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After a YouTube video by jtmcdole put paid to Newt Gingrich’s assertion that “You can’t put a gun rack in a [Chevy] Volt,” the presidential candidate has modified his remarks. (Imagine that.) Gingrich now quotes a hunter pal who says there’s no room in GM’s gas-electric tax-sucker for a gun rack AND a dead deer . Which is also not true. While I don’t think Sawzall will do the right thing and create a video showing just how easy it is to put a dead deer in the back of a Volt (and the seats, Newt didn’t say anything about the seats), I challenge TTAG’s Armed Intelligentsia to show the world the truth about guns, Volts and animal carcasses.
Put it in the passenger seat and you can use the HOV lane.
There’s no room in a Volt for a gun rack, a dead deer and a dead candidacy.
Oh, nice one, Ralph. Cheers.
When has anyone put a deer in a car? I thought this guy was from rural Georgia . . . maybe things are different down south compared to Wisconsin.
Its a southern thing. You wouldn’t understand.
I am in SC, I have never had a deer IN my truck, now it is only a Supercrew F15o V8 Triton, but my boss has never had one in her F350 dually diesel, perhaps these are both too small?
Hell, I could mount a deer on my wife’s little honda.
Why waste a perfectly good dead deer on a Volt?
I wouldn’t waste a bad dead deer on a Volt.
I think Newt is in Moron Territory now!
How dare you call that imbecile a moron.
How dare you call that jackass an imbecile.
So, uhm, can someone draw me a Venn diagram of Volt owners/armed intelligentsia/deer hunters? ’cause I think what you’re asking for is evidence of the existence of a statistical outlier. Heck, I don’t think a Volt would make it from my house, to deer hunting territory, and back without running out of power.
It’d depend on just how far you are from hunting territory. The electricity runs for about 36 miles. The gas tank has a 9.3 gallon capacity and a 35-40 mpg (city-highway) for a total range all combined of 360 to 407 miles roundtrip assuming you don’t fill up somewhere. All numbers are according to Chevy. You’d probably be better off using a Volt as a day-to-day car (assuming your commute is short) while keeping a truck around for hunting.
I was really hesitant to open the comment thread for fear of what pictures might be posted here, now I’m kinda disappointed. I guess its because deer season is over…