I drive about 40 miles each way, takes about an hour and a half, and I drive a car that requires 93 and only gets about 17 miles an hour (after mods).
We're not all that far apart here, it's just that traffic congestion screws us royally. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 9:54 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Prius Outdoes Hummer in Environmental Damage > > The biggest problem I have with these hybrids is that they > don't get awesome gas mileage. Especially when you turn on the AC. > > There's a ton of vehicles available in the European market > which get better gas mileage that pretty much all of the > american cars. But American's don't want to drive little > tiny cars. And I bet those little tiny european cars aren't > particularly "safe" either in terms of crashes and such. > > Mass transportation will always be the best solution, but > we're so spread out here and in love with our cars that it'll > never really work outside of the largest cities. > > I drive 25 miles each way to work. It takes me about 35 > minutes. I could take the bus. It would take 2 hours, > because the Triangle Transit Authority is horrid. > > Rick > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230120 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
