PS, I received my April 2012 Consumer Report magazine a couple of weeks ago. It covers "Best & Worst CARS 2012". In the "Hatchbacks: fuel efficient" category the rankings was as follows:
1) Volkswagon Golf TDI (MT), score: 88 Recommended 2) Toyota Prius Four, Score: 80 Recommended 3) Nissan Leaf SL, Score: 78 4) Lexus CT 200h Premium, Score 71 Recommended 5) Chevrolet Volt, Score: 68 Recommended 6) Honda Insight EX, Score: 54 7) Smart for two Passion, Score: 28 Regards, LelandJ On 03/17/2012 05:55 PM, lelandj wrote: > I've been trying to migrate my Dbmail/Postgresql/Postfix mail server to > dbmail 3.0, a rc3 on Fedora 16, so my mail server has been down since > about 3:00 AM this morning. I just fell back to dbmail 2.2.17 via a dd > restore, and I'm happily back in Fedora 14 again, at least for the > server. Otherwise, I'm running Fedora 16 all around. > > My wife totaled my TDI Jetta Wagon in an accident that involved her > hitting another vehicle that had crashed before she arrived on the > scene. She crashed into the previously wrecked vehicle, and ricocheted > //off it striking and killing a good Samaritan trucker standing nearby. > I only turned the Jetta Wagon TDI over to her about five months ago. I > never imagined that my beloved TDI Jetta Wagon would come to such a > senseless and tragic end. It's a sad story, and I can't get into > details; because, GEICO still has not yet close the claim, but I will > say that the weather was a major contributing factor with black ice, > snow, sleet, darkness, and poor visibility. > > http://bigcountryhomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=466622 > > I brought Peggy a new 2012 VW Golf TDI, so she would have good, safe, > transportation. The title to new golf, TDI, four door, color tornado > red, is in my name and arrived yesterday in the mail. > > Anyway, switching to alternative energy, including alternative energy > for cars, could take decades. I've know about the Golf Mk VII, (eg 7th > generation Golf), for a couple of year, but it's not scheduled for sale > until 2015. Even after the Golf Mk VII hybrid becomes available, the > overwhelming number of MK VII Golfs will be sold as Golf TDI diesels or > Golfs running on gasoline only. > > Looking long term, I agree with Chevron and other big oil companies, who > favor bio fuels for autos and trucks. I guess that would include > liquefied natural gas. > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > > On 03/16/2012 03:13 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: >> http://www.treehugger.com/cars/electric-golf-coming-late-2013-says-vw.html >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
