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Old 06-13-2008, 10:51 AM  
farkedup
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How about we just bitch slap GM/Ford/Chrysler around and have them figure out what the rest of the world already knows...

The big 3 american car companies are continually REFUSING to get decent fuel economy. Chrysler is absolutely clueless (look at 25MPG from their SMALLEST DAMN CAR! at least for the as shown version LOL)

lets bring back the original beetle... 50HP engine. My mom has one and I've borrowed it a few times and during 1wk stretches driving normal I easily pulled 40MPG in it and it was made in 1974 dammit! toss a modern more efficient engine into it and you'd be pulling 70MPG without a fuckin hybrid.

GM has done an incredible job with the corvette pulling great gas mileage AND having power. Part of this is simply having the extra gear.

Also americans need to learn how to drive a stick! automatics are a WASTE every woman I've ever been with hasn't been able to drive a stick(car) and I've taught every last one of them in under an hour (at least the ones I was with for 1wk+

I simply don't understand why the american cars get such unbelievably bad gas mileage.

Also trucks town better with gears built for slower acceleration yet all trucks come setup more for the drag strip than for real usage which by simply slowing the acceleration of them down can improve FE a solid 5MPG as long as the people don't treat them like sports cars.

I forgot to add that GM is clueless about hybrids and have proven they are AGAINST the electric car. See the price and improvements of vehicles like the Yukon hybrid and thats all you need to know.
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