I know a guy who still has a Metro and he said he routinely got MPGs in the high 40s to low 50's.
I think they stopped making Metros in 2001. I think the Metro was a joint partnership thing between GM and Suzuki. And they were cheap! Dave On 5/2/2013 3:36 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > --- On Wed, 5/1/13, Jon Elson<el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > > >> From: Jon Elson<el...@pico-systems.com> >> Subject: [Emc-users] OT - electric vehicles >> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"<emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 11:18 AM >> Well, this is pretty off-topic, >> except that these machines are basically >> big servo motors and drives. I have a Honda Civic >> hybrid and have >> driven it for about 4 years. I just had to have the >> hybrid battery >> replaced at Honda's cost this winter. I get 49 MPG in >> the winter >> and hot summer, and am getting 57 MPG right now, in mixed >> city/highway driving. I fill the gas tank a bit more >> than once a month! >> > A Geo Metro could easily match those numbers 20+ years ago. Could do almost > that good with an automatic transmission. > > When a new car can beat the old Metro for MPG in real world use, then that'll > be something for its manufacturer to crow about. > > Even more embarrassing to the current "high MPG" vehicles is the 1994 and > earlier Oldsmobile Achieva with the SOHC 4 cylinder. Had a 1994 Achieva that > averaged 40 MPG on a 882 mile trip, including long stretches of 75 MPH > freeway. In 1995 GM discontinued that engine! Only the higher power, less > efficient, DOHC 4 and pushrod V6 were available in the N-body cars from then > until that line being discontinued. > > So why can't the auto industry build a car NOW with the size and efficiency > they easily Achieva-ed 19 years ago? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET > Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. > Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with<2% overhead > Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
