there are exceptions :) As for the safety rating, the general public seems to equate size with safety. They don't necessarily read the safety ratings.
That being said, the Mini is right about the same price as most hybrids so it really doesn't fit the argument of a cheaper than a hybrid gas vehicle. On Sep 1, 2010, at 8:46 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Not sure about that one. Fuel efficient cars can be quite sexy. For > instance my Mini gets about 30 mpg city and just under 40 mpg on the > highway. As for safety it has a higher safety rating than a Ford F150, > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Plus, efficient gas powered vehicles don't seem to sell. They're not as >> sexy to greenies as hybrids are and the general public could >> care less about fuel efficiency. They just want their SUV to be bigger than >> the guy next to them on the highway so they can feel >> safe. > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons > -- > The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. > - B. F. Skinne > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326549 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
