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On several new "cars" that I have purchased over
the years, I was forced to pay a gas guzzler tax of a thousand dollars or
more. Who are the miscreants in our guberment that have given an exception
to this tax to SUV's and pickup trucks. This is beyond stupidity(but
they are Politicos and know not what they do). As a matter of fact the
guberment would give you a tax credit and also allow you to write off in
deductions the total amount of any vehicle of over 6000 pounds if used for
"business purposes, yea right!". This of course is why you see all these
giant Hummers, Navigators, Excursions(used by soccer mom's and
commuters) and other such riff raff vehicle on our highways spreading their
death and destruction wherever they go. Not to mention subsidizing those
countries that support Islamic.terrorists in their attacks on our country and
crazies such as Hugo Chavez.
So the next time you are whining about the price of
fuel, take a look at the SUV next to you who did not pay a dime in penalty to
support their gas guzzling ways, which of course means more expensive fuel for
your Ford car. We have met the enemy and the enemy is us, said one
wag(Pogo).
Roger Schaaf
300 B 17 MPG on a good day, but only less
than 40 gallons per year.
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Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 8:45
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Subject: [FWDLK] FW: [FWDLK] All this
late model and future discussion...
?and one way to
accomplish this is to not only look forward but to use the side- and rear-view
mirrors. It was impressed upon me that 50 percent of the time, the
driver should be looking in the rear-view mirror.
The whole industry is
a sham. Who lobbies Congress to fight raising CAFE standards?
From: Forward
Look Mopar Discussion List [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brent Burger
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 11:18
AM
To:
L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] All this late model
and future discussion...
I had a similar
experience.
My high school
driver's ed. teacher tried to impress upon the class that the best drivers
were the ones who rarely had to use their brakes - explaining that this
gave maximum fuel economy, was easy on the car's mechanics, the brakes lasted
forever, and these driver's would be safest, because in order to minimally use
the brakes, you had to be an extremely observant driver, anticipating the road
situation far in advance. These principals weren't lost on
me.
We were told by the powers-that-be
that the reason cars lost chrome bumpers and real metal and style was "safety
and economy". I'd rather take a bread truck in my DeSoto than any full
size car for sale today, and if 20-25 mpg is the best anyone can offer
after fifty $#@! years of research and development
????? Gimme a break ! We were lied to. The whole industry is
a sham ! It is bad enough they look like bars of soap and you need
$200,000 diagnostic equipment to work on them. But don't tell me they
are great cars. I have a garage full of great cars. I KNOW what
those look like !
B.
In December of 1964, our college
SAE Club held an economy run throughout the Greater Los Angeles area. I
went to a local Rambler dealer and they gracioiusly loaned me a new plain
Jane 1965 Rambler American stick shift. This dealership had
sponsored the previous year's Mobil Gas economy run winner to Yosemite. They gave it to me a week ahead of the
run for practice, retarded the timing to 5 degrees after tdc (this what they
told me) and put some smaller jets in the carb. I added a vacuum
gauge.
Just before the run, my navigator
put 40# of air in the tires. During the run, I drove without a shoe on
my right foot. My navigator looked ahead and advised me of the light
situation. In total, we had to stop for only 4 of the 88 lights on our
run.
End result, we won the contest
with 45 mpg!
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