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Frustrated hybrid driver sues Honda claiming mileage ratings are inflated
The Detroit News ^
| David Shepardson
Posted on 07/15/2007 11:55:30 AM PDT by 69ConvertibleFirebird
Edited on 07/15/2007 12:01:31 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: automotive; energy; globalwarming; honda; hybrid; mileage; smugness; transportation
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Although lawyer (scum) are the giant sucking sound on the economy (see John Edwards for the definition) there's something a little pleasurable about uppity hybrids being sued for not living up to their uppityness.
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
The level of smug is also inflated.
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posted on
07/15/2007 11:56:47 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
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posted on
07/15/2007 11:56:56 AM PDT
by
advertising guy
(If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
he averaged just 32 miles per gallon in mixed city/highway drivingMy 25 year old diesel VW pickup averages 43 mpg combined city/highway and cost me less than $2000 two years ago.
Hybrids are a joke.
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posted on
07/15/2007 11:57:06 AM PDT
by
69ConvertibleFirebird
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
I have never owned a vehicle that got the window sticker mileage. It’s about time some ambulance-chaser cashed in on this fraud, especially when it involves those snotty hybrids.
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
gas mileage shortness ain’t a Hybrid’s biggest problem............I’ve written here many times...resale will bury the owner for the life of the note
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posted on
07/15/2007 11:58:22 AM PDT
by
advertising guy
(If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
I never thought I’d see the word “Uppity” in a non-southern newspaper...especially one from Detroit.
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posted on
07/15/2007 11:58:29 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
Can people who know the plaintiff see him for false claims of saving the earth, when he bragged about his purchase of a gas-guzzling hybrid?
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posted on
07/15/2007 11:59:24 AM PDT
by
patton
(19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
I bought a 2000 Metro in’04 for 3500 bucks.Gets 45 MPG and gives me no problems.Wonder what the maintance costs are on a hybrid when it gets some years and miles on it?
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posted on
07/15/2007 12:00:19 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(If there's lead in the air,there's hope.)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
But after 6,000 miles of driving, True said he averaged just 32 miles per gallon in mixed city/highway driving. Is Al Gore's 300 lb. carcass sitting in the passenger seat?
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posted on
07/15/2007 12:00:22 PM PDT
by
rickmichaels
(God Bless America, Land That I Love)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
32??? even with my not so lightfoot... i get bout 28/29mpg in my GTP.
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posted on
07/15/2007 12:01:31 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
Realistic ratings would really give people a notion of what to expect if they invest in a hybrid. We get about 46-48 mpg in our Prius, and that is mostly highway driving. Around town it does much, much worse. But we were led to believe it would do BETTER in city driving (I think the sticker said 60 mpg). We like the car (sorry to the Prius-haters), but we were misled.
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posted on
07/15/2007 12:03:02 PM PDT
by
madprof98
("moritur et ridet" - salvianus)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
Sucker! BTW, the early Honda Accord Snob-mobile came without a spare. However, they provided a can of sealant for the flat tire.
Suckers!
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posted on
07/15/2007 12:03:28 PM PDT
by
gathersnomoss
(If General Patton was alive, he would slap many faces!!)
To: Admin Moderator
Gannett Material must be posted as a link and headline only.My bad. Thanks for fixing it...
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posted on
07/15/2007 12:04:26 PM PDT
by
69ConvertibleFirebird
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
To: madprof98
sorry to the Prius-hatersI don't think they are Prius haters. They don't care for the liberals who drive them with uppity attitudes (seems to be the majority of the hybrid drivers). No doubt you're an exception, and are non-uppity.
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posted on
07/15/2007 12:07:46 PM PDT
by
69ConvertibleFirebird
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
To: rickmichaels
Rush quoted a study that showed the energy used in construction combined with the expected life of the vehicle reveals the Hummer uses less energy than the Prius.
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posted on
07/15/2007 12:08:56 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
I have a Prius and I get from 48 at the worst to 58 at the best.
Unless of course my car is full of drugs and I’m running from the law at 100 mpg. Then it gets about 25.
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posted on
07/15/2007 12:10:34 PM PDT
by
zipper
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
No, I’m really pretty uppity - just not about the Prius!
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posted on
07/15/2007 12:12:04 PM PDT
by
madprof98
("moritur et ridet" - salvianus)
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