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Posted on 08/02/2018 6:06:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai
So does my wife. Me, I want the Crown Vic back.
Your larger point (which is absolutely correct) is that the cost of all these federal regulations and compliance costs put new cars out of the reach of far too many.
It's not just the CAFE standards. We can go all the way back to catalytic converters becoming mandatory along with 5mph bumpers (anyone remember those?!) as the point where the FedGov massively intervened to drive the cost of a product up exponentially, regulating the piss out of it and making it so the average joe can't buy a new car anymore.
I had a full size Chevy 15 passenger van with a 460 and got in the high 20s mpg. My son wrecked it, and I replaced it with a lighter duty and a 350. The smaller engine only got into the teens and the power curve was non-existent.
Bigger is often better and they’re are significant reasons to develop large vehicles. I never could figure why larger vehicles weren’t first on the hybrid path—trains proved the value of that technology the last century...
If you get away from the CAFE standards, the automakers won’t have to build the little shitboxes nobody wants.
Under today’s standards,most vehicles are probably running fairly efficiently. Some very desirable vehicles are no longer produced for no good reasons except the EPA’s upcoming standards. I think the president did the right thing & now maybe the auto industry(if they want to) can get back to building something practical that will sell even if it doesn’t get 50 mpg. Might as well forget about producing anything that will live up to California’s crazy standards,especially in upcoming years. They want to go all-electric anyway,thinking that will solve all their problems.
Bring back the big classic LTD.
Your large vehicle would now likely be exempt from CAFE standards. “Large Trucks” etc. don’t have mpg stickers on them for that reason. They are not part of the equation.
The ‘safety’ issue emerges from the sensors and engine control conputers that try to meet emissions and fuel standards by precisely matching temp, spark, fuel injection, to burn as clean and efficiently as possible.
But sensors (cam shaft, crank position, misfire, ignition, ma airflow. coolant temp, etc.) WEAR OUT and the ECM (engine control computer modules) can malfunction over time.
So say an owner is sure to get such a car to the shop for regular checkups, that should ensure safety right?
No.
These parts, when they go out, tend to go out in the same time frame and mechanics (the honest ones) use electronic computer scanners to diagnose problems which don’t always detect parts that are degrading.
Well then, why not have a state law that requires an OVERHAUL of all such sensors?
In that case, you might as well as get another vehicle.
So what kind of safety incidents can be seen with these aging computerized death traps?
One example is where say the Max Airflow Sensor starts acting up, malfunctioning. You’re on the freeway driving freeway speeds. The engine rpms start doing weird things and the car dies, engine shuts off. Meanwhile, as you’re slowing down there are cars whizzing past you and you’re trying to coast to the shoulder. You’re in trouble, big trouble. And with the engine not starting, you have no hydraulic assist so steering and braking are a nightmare.
If the President indeed did propose a rollback on unsafe regulations, keeping in mind this is the Associated Press pukes that are writing this slop, I would bet the President also proposed increasing safety standards when it comes to engine reliability. The President is not stupid. If he’s getting reports of accidents and unsafe incidents resulting from ‘computerized’ vehicles that are aging, it must be an emerging trend. I would bet it’s emerging because of the sheer number of aging cars that are computerized and are a danger because their sensors and computers are going bad.
That would be MASS airflow sensor. To use to mix in a proper mass of fuel.
Cut back on government charges to citizens?
Blasphemy!
“I like the big pig I drive now just fine.”
But why are the manufacturers prohibited from producing simple small ones?
I was lamenting that also recently.
I had a Toyota SR-5 longbed, loved that truck , small trucks today are not small.
i don’t believe my 2010 titan is even legal to sell in CA i love it
“We are at about the limit on MPG for internal combustion engine vehicles unless we make them out of cardboard.”
Mazda is developing a gas engine that operates like a diesel. However, big brother has already selected electric for everyone.
But why are the manufacturers prohibited from producing simple small ones?
That is not a fact that I am aware of, I have recently heard word of a new Ranger coming along.
Arrogance of these fools.
Maybe Cadillac could actually start making Cadillacs again? Just a silly dream.
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