On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 07:16:52PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > > Every single car I own gets 23MPG or better in city, if I keep my foot > out of it. It is amazing what fuel injection, modestly high compression, > a 5-speed manual transmission and a 2.93:1 axle ratio can do in those > older cars. Now if I put my foot into them they all drop to below 12MPG > (well the '69, '84 and '87 drop far below that with the '69 getting > gallon+ per mile... and I also get to buy new tires more frequently if I > do) > > Of course, I drive my Lancer as my daily, it get 33+MPG on the highway. > The Galant is the wife's it gets 25MPG city, 30MPG highway. > > So, I guess Al Gore using a private jet and huge limos and other large > contingents of vehicles makes him a non-enemy (yes, I used that term > intentionally). > I know what you mean. I drive a '97 Mazda. I get 33-36 MPG in mixed city/highway (daily commute and such) and closer to 40 MPG on road trips where it's nearly all highway.
I find it hilarious that some people I know have purchased hybrids at horribly inflated prices (oooh, but they got a tax break, so it's OK) based on the greatly overblown fuel economy numbers pushed by the manufacturers. When reality hit and they realized they were *lucky* if they got 45 MPG highway and even less in city driving, they were less than impressed. Besides, Al Gore has a good reason. He needs to arrive securely and on time and so can't be bothered to actually practice what he preaches. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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