s Very Tall Man.
So who are the two dour looking seniors traveling with him? Ebenezer Scrooge and Montgomery Burns?
If Im not mistaken, that’s the Levin twins, Carl and Sander.
Who got to ride shotgun and who had to ride in the back?
Seeing as the back window is open, I’m betting the Levin twins sat in the back. This could also explain Rick’s obvious expression of relief, the old man funk must have been overwhelming…..
So here’s a question-what did it cost in time and rescources to get the psuedo-Volt to Dc so Rick could grandstand in it? Would a ride in the Gulfstream have been cheaper?
Enquiring minds…
Bunter
Man, no way to win.
They take a personal jet, ohh your so profligate.
They show up in a Volt, where’s the hubcaps you bums?
Next hearing Wagoner should have himself taped up in a box and Fedex’d to the Senate.
thalter :
So who are the two dour looking seniors traveling with him? Ebenezer Scrooge and Montgomery Burns?
!
Smithers, release the hounds.
Sigsworth … you’re a genius :)
toxic – that’s not a true volt. And all the money they spent on the decals but they couldn’t pilfer some hub caps from a Cobalt? lol
I have to wonder the same thing as Bunter – how much did it cost to get the Cruze or whatever that is with the Volt technology inside to DC before he arrived to take it for a spin.
This might be the funniest thread on TTAC ever.
I just got the “juuuuuuust right” line. BRILLIANT.
Just the thought of Carl Levin helping to run this country is almost as infuriating as the thought of Barney Frank chairing a committee. RIDICULOUS.
They probably flew the Volt up to D.C.
And GM is the one that brags about how adept their marketing is??
What buffoons.
Has it ever occurred to anyone on the BoD that Rick not only lacks the leadership skills, but he doesn’t even have the appearance of leadership? Seriously, his threshold appearance looks like his mom just clipped that tie on and brushed his hair.
I think the two older guys were extras in Lord of the Rings.
Does anyone else think that humility would have been more adequately shown by taking a commercial jet, then a cab from the airport, as opposed to this circus?
Rick’s arrival in a Volt is another example of why GM failed. Apperances are everything but they are clueless of public perception. They would spend thousands shipping the Volt from Detroit so Rick could roll up to Congress in “the future of automobiles” and not get that we would question the money spent.
They probably set up a task force of senior executives to decide what Wagoner would arrive in, and another task force to decide what hubcaps, if any, should be applied…
http://tinyurl.com/627hro
Canada’s Highway of Heroes (401 in Ontario). The fallen from Canada’s war effort in Afghanistan are honored by being driven down the 401 with hundreds of onlookers on the overpasses.
Unfortunately there is no American Highway of Heroes, as current SOP is to hide our war dead. But we do now have a Highway of Beggars and Thieves, don’t we? I want to see some new trailblazers on the OH and PA turnpikes. (I think the Engine of Democracy logo would be a suitable design for these!)
thalter : What, they couldn’t at least come up with a set of wheel covers? Or would that have been too “showy”?
They were plastic and they fell off.
thalter : And I think he left a window rolled down…
The crank mechanism broke and the window fell down inside the door, just like on a Cavalier. Probably the same Cavalier parts.