I'm not used to holding discussions about fuel economy with dictators who make arbitrary rules eliminating the most fuel efficient cars available for sale. This discussion was about technology working against us by adding needless weight and nanny features. It's completely disingenuous of you to rale against the nanny society's needless technology out of one side of your mouth, while claiming the discussion isn't valid if technologically advanced hybrids are included, from the other side of your mouth. If they're available for sale, handicapped with the same airbags and excess weight that all modern cars (including my 2200 lb heavyweight xB) are supposedly saddled with, why shouldn't we be talking about them? You're the one who's arbitrarily put this barrier in the discussion, without justification.
Oh, you definitely don't have to worry about convincing me, when you don't have any facts to support your claim. I make my decisions based on facts, not on faith.
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Darrell
Boycotting Exxon since 1989, BP since 2010
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? George Carlin
Mean Green Toaster Machine
49.5 mpg avg over 53,000 miles. 176% of '08 EPA
Best flat drive 94.5 mpg for 10.1 mi
Longest tank 1033 km (642 mi) on 10.56 gal = 60.8 mpg
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