Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:23:14 -0600
Reply-To:     Jeffrey Olson <jjolson@GWTC.NET>
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From:         Jeffrey Olson <jjolson@GWTC.NET>
Subject:      Re: Cash for Clunkers Tally - Please keep to vanagon content
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There has been  much more peripheral stuff coming cross the listserv
lately.  Please keep the spam down and keep our focus on vanagons.

Thanks...

Jeffrey Olson
Martin, SD


> Note that (as far as I can see), there was only one Toyota
>> Corolla trashed. Unless there's some misprint that speaks for
>> how dedicated owners of old Corolla's are to their car.
>> (The 90's Corolla is also one of the most reliable cars ever made)
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> I don't see how ANY Corolla could qualify.  I looked up the '93 Corolla
> on fueleconomy.gov.  New mpg ratings for the sedan run (city) around
> 24-26 mpg, highway 31 mpg (depending on transmission, there are 4 and 5
> manuals, and a couple different auto types).  For the station wagon,
> whether manual or automatic, it is 23/30.  To qualify, a vehicle must
> get under 18 mpg combined city/highway.  '93 Corolla doesn't qualify.
> Did not look up any others, but I drove a '76 Corolla Lift Back from new
> for fifteen years, 298K miles.  It got about 27 city/35 highway.  Dave
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