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To: dangerdoc

Well..here we got a bunch who want to play demo derby and need a tank to be safe. Then there are some here who hate anything that makes sense.

The one thing they fail to understand is that they will soon be paying in excess of 5 bucks a gallon. They will not ride share as its a hassel (ya right) and they wanna continue to drive like a bat out of hell where ever they go. I think 5 bucks a gallon is to cheap. Better 15 bucks a gallon.

I own a VW Beetle diesel. 54 MPG and it’ll run with nearly anything on the road. Its got 320 thousand miles on it and it still has the compression it had when it was new-I know because I checked the compression when I changed injectors a couple months ago.

So the American cars can go suck and egg. They are JUNK I aint supporting no friggan union freek from downstate MI. They can starve. Besides that, a lot of the American car parts arent made in the USA anyways. The Germans make some of the best cars in the world and always will because they THINK AHEAD. Unlike DEEEETROIT.

How bout this..why not drive safe and put down your friggan cell phones while your driving, slow down, and we could all benefit?

Text away!


60 posted on 05/09/2008 10:50:30 AM PDT by crz
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To: crz
I own a VW Beetle diesel. 54 MPG and it’ll run with nearly anything on the road.Not to burst your bubble but since diesel has about 30 percent more BTUs per unit volume, you're running the equivalent of about 36 mpg in terms of energy usage. Still outstanding though. And I hear a new VW diesel coming here soon will get 70 mpg. Now that we are mandating "clean diesel" I hope to see ore diesels on the roads.

I don't think American cars are "junk". Actually the Fords are getting great reviews for quality the last year or two. But the car companies here are slow to respond to the demand for high-mileage, safe cars.

106 posted on 05/09/2008 2:30:23 PM PDT by zipper ( Suicide voting is the quickest way to send the whole country to Hell.)
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