Idleaire closing

Nope, sorry, I was there till the end. Unemployment pay is not bad!

 

And I as a member of the forum, driver and ex idleaire user would appreciate you not insulting our mods. They are OUR mods and while WE might get irritated at them we don't appreciate strangers coming in and insulting them.

 

I knew it wasn't going to end happy.

 

*settle down with my popcorn and waits for the I love Lucy reruns*

 

I spose if you're a solo driver, I can see how someone would rave over idleair, but since we run as a team, very rarely have to spend time at truckstops and because of that, what little idling we do with our fuel cap program, its actually cheaper for us to idle when we have to have to sit every once in a while. Besides, the only time we have to idle mostly is in the summer.

Idleair is a good concept for the environment, but its just way too expensive for me....

Its funny tho that the majorirty of the supporters of idleair are the ones who had the luxury of their company paying for it.

 

I'll post a couple pictures for members who have never used or seen Idleair up close


IdleAire history:

• 2000: Founded in Knoxville
• Feb. 2002: Petro Stopping Center deal
• May 2002: Eaton Corp. investment
• Sept. 2002: $1 million TPO grant
• July 2003: R&D Magazine top innovation
• Dec. 2003: Pilot Travel Centers deal
• Feb. 2004: EPA Award of Excellence
• Aug. 2004: Travel Centers of America deal
• April 2005: $200 million financing
• Jan. 2006: $320 million financing
• July 2006: TPO denies grant request
• Aug. 2006: Files first SEC quarterly report, discloses $6M lawsuit by employee
• July 2007: Announces IPO
• Aug. 2007: Revenue, losses rise as company expands
• Nov. 2007: Nearly two months late filing SEC report, seeks more time
• Feb. 2008: Company cuts 40 jobs
• April 2008: Files SEC report saying bankruptcy near without capital
• May 2008: Receives $4 million loan, $25 million line of credit
• May 2008: Files Chapter 11 bankruptcy

 

Oooh, they raised the prices. Our fleet rate in 07 was like $1.80 an hour. Maybe less come to think of it. I know on my gold account it cost me exactly $18 for 10 hours and the fleet rate was lower.