New cars are still gas guzzlers
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New cars need better MPG
I don't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but some evil collusion must be at play to have such a low MPG on new cars. It's as if the oil companies do not want us to have greener transportation!
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With the recent rise of gas prices, now at $3.23 per gallon in the Sacramento area, I decided to look into new cars.. I was shocked to say the least that regardless of transmissions, they could do better than 35 MPG!
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| 23-1-2008 | I am less and less convinced that we do NOT need out-of-town shopping malls. They are not that pleasant so neither am I advocating an open invitation to any business people thinking, great we'll plonk them wherever we like.
The fact is that many town centres are very busy with traffic and in ...more | Mind Boggling |
| 01-12-2007 | I know where I am going,
Why the insults? I was only asking for clarification of the point you were making? I travel to the USA every year, and I've always be treated with courtesy and politeness. I take it that you are an "angry" American?
I see your point. The long distance...more | alaneroberts |
| 24-11-2007 | Alanereoberts is totally braindead, deaf to reason, He/she does not understand what petrol is, how it gets used in vehicles; that if you drive twice as far, twice the volume of fuel is consumed.
If you travel twice the distance as a European, are you willing to pay twice as much per month for fue...more | I know where I am going |
| 24-11-2007 | I know where I am going
What is the point you are trying to make? | alaneroberts |
| 23-11-2007 | Eurpoeans simply don't understand that in the USA the average journeys are twice as far as in Europe, The US homesteads and shopping malls are just more spread out everywhere. The European may travel 400 miles per month in their car. The US citizen does an average of 800 miles or more per month....more | I know where I am going |
| 12-11-2007 | Loren,
As is indicated by the previous post, the problem is with the American government and its lax attitudes over fuel efficiency. I've driven in America a number of times in large and small(ish) cars, and in all cases I have been on the one hand pleasantly surprised at the cost of petrol ...more | alaneroberts |
| 09-11-2007 | Hello America, wake up and smell the coffee. You're country has been burning fossel fuels in V8 wagons for ages and now you're paying nearly ....wait for it..... a whole 40p a litre because the price has gone up again, and you're thinking your hard done by.
And its because of your Ame...more | Mc$ |
| 04-11-2007 | My next car is going to be a Toyota Aygo, or the equivalent from Citroen or Peugeot. Returns? 83mpg on extra urban cycle, not sure what the combined figures are. The G Wizz is the best example thus far as I can see but it has serious limitations outside the M25 London, so that will rule it out for...more | Peter |
| 04-11-2007 | If you want better miles per gallon your ONLY serious alternative today is Diesel. It should also be Turbodiesel, ideally.
Hybrid as a way forward is doubtful. Normal routine use for commuting and other travel purposes only delivers 35 miles per gallon with these cars. So what's the point if y...more | Chris |
| 02-11-2007 | Messiah
we HAVE the technology, we also have cheaper fuel to run cars, LPG, which is 0.42p per litre.But can you see the government giving up 75% TAX.
they could reduce the cost of petrol tomorrow, by reducing the the tax on petrol, but that would be TO easy.
Also, why arn't car manuf...more | Josh |
| 02-11-2007 | Wow, petrol is quite cheap in the US. I had absolutely no idea how much more we were paying in this country. We definitely need to wean ourselves off this dependency on oil. The technology is here now for clean, cheap energy so it's about time something happened and we told the oil companies ...more | Messiah |
| 01-11-2007 | Over here in the UK, the typical price for petrol is currently 97.9 pence per litre. That's like $7.70 per gallon... | funny |
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