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Automotive News & Views What is "wrong" with these new subcompacts?
8672 messages, Last post on Dec 01, 2009 at 7:03 PM
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Replying to: oregonboy (Jun 26, 2008 9:29 am)  And graduate is right - around town the Fit will do better regardless of transmission. And around town is where most people do most of their driving...
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Replying to: nippononly (Jun 26, 2008 10:54 pm) Speak for yourself!  Or, maybe I'm just not "most people." In today's world of urban sprawl, I'll bet people do a lot more highway driving than you might think.
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Replying to: thegraduate (Jun 27, 2008 6:47 am)
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Replying to: lemmer (Jun 27, 2008 7:11 am)
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Replying to: thegraduate (Jun 27, 2008 7:20 am)
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Replying to: lemmer (Jun 27, 2008 7:37 am) and I commute on I-59. I work in Homewood or at Valleydale, depending on whether or not I am at my internship, go to school at UAB, and live near Bessemer. I-59 is typically a fast mover at 5:00pm. Crowded, yes, but FAST! I avoid 65 and 280 like the plague. In my head highway = interstate, no traffic lights. I've found a couple of other subcompact people here in Birmingham as well; one is a regular in the Fit forum. |
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Replying to: thegraduate (Jun 27, 2008 6:47 am) Now if your daily commute is 200 miles RT, and it's all on the freeway at 70 mph, well THEN you might do just as well in the Civic as in the Fit. But ask yourself if every trip you make is that commute....every cold start is bringing your fuel economy down.
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Replying to: nippononly (Jun 27, 2008 8:07 am) |
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Replying to: thegreatoz (Jun 27, 2008 9:02 am) Urban sprawl –(noun) the uncontrolled spread of urban development into neighboring regions. from Dictionary.com What is "urban sprawl"? Is it a bad thing? It's bad in that it makes distances between one place and another further, increasing the amount of driving one must do. Los Angeles, California and Atlanta, Georgia, are two offenders that fall readily to mind, with home-to-work commutes that can routinely run in the 60-90 minute range. |
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Replying to: thegreatoz (Jun 27, 2008 9:02 am) And yes, in the context of super-high gas prices, it IS a bad thing, because it causes people to have to drive a lot more than they would otherwise need to, and we all know how much extra that is costing us these days.... |
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