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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
In 1977 VW made cars that got over 50+ miles per gallon, now 30 years later, we're suppose to be impressed with cars that get 35? WTF? How much are these car companies getting paid to not make efficient cars? It sucks that this is what commerce and government is doing to us! We should have 100+MPG suv's by now!
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I didn't realize that cars got 50 mpg all the way back in 1977 (neat!), but over a decade ago, I had a Geo Metro, which got 45 mpg street / 50 mpg highway. I remember when the hybrid craze started, and people were going crazy over cars that got less than 40 mpg, and I couldn't help but have a recurring "WTF???" creep into my head. I miss my little egg-shaped car! The thing I liked about it most was that I could park it anywhere, and, when I lived in Santa Barbara, I went to the gas station maybe twice per month. Now I have a scooter, which gets 96 mpg, but is decidedly less practical for grocery shopping and trips to Home Depot.