On Jul 4, 3:31=A0pm, AVC <a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jul 4, 6:03=A0pm, Jeffrey D Angus <jan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > AVC wrote:
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> > > This helps a bit with gas prices.
> > >http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/strait8/Smartcar005.jpg
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> > Interesting vehicle. I've seen one of those sitting out in front
> > of the local post office I use. One day I caught the owner getting
> > out of it. "Well, that's certainly different looking, how do you
> > like it?" Big grin, "Cheap to drive"
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> > I bet. The only problem I see is getting killed by some soccer
> > mom driving 3 tons of vehicle while whining on her cell phone
> > about how much it costs to drive her kid 3 blocks to school every
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> > Jeff
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> We love it, being a 2 person car , it has more head and leg room than
> either my wife's or my Mercedes sedans ,passed safety tests with high
> marks and 35 & 45 mpg on the 3 cyl. engine. fuel injected =A0engine.
> Built by mercedes and has all power options except cruise.A great
> handling car at interstate speeds but on uneven roads the short
> wheebase is noticed. Has a =A0high tech steel passenger compartment and
> we love it. May sell one of my other cars [Triumph Stag ?] and get a
> second one if gas goes over $5.- Hide quoted text -
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I don't mean to knock this kind of car , but I was surprised with the
milage 35-40 MPG?
as a comparison I looked at the honda civic made in 1973 , according
to Wikipedia it got 40 and 48 MPG
and now 35 years later we aren't doing any better.. Those old hondas
sure did rust though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Civic
I see a lot of those here in Vancouver, and I can race them in my old
volvo wagon and they don't even know it :)
They take off pretty effortlessly. I too would be scared with the
number of SUV's and bad driving habits due to lack of enforcement,
but It is nice to see the trend toward smaller cars, in time maybe
they won't seem like the smallest things on the road.
Phil
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