Re: Update Re: Carfax, Buying Used, & Craigslist.org

Pszemol wrote:
> "jim beam" <spamvortex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:SeGdnQKK0KJ9luHVnZ2dnUVZ_ojinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> I know :-) You were talknig about one year old... :-)))
>>> But we were talking here in this thread about the sense in
>>> making mpg comparisons when buying almost 20 years old junker
>>> (93 civic).
>>
>> 1. 2008 - 1993 = 15.  see my earlier comment about your math.
> 
> 15 years old junker or 20 years old junker - what is really the
difference?

the "difference" is that you don't know what you're talking about.


> 
>> 2. you don't seem to understand that modern cars are much heavier than 
>> the older ones, and thus, because the extra weight takes more energy 
>> to move around, many modern cars lose their fuel efficiency advantage 
>> compared to older ones.  or at least, older hondas.  a literally 20 
>> year old crx hf can out-perform the current civic hybrid by some 
>> margin in fuel economy ratings.
> 
> I was never comparing her 93 to todays 2008 models but I was comparing
her
> 93 now with 185k miles to *the same car* when young, with 10k miles in 
> 1993.
> Do you really think her 93 with 185k burns less fuel than when it had 
> 10k miles
> on the odometer? I certainly doubt it.

yes i do - at 10k, the motor is still tight and thus wastes more energy 
on friction.