Roger Blake wrote:
>
> In article <1129358084.650373.176340@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Hurricane Guy wrote:
> > car lot that is obsolete before it is even driven off the lot. Why?
> > because the Auto and Oil Cartels have staged this little scam. America
> > never demanded to buy GAS HOGS! America bought what was put in front
of
>
> I guess you don't recall the 1950s and 1960s when many compact cars
> were available, but most people still chose to drive full-sized
vehicles.
> Surely you must remember when George Romney, as head of AMC, waged a
very
> public war against "gas-guzzling dinosaurs" and "trundling tanks" that
> were typical of the day. Yet people still kept buying them by the
millions.
>
> Hybrids are a stop-gap at best. Hundreds of pounds of expensive
batteries,
> and an insanely complex drivetrain, all to get about the same fuel
> efficiency as a 1970s vintage VW Rabbit. (Thanks, but no thanks.) I
> suspect those hybrid contraptions will be rotting in junkyards soon
enough
> when the cost of battery replacement exceeds the car's overall value.
>
> > "gee, you people are so stupid for buying these gas hogs we produced,
> > you should trade in your obsolete 2006 gas hog and buy a 2006 Hybrid"
>
> As I said, no thanks. I've been driving the same car for over 25 years
> and have no plans to change any time soon. I'm certainly not going to
> crap it up with some dicey experimental drivetrain just to save a few
> bucks on gas.
>
> > Why didn't the GOV step in and say "hey you just scammed America! You
>
> Because we have a free market where people make decisions based on
> their own needs, desires, and budgets. There is no scam involved,
> and there are plenty of non-hybrid fuel-efficient vehicles for
> people to buy if they so choose.
>
>
Fact is the cheapest, most efficient cars were the Honda/Nissan sub
compacts built in the early 1980's.
Honda Civic 1300 FE - 40+ mpg city and 52+ mpg highway
Nissan Sentra MPG - 40+ mpg city and 55+ highway
No batteries, computers, no electric motors (except for the wind****eld
wipers) etc. The Honda s****ted their normal Civic interior which was
plush as compared to the Nissan's spartan interior looked like it was
built in Eastern Europe. Hence, the Honda was slightly heavier thatn the
Nissan and probably a tad more durable as well.
But, it would (by gov'ment standards) be illegal to build such a car
today. No air bags, no this, no that... You get the picture. Guv'ment
interference at its pinnacle. Why worry about the greatest safety
consideration which (In my opinion) is the nut behind the wheel?
Luckily, I have found this very Honda model plus a spare parts car.
Yessir, the guv'ment can stick their mandates whar' the sun don't ****ne...
JT
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