TOM The biggest problem with CAFE was not including trucks. Especially light trucks.
On 24-Apr-06, at 2:15 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:21:17 -0600 > From: Tom Boldway <jboldway@COMCAST.NET> > Subject: Gas Mileage? > > Well, one of the direct causes of the gas consuption is the > government. = > CAFE > - Corporate Average Fuel Economy - car makers started designing > minivans = > and > SUVs as what killed the station wagon wasn't people turning against > them = > but > automakers cutting production - see a station wagon is a car, which = > impacts > the CAF=C9 for the automaker. A SUV and a minivan are trucks, which = > don't fall > under CAF=C9 automobile standards. A big car gets better mileage > than a = > big > SUV and can carry as much if not more. Betcha the trunk of my 99 Caddy > Deville holds a lot more than most SUVs. Plus, with an efficient = > Northstar > V8 I get 20 around town and 27 on the highway. An old Fender 4x10" > bass > speaker horn cabinet fits inside the car in the back seats! > Digression = > - > went to an auto show last week and saw the new 2006 VW Beetle had a = > sticker > on window that said 22 city, 30 highway. With today's technology > why do = > they > get such poor mileage for a 4 banger? > So, blame the wizards in gubment for part of the consumption problem. > > ---- |
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