by Steve <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 23, 2008 at 09:55 PM
PerfectReign wrote:
> Steve turned on the Etch-A-Sketch and wrote:
>
>> Rodan wrote:
>>> The greatest increases in mileage over the past 30 years have been
>>> attained by making cars smaller to decrease vehicle WEIGHT.
>> I don't know where you get THAT idea. Curb weights on comparable class
>> (ie midsize or fulsize) vehicles have stayed similar or actually gone
UP
>> due to all the mandated safety equipment.
>
> Exactly.
>
> I was reading recently about the 1987 Honda Civic Si, which gets
something
> like 45MPG.
>
> The 2008 Civic only gets 35MPG.
A couple of things there though- the Civic has gotten a class or two
larger in size as well. An 87 Civic is more comparable to a Fit today.
FAR more comparable. Today's Civic is comparable to an 80s Accord.
And another thing- no way in hell did an 85 Civic actually get 45 mpg
anywhere but on an EPA dyno! That POS was lucky to get 30 once it had
more than 30k miles on it. And today's Civic, even though larger, would
out-accelerate an 87 by a HUGE margin.
