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US stuck in reverse on fuel economy
On Mar 7, 4:43 am, wrote:
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17344368/ I got the latest Consumer Reports yesterday- the annual auto issue. Of all the cars in there, the only two that got better milage than my 98 Neon were hybrids! I'd say it is not just the US that is going backwards- the whole industry is! Not even the small cars from Japan and other Asian countries are getting the milage they used to. But then, with a recent poll showing fuel economy is WAY down on the list of what buyers are looking for in a car, well, what can we expect. I think fuel economy was seventeenth or eighteenth- below the number of cup holders :-( And even CR is pinging cars that take longer than 9 seconds to get to 60 as being underpowered! We has met the enemy and they is US! My 98 Neon has 115,000 miles on it, and I hope that it lasts a long time. It gets to sixty in just a tad less than 9 second, but gets 37-38 mpg on the highway and around 32 in town. |
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US stuck in reverse on fuel economy
U.S.fed govt,,,, wearethegovtandweareheretohelpyou!
Like that dear lady friend of mine in Arlington,Texas who retired from that hospital in Arlington once said to me,,, If govt would only leave us alone,we would all be better off. Lynn,me dear,You are soooo Right! cuhulin |
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"Don Stauffer in Minnesota" > wrote in message ups.com... > > I'd say it is not just the US that is going backwards- the whole > industry is! Not even the small cars from Japan and other Asian > countries are getting the milage they used to. I have a feeling that cars for the US market are somewhat different from cars marketed in other countries. What we get here may not be indicative of what Asian cars are doing other places. May be wrong, but just a comment. |
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US stuck in reverse on fuel economy
U.S.cars are much different than foreign cars made and sold/used in
foreign countries. cuhulin |
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US stuck in reverse on fuel economy
On Mar 7, 4:29 pm, wrote:
> U.S.cars are much different than foreign cars made and sold/used in > foreign countries. > cuhulin Still, if mfgs could produce cars with good performance and fuel economy in the late 90s, why can they not do so today, whether the designers are in Asia or US? They do indeed seem to be backsliding. And I doubt if it is government interference. I am not aware of any new pollution control requirements or other things that would hurt fuel economy since then. |
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Don Stauffer in Minnesota > wrote:
> >Still, if mfgs could produce cars with good performance and fuel >economy in the late 90s, why can they not do so today, whether the >designers are in Asia or US? They do indeed seem to be backsliding. >And I doubt if it is government interference. I am not aware of any >new pollution control requirements or other things that would hurt >fuel economy since then. Because the marketplace controls what the manufacturers buy, and people do not want to buy efficient small cars that are fun to drive, people want to buy huge overgrown SUVs that handle like the Queen Mary and consume gasoline by the barrel. Now, why this is the case is completely beyond me. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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US stuck in reverse on fuel economy
Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Because the marketplace controls what the manufacturers buy, and people > do not want to buy efficient small cars that are fun to drive, people > want to buy huge overgrown SUVs that handle like the Queen Mary and > consume gasoline by the barrel. > > Now, why this is the case is completely beyond me. It's mainly because the states pass out drivers' licenses more freely than they spend tax dollars, and don't prohibit really bad drivers from buying huge overgrown SUVs that handle like the Queen Mary and squash efficient small cars that are fun to drive. If you don't want to be extruded through the front grille of a '78 Cadillac, you either stay 5,000 feet from the nearest drivable roadway or drive something big. I also find there are extremely few small cars that aren't really hard on my post-surgical back. A ride in my nephew's beloved Passat was not unlike sitting on a pillow atop a sheet of 3/4" plywood and having someone beat on the bottom of the plywood with sledge hammers. -- Martians drive SUVs! <http://oregonmag.com/MarsWarm307.html> |
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US stuck in reverse on fuel economy
Back in the 1950's,there were some good size six passenger new and older
American name brands/American manufactured cars on the market which got at least 30 miles per gallon.Willys made and sold some of them.Look at the prices per gallon of gasoline now,I recently read that in California,it is up to about $3.00 per gallon now.Some ''feel good'' people will say,But,adjusted for inflation,,,,,, blah blah blah. The prices per gallon (in my oinion) of gasoline and diesel fuel are a RIP OFF. cuhulin |
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US stuck in reverse on fuel economy
> wrote in message ... > Back in the 1950's,there were some good size six passenger new and older > American name brands/American manufactured cars on the market which got > at least 30 miles per gallon.Willys made and sold some of them.Look at > the prices per gallon of gasoline now,I recently read that in > California,it is up to about $3.00 per gallon now.Some ''feel good'' > people will say,But,adjusted for inflation,,,,,, blah blah blah. > > The prices per gallon (in my oinion) of gasoline and diesel fuel are a > RIP OFF. You don't have to buy it. |
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