Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > > A Geo Metro could easily match those numbers 20+ years ago. Could do almost > that good with an automatic transmission. > Ah, yes, but then my daughter ran my old one through a power pole, not just the residential size but the kind with a dual 45 KV feeder on it, and sheared the pole completely in half. Powered down our entire town for an evening. She walked away from the wreck without a scratch. My guess is that a Geo Metro would have left her in pieces. Sometimes all that extra weight modern cars carry has its uses. > 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. > Well, but my Civic Hybrid DOES beat your Metro MPG, in REAL USE by ME! It has a CVT with a computer-controlled "start clutch", no torque converter!
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