here's another reason to hate car companies: in 1901, porsche put out a hybrid car. yep, the old gas/electronic combo has been around for over a century. but you don't care. you're too busy lusting after some piece of crap, 2.5 ton s.u.v. that gets 18 mpg. sure, it will hold a million things and will run over everything else on the road, but so what? it's not like gas is over $3.25 in fresno. what's that you say? $3.25 would be a good price?
when the civic first came out in 1972, it got over 40 mpg standard. so, let me get this straight, in the last 35 years, your car got less efficient? i know the car was smaller, and the current models do get good mileage, but isn't fuel injection inherently more efficient than carburetion? the standard civic sedan gets an estimated 26 city and 34 highway. that's ridiculous.
hey, i'm not saying i'm perfect, or any better than you. honestly, i still want to own my bike, a classic car, and a jeep. fortunately, i only own the first of those three, and it gets about 40 mpg. and, that's with a ginormis engine. if i had a bike with smaller engine i could probably getting 50 mpg. i'm not bragging, just speaking the truth. but, i keep telling myself i'm not getting anything else until they wake the f up and make a jeep that gets over 35 mpg (which is over double what my last one got). because, really, 35 mpg isn't all that great. unless it's also a zero emissions vehicle (like our civic hybrid).
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Here's to lobby jerks from the oil industry.
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