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| lapuwali |
 Mar 7 2006, 01:31 PM
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Not another one!  Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743   |
Hybrids are the buzzword now, and people marvel at how the latest Civic hybrid gets 50mpg.
Autoweek had a short article on the early Civics, which got 55mpg with a carb. 1.2L, 50hp, 1500lbs. Sure, they were slow, but they were described as still being fun to drive. The way most people drive modern Civics, I doubt they'd notice if they suddenly only had 50hp. (yes, I know emissions are much better, it's quieter, it crashes better, yada, yada...) |
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| TonyAKAVW |
Mar 7 2006, 01:50 PM
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That's my ride. Group: Members Posts: 2,151 Joined: 17-January 03 From: Redondo Beach, CA Member No.: 166 Region Association: None |
You said it. People want heavy, quiet, big cars with air conditioning, 500 air bags, climate control, navigation systems, ABS, power everything, a 20 inch LCD screen for the kids, 20 inch rims, etc. Everything to envelop themselves in an isolated bubble from the world. Enough safety so that even the least attentive drivers will fare well in a crash. So for a car to do all that and get a clean 30 mpg is not bad. I bet if you applied hybrid technologies to lightweight simple cars such as ours, the efficieny would be astonishing. If the middle east plummets into a civil war and gas prices go sky high, that may happen. -Tony |
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lapuwali OT: how far we've come? Mar 7 2006, 01:31 PM
SirAndy <... Mar 7 2006, 01:42 PM TonyAKAVW 
