The Honda Civics of the late 1970s were tiny, as were the VW Rabbits. That's how they got the milage.
http://www.ebeaa.org/graphics/336bt.jpg http://industry.dealer.com/assets/1977-vw-rabbit.jpg --- David Crooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday, February 15, 2008 11:41 AM Vince Teachout > wrote: > > >This is not a knock on your car - It's cool, and > I'm envious, but what > you posted above is something I've been "WTF"-ing > about for > >the last year or so. Everyone is making a big > hoopla about these > various cars that manage to get between 35 and > 50mpg, and it's > >trumpeted as some great deal. Yet I drive a 1996 > Ford Aspire that gets > 35MPG, and seats 4. They did it in '96, and China > has done >it for over > a decade, why is it such a big deal here? > > Yeah, I was talking to a co-worker yesterday who > said he had a Honda > back in the 80's that got 40MPG. You would think > with the latest > technology they would get better than that now... > Part of it is the > higher gas prices and 'going green' which this car > is based on the > website (http://www.smartusa.com). Maybe if it had > a small diesel it > would do better? I don't know... > > >You're car is still way-cool, though. Looks great, > and I can't help > but think that swappable panels would come in very > handy > >during, say, a bank robbery! :-D > > Thanks! Maybe I could make it 3 color with another > set of panels... :-) > > David L. Crooks > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
