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Old 01-23-2010, 03:25 PM   #93 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by Clev View Post
So you can't argue the safety aspect or the fuel savings aspect...
I don't think I ever was arguing that newer cars aren't safer. I've just been saying that safety per se is way down the list of my priorities, and also - for different reasons - not a real high priority for Mr & Mrs Middle America.

Much of my driving these days (since I telecommute) is in fact done to get to places where I can have fun doing things - skiing, hiking (with bears & mountain lions, oh no!), flying, riding horses, &c - that most people think are quite dangerous. (And which do indeed have a certain element of risk, though far less than the average person thinks.) So, given that I do these things, why should anyone think that my safety is a real high priority?

Then of course the ironic flip side for Mr & Mrs MA, that while they THINK they are being safe, their behaviors are in fact raising their overall risk of premature death far higher than mine, and as far as I can tell, they aren't having nearly as much fun as I am.

As for fuel economy, I can only drive what's out there (at least until I find the spare time to build a Locost :-)) that I can afford, and the Miata gets better mpg than most cars, and the Del Sol or Lotus better still.
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