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

Joe <joe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in 
news:slrng2pt4k.vda.joe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On 2008-05-14, Nick Cassimatis <nickpc0spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> The US Government classifies a PT Cruiser a "Truck," so using them as a

>> reference is questionable.
>>
> 
> They do not.
> 
> 

When Chrysler brought out the PT Cruiser,they designed it as a "light 
truck" so it would not have to meet stricter passenger car standards for 
fuel economy.(CAFE)

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_PT_Cruiser;

It is a front-wheel drive 5-passenger vehicle, classified as a truck by
the 
NHTSA for CAFE fuel economy calculations but as a car by most other 
metrics. Indeed, Chrysler specifically designed the PT Cruiser to fit the 
NHTSA criteria for a light truck in order to bring the average fuel 
efficiency of the company's light truck fleet into compliance with CAFE 
standards.[2]

-- 
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
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