the newer 4 stroke ones are a bit better ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jacob)> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 2:22 PM Subject: Re: SUV's and Dead Horses
> How about my wave runner.. about 2 miles to the gallon ;-) Go through 50 > to 70 gallons on a three day weekend, polluting the Colorado River :-) > > At 07:08 PM 1/28/2003 +0000, you wrote: > >Not to beat to beat the dead horse here ... But I was looking up some > >fairly popular cars versus a couple of SUV's ... And I think some of the > >differences in gas mileage is negligible and even a couple of SUV's came > >out ahead of popular cars ... > > > >So I think it's all pretty relative and comes down again to the fact > >people really shouldn't generalize, as some SUV owners try to own the > >best one for the environment while still getting the vehicle they want > >and enjoy, while some car owners don't realize that an SUV does better > >on the road then their car. > > > >Now there's no reasoning for the Lincon Navigator people other than they > >have the money to waste I suppose ... But others should be given a bit > >more slack since their SUV only does 1 mpg less than the popular > >minivans. That's hardly something to crucify over ... But then again, > >what do I know. > > > >Interesting stuff. Of course there's lots of great family cars in this > >list that do great on mileage. > >(most of this is 2002 data) > > > >Cadillacs > >http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymake/Cadillac2003.shtml > > > >Lincolns > >http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymake/Lincoln2002.shtml > > > >Mercedes > >http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/2001cartablef.jsp?id=18214 > > > >Ford Explorer Sport SUV > >http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/18071.shtml > > > >A ford station wagon > >http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/18009.shtml > > > >The popular Ford Mustang > >http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/17424.shtml > > > >A ford minivan > >http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/18026.shtml > > > >Chevys > >http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymake/Chevrolet2002.shtml > > > >Toyota SUV > >http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/18131.shtml > > > >Another Toyota SUV > >http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/18246.shtml > > > >All Toyotas > >http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymake/Toyota2002.shtml > > > >Jeeps > >http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymake/Jeep2002.shtml > > > > > > > >Cheers, > >Erika > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
