Posted on 08/22/2018 10:25:29 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
This is being pitched by the Left and the envirofascists as a “War on Fuel Efficient Cars.”
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37mpg is still way too high for anything other than a sewing machine. 57mpg means driving all electric, with no infrastructure to support it.
I agree about the aerodynamics. I have a VW CC and a 2013 Beetle convertible. Both have the 2.0T turbocharged 4-cylinder engine. The CC is much heavier, yet consistently gets 33-34 MPG on the highway. The Beetle gets 30 tops (with the top up).
I attribute the difference entirely to aerodynamics. The CC is extremely ‘swoopy’ whereas the Beetle is, well, not.
The number crunchers see the savings to consumers via mileage efficiency and price the vehicle equipment to capture the consumer savings!!
Environmentalists, Globull Warmists and Liberals Hardest Hit!......................................good..................
37 is still too high IMO
I’ll keep my 96 Dodge 3/4, V-10 thank you.
Wow, Bridgeport is a neat place, and it’s high. We go to Mammoth to ski in the Spring and we often take Luther and Monitor Passes ( if they are open) which takes you down to 395 near Topaz Lake. We always stop at the “hot pots” just south of Bridgeport for a “soak” on the way home to get rid of the aches and pains from skiing. During our stay at Mammoth we go to Hot Creek to drink and soak. Mammoth is absolutely the best ski area in CA.
Due to back and neck surgeries, boarding and skiing days are sadly over for me. Still purty though. Bridgeport 4th of July was awesome. Great fireworks show and like an old small town 4th celebration.
” Bridgeport 4th of July was awesome. Great fireworks show and like an old small town 4th celebration.”
Yes, and you know small-town America is still where it’s heart is, even in California. All you need do is get out of the urban areas, and you can find Real America. We run races at Thunderhill in Willows ( the track that is owned by SFRSCCA). Once you get onto I-5 going north, you realize that you’re back in real America.
I agree. Drop it back to 25, which I believe was the original 1970s standard.
If we want good roads without imposing VMTs, tolls or sales levies, we would need a gas tax of at least $1.50/gallon, IMO. Maybe a little lower if we got rid of union labor agreements.
So, we will have bumpy roads forever in places, because if we told people what was really needed to fund them, the screaming and caterwauling would be heard from Anchorage to Miami.
Governor Corbett worked with the PA legislature, for example, to get more realistic about road funding. Guess what happened; he lost his re-election bid.
I saw electric charging stations at the Delaware Turnpike (I-95) service plaza on the way back from seeing a friend in Pennsylvania. I believe, however, that the service plaza IS a state-owned facility being run by a private company.
How many charging areas will pop up entirely in the hands of private enterprise, without subsidy, I have no idea.
The erf survived WWII. Imagine how many planes were in the air, ships at sea, tanks and trucks running on any given day and then a couple of A bombs set off as well and all that didn’t harm the earth.
Some liberal mayor (I think South Miami Beach) said that it will cause the sea to rise FASTER. Pssst, moron, your city is built on a swamp. So is Miami and most of Miami-Dade County...
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