Volkswagon unveils car that gets 282 miles to the gallon.

There isn't one.

It seems to be discouragement through regulation.

Graham

 

There isn't one.

It seems to be discouragement through regulation.

Graham

 

The last one I recall making any oil change requirement was a high-end 1970
model.

I should have said that oil level checks are a maintenance requirement of
course.

Graham

 

The last one I recall making any oil change requirement was a high-end 1970
model.

I should have said that oil level checks are a maintenance requirement of
course.

Graham

 

I'm not the one you need to convince. Emissions and safety regulations in
the US are nearly as old as I am. The US tort system almost requires safety
regs; if you are driving a vehicle with inadequate side impact protection
and Elmer Fudd t-bones your vehicle because he wasn't watching where he was
chasing that wascally wabbit, should he be responsible for the increased
injury to you that stems from the substandard design?

But 120-150 mpg diesel hybrids? I'm not familiar with anything like that. VW
made the Lupo 3L using all the tricks to get the fuel consumption down to 3
liters per 100km, barely half the 150 mpg claim, and hybridization isn't
likely to improve on that. Stupid laws of physics.

The public everywhere is going to have to adjust to a cruel fact of
transportation: not all the energy is used to get from point A to point B.
Cooling and heating, and even lighting, take an increasing toll as the
energy expenditures for travel decrease. Hybrid owners are already
complaining.

Mike

 

I'm not the one you need to convince. Emissions and safety regulations in
the US are nearly as old as I am. The US tort system almost requires safety
regs; if you are driving a vehicle with inadequate side impact protection
and Elmer Fudd t-bones your vehicle because he wasn't watching where he was
chasing that wascally wabbit, should he be responsible for the increased
injury to you that stems from the substandard design?

But 120-150 mpg diesel hybrids? I'm not familiar with anything like that. VW
made the Lupo 3L using all the tricks to get the fuel consumption down to 3
liters per 100km, barely half the 150 mpg claim, and hybridization isn't
likely to improve on that. Stupid laws of physics.

The public everywhere is going to have to adjust to a cruel fact of
transportation: not all the energy is used to get from point A to point B.
Cooling and heating, and even lighting, take an increasing toll as the
energy expenditures for travel decrease. Hybrid owners are already
complaining.

Mike

 

Trucks are heavier and by your statement below indicates, safer.

Trucks aren't scary, people who think trucks are scary are scary.

The only part of your post that is correct.

 

Trucks are heavier and by your statement below indicates, safer.

Trucks aren't scary, people who think trucks are scary are scary.

The only part of your post that is correct.

 

Now we come full circle - the OP is naked spam to get us to visit the
*really* wacked site this spam is advertising. The same spam appears in
nearly every auto forum, in different cross-posted blocks.

Mike

"We never walked on the moon, Elvis ain't dead, you ain't goin' crazy, it's
all in your head."

 

Now we come full circle - the OP is naked spam to get us to visit the
*really* wacked site this spam is advertising. The same spam appears in
nearly every auto forum, in different cross-posted blocks.

Mike

"We never walked on the moon, Elvis ain't dead, you ain't goin' crazy, it's
all in your head."

 

If push comes to shove, the heavier vehicle will suffer less damage than
the lighter should the two tango.

Quite frankly, I feel a whole lot safer in my 1955 Studebaker President
with seat belts than I do in my 1983 Civic.

JT

 

If push comes to shove, the heavier vehicle will suffer less damage than
the lighter should the two tango.

Quite frankly, I feel a whole lot safer in my 1955 Studebaker President
with seat belts than I do in my 1983 Civic.

JT

 

Heh heh... I tell friends with modern plastic that the only thing soft
on my 1964 Studebaker T-Cab are the tires and that I take advantage of
other's crush zones...

Absolutely! That's why I have no qualms driving an older Civic.

JT

 

Heh heh... I tell friends with modern plastic that the only thing soft
on my 1964 Studebaker T-Cab are the tires and that I take advantage of
other's crush zones...

Absolutely! That's why I have no qualms driving an older Civic.

JT

 

Not to mention the fire bomb characteristics of the current crop of cop
cars..

JT

 

Not to mention the fire bomb characteristics of the current crop of cop
cars..

JT

 

google the opel eco-speedster, its more realistic than the this VW.

 

google the opel eco-speedster, its more realistic than the this VW.

 

toyo reccomend 60k miles on my supra. i did it when i bought
it, i'm sure the fluid had never been changed before that.
love the toy 5 speed and mine is slick and easy.

 

toyo reccomend 60k miles on my supra. i did it when i bought
it, i'm sure the fluid had never been changed before that.
love the toy 5 speed and mine is slick and easy.