No more gas hogs in LaLa Land

Waco Tribune-Herald ^ | Rowland Nethaway

[dubyagee]

Yea, lets see Jenifer and Brad pull up to the red carpet in a Geo Metero.

Babs on a moped wouldn't be a bad sight to see either. 8 * )

[Mr. Mojo]

Thank God this new law doesn't apply to older vehicles, so I can continue driving around my monstrous '68 Cadillac Fleetwood while observing the horrified looks on the plastic, tightened faces of the ultra-leftist West L.A. crowd.

[cogitator]

Federal Fuel Economy Standards Program Should Be Retooled (National Research Council report Press Release)

Quote 1: "Some technologies already in existence today could significantly reduce fuel consumption of new cars over the next 15 years, with light-duty trucks having the greatest potential reductions. These technologies, which would increase the purchase price of new cars and trucks, include engine advances that reduce friction, such as variable valve timing, and more efficient powertrains, such as five-speed automatic transmissions."

Quote 2: " The committee also noted that there is a marked inconsistency between pressing automobile manufacturers for improved fuel economy from new vehicles on the one hand, and insisting on low gasoline prices on the other. Higher gas prices would create a demand for more fuel-efficient vehicles and an incentive for owners of existing vehicles to drive them less."

[dubyagee]

Thank God this new law doesn't apply to older vehicles

Ahhh...there's the out for the Hollywood crowd. They'll use vintage limos...

[NorseWood]

What am I to do with my motocycle when it snows or rains (as it does even in California . . occasionally), and I am wearing a business suit, and have a briefcase full of papers, or have a client to drive around town?

[doodad]

whew, I feel so much better driving my camaro with the gutted cats and headers. Still trying to figure out how to shove more air and fuel through the system quickly, maybe you could help with your vast knowledge.

[Republicus2001]

I think goose-stepping Democrats are pigs!

[07055]

If you were a California politician, you would just call a state-owned helicopter to take you where you want to go.

[Paradox]

Bull. My wife hauls the kids in an SUV and it is safer than the tin foil deathtrap she was driving.

Don't be so sure. Yesterday we had another car meets SUV incident on the road, SUV flipped over, killing the two occupants, car was damaged but the driver survived.

Have fun in your SUV, but don't get a false sense of security in it.

[balrog666]

Where I used to work in Colorado, I knew two guys who commuted from the same part of town (5 min apart) and each of them drove their Expedition 30+ miles each way.

BWAAAAAHAHA! You say that like it was a bad thing.

Anyway, hopespringseternal had the best reply in #18.

[dubyagee]

Have fun in your SUV, but don't get a false sense of security in it.

I think that boils down to...when it's time to go, it's time to go...

[Paradox]

whew, I feel so much better driving my camaro with the gutted cats and headers. Still trying to figure out how to shove more air and fuel through the system quickly, maybe you could help with your vast knowledge.

Hah! I know the feeling, I have a twinturbo 300zx, gutted cats, turbo turned up to 14psi, intake and exhaust systems... there is NO RATIONAL need for this car, but I'll be damned if that is reason enough to have the government tell me I can't have it. Hey, I dislike most SUVs (drivers actually) on the road, but I am not about to tell them they can't drive em.

[HIDEK6]

There are legitimate uses for vans and SUVs, and occasionally you see somebody using one in a rational manner. The guy who uses a van or SUV to commute or drive around in, which, near as I can tell, is 90% of van and SUV owners, is a pig. That guy and california deserve eachother.

I maintain that any person may use his legally purchased SUV for any legal purpose. Who are you to classify legitmate uses of a product that SOMEOME ELSE owns?

[Mr. Mojo]

Ahhh...there's the out for the Hollywood crowd. They'll use vintage limos...

Exactly.....like this '68 limo version of my car

[balrog666]

Quote 1: "Some technologies already in existence today could significantly reduce fuel consumption of new cars over the next 15 years, with light-duty trucks having the greatest potential reductions. These technologies, which would increase the purchase price of new cars and trucks, include engine advances that reduce friction, such as variable valve timing, and more efficient powertrains, such as five-speed automatic transmissions."

And what's the point in spending an extra $10,000 for a vehicle which will save $100 per year in gas? None.

Reminds of that old Monty Python saw: What's brown and sounds like a bell (and fills politician's heads)? Dung.

[freedomcrusader]

BWAAAAAHAHA! You say that like it was a bad thing.

I certainly didn't mean to imply it was a bad thing.

[John Jorsett]

The guy who uses a van or SUV to commute or drive around in, which, near as I can tell, is 90% of van and SUV owners, is a pig. That guy and california deserve each other.

When two people of my acquaintence were killed in separate traffic accidents (no SUVs involved, by the way), and a third seriously injured in another, I decided that having a mass of metal around me was a good strategy these days. So, yep, I'm one of the pigs just 'driving around' in a tank. If I'm ever hit, I hope to be a live pig.

[AlaskaErik]

The guy who uses a van or SUV to commute or drive around in, which, near as I can tell, is 90% of van and SUV owners, is a pig.

And who are you to make such a declaration? If I am productive enough to be able to afford an SUV, then it is my right to purchase one. I buy what I want, not what someone else thinks I should buy.

[marvlus]

Hat happened to medved? Looks like a bunch of you scared him/her off! LOL!!