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texanidiot25 · 04-26-2010, 12:38 AM

Safety, luxury, and size are the issue. All add copious amounts of weight. You'd be shocked at how much the wiring alone weighs in a car. No longer will people buy a new car that is sans a/c, radio, power this and that, etc etc. An interior sound level of an 80s compact car is nearly unacceptable with today's NVH standards (not an official number, but they try to keep them low).

Plus, how the can you show off your greenitude with out a Hybrid sticker on the side? Hybrids are the rage, despite their price premium..

The days of the light weight stripper model are gone, out side of work trucks and "body in white" muscle cars.

04-26-2010, 12:38 AM	#24 (permalink)
texanidiot25 Master EcoModder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 331 Formula - '96 Firebird Formula/Trans-Am 90 day: 19.31 mpg (US) Thanks: 8 Thanked 31 Times in 18 Posts	Safety, luxury, and size are the issue. All add copious amounts of weight. You'd be shocked at how much the wiring alone weighs in a car. No longer will people buy a new car that is sans a/c, radio, power this and that, etc etc. An interior sound level of an 80s compact car is nearly unacceptable with today's NVH standards (not an official number, but they try to keep them low). Plus, how the can you show off your greenitude with out a Hybrid sticker on the side? Hybrids are the rage, despite their price premium.. The days of the light weight stripper model are gone, out side of work trucks and "body in white" muscle cars. __________________ Lets see how far it can go "All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. [...] But the man who creates the music is hearing something else, is dealing with the roar rising from the void and imposing order on it as it hits the air. What is evoked in him, then, is of another order, more terrible because it has no words, and triumphant, too, for the same reason. And his triumph, when he triumphs, is ours." -Sonny's Blues Last edited by texanidiot25; 04-26-2010 at 12:49 AM..