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Automotive News & Views Are gas prices fueling your pain? 
10042 messages, Last post on Jul 12, 2008 at 3:07 PM
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Replying to: kscng (Apr 17, 2008 8:25 pm) Except for the fact that neither agency has anything what so ever to do with the vehicles the manufactures choose to make or what citizens choose to purchase. It is actually the publics demand that decides what manufactures build. No one buys any SUVs? Then they stop making them. Demand for econo-cars skyrockets? They step up production of those models and put more R&D into that category (remember there is a 3 to 5 year lead time on what rolls off the assembly line). If certain models sat on dealer lots and didn't sell, you can be they would make less of them. But when everyone that walks in buys a V8 rather than a V6 in a vehicle, or a V6 rather than an inline 4, that is what the manufactures build. Blame your neighbor, not gov. agencies. Supply and demand, remember? |
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Coming to a full stop at intersections wastes gas, right? So let's either legalize California stops or swap a bunch of stop signs out for yield signs. No one stops at them anyway: Does anybody really stop at stop signs? (Straightline) (Dang Andre, beer, cigs and gas. That's three bad "addictions" you have going there.  )
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Replying to: steve_ (Apr 18, 2008 7:36 am) You forgot the worst - Mopar tanks!
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Replying to: texases (Apr 18, 2008 7:37 am) Never seems to help the Chronic Car Buyers though, lol.
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Replying to: steve_ (Apr 18, 2008 7:51 am)
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Replying to: kscng (Apr 17, 2008 8:25 pm) The Miata is more fuel efficient than the S2000. The Sienna is more fuel efficient than the Odyssey. Prius is more fuel efficient than the Civic Hybrid. I could go on and on. Yes, Honda has a high CAFE average but that's mostly because they do not sell big trucks like Toyota does. Choosing the most fuel efficient vehicles that meets your needs makes sense. Boycotting a Miata, which is more fuel efficient than an S2000, just because of the manufacturer's badge, makes no sense at all. It is ridiculous. |
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Replying to: euphonium (Apr 18, 2008 8:15 am) No one wants to pull the stop signs down? |
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Replying to: ateixeira (Apr 18, 2008 8:23 am) Yes, by a whole 2 mpg in the real world.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Apr 18, 2008 8:23 am) We really need to ignore those and concentrate on getting back to basics - coal-fired steam engines.  I'm shopping for a house now, and I'm looking for one that has a wood/coal stove, as an alternative to oil heat.
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Replying to: coontie66 (Apr 17, 2008 9:19 am) |
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