What tip did you entice him with
Valet parking with taste 430is so yesterdaygot invited to a cocktail reception to view the Fisker Karma. What a beautifully-built vehicle, commanding presence thanks to the huge 22" wheels and good looking - much nicer than the photos.
However, the best part of the evening was when we drove up to the front door of the place where the event was being held: there was a Ferrari 430 parked right in front, but as soon as the valet saw us in the Mac, he ran up and said "don't worry, I'll move the Ferrari". He then proceeded to take the 430 and drove it into a multi-story parking lot, so we could put our car in pride of place right outside the entrance.
Take that, prancing pony!
Classic...to funny......I to love the looks of the Fisker but keep hearing nothing but negatives/problems with the car...recalls on the battery etc...got invited to a cocktail reception to view the Fisker Karma. What a beautifully-built vehicle, commanding presence thanks to the huge 22" wheels and good looking - much nicer than the photos.
However, the best part of the evening was when we drove up to the front door of the place where the event was being held: there was a Ferrari 430 parked right in front, but as soon as the valet saw us in the Mac, he ran up and said "don't worry, I'll move the Ferrari". He then proceeded to take the 430 and drove it into a multi-story parking lot, so we could put our car in pride of place right outside the entrance.
Take that, prancing pony!
I like it a lot, too. Hope he is able to sort the issues and make it a success.Classic...to funny......I to love the looks of the Fisker but keep hearing nothing but negatives/problems with the car...recalls on the battery etc...
I'm sure they want to figure out exactly how the fire started, before taking responsibility. Could be the battery pack, could be the guy left his cigarette on the seat. Look how long it took Ferrari to admit the 458 fires were not driver error. In fact, if I remember correctly, they did say they were driver error for quite a while.That autoweek link shows that the Fisker burned down the house and a supercharged NSX!!!! On top of that... Fisker is not taking responsibility for the fire. Lawyers are getting involved!!
With all of the exaggeration about electric car failures fanned by the right wing press that hates the DOE loans taken by these companies, it is helpful to get the facts. In the specific case of the single Fisker car fire, reliable sources such as AutoWeek reported that the battery pack was NOT the cause of the fire. The battery was still intact and the car was not being charged when the fire started. Cause of the fire is still under investigation. Also interesting that the owner of the car/house is a convicted felon. I'm hoping we'll get a definitive statement on what caused the fire sometime in the future.funny, the day after I went to the Fisker event, I read the story of the Houston Fisker burning to the ground due to a bum battery pack, and then last night I drove by one on the freeway getting loaded ont a tow truck.
Owning an early one, I know a LOT about this, not just randon quotes from the press. The failure of the Consumer Reports car was diagnosed by Fisker engineers as a failure in the A123-supplied battery. A123 determined that they had a manufacturing tolerance issue at one of their plants and took a $55M charge to replace all Karma batteries over the next 12 months. It was not a safety issue, and the infant mortality rate for the failure seen by Consumer Reports was determined to be less than 5%. Fisker extended the warranty on the entire car to 5 years and 60,000 miles when they announced the battery replacement program.Sorry fisker but this is a POS.
http://news.consumerreports.org/car...-fisker-karma-plug-in-hybrid-breaks-down.html
We buy about 80 cars a year and this is the first time in memory that we have had a car that is undriveable before it has finished our check-in process.
And I hate the government giving my tax $$ as incentives to oil companies who make billions in profits every quarter. I've used 65 gallons of gas for 3500 miles in my Karma, hardly underwhelming. And the electricity to charge it comes from solar panels (also subsidized by tax incentives).I am glad you like your car. You are right, calling it a POS is too harsh. I hate the government involvement in the "green" economy. It is BS. I hate that my tax dollars are paying for crappy loans for crappy business models and I particularly hate paying rebates for overpriced green machines. The reviews for the Fisker Karma performance are overwhelmingly poor. The car is extra heavy at 5400 lbs, slow, cramped quarters, and underwhelming gas mileage - the product of bad government