Re: Plan on driving a new car on a 3000mile highway trip. Bad idea?

Seth wrote:
> "Joe" <joe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:slrng2f8na.47l.joe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> In NY, a Ridgeline is registered Commercial.  It has lower safety
>> requirements and higher bumpers than a car.  Ergo, it is not a car.
> 
> Ten years ago maybe that was the required registration class (in NY). 
> Half-ton pick-ups are eligible for Passenger plates these days.
> 

But it is not the states that set the safety standards. It is the 
Federal Gov't. They do require that cars meet different standards than 
trucks. And they also have different mileage requirements.

I remember years ago that Subaru im****ted the Brat as trucks, so that 
they could get around some tarrifs, too, rather than im****t them as cars.

Jeff