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    DetNews: 40 mpg claims grab headlines, miss mark

    The Whole Foods one really was classic! "I pay my $80 for 5 things and roll out" ugh... My wife has a dairy intolerance, so we get "cheese" (in...
    Post by: bartonmd, Jan 5, 2012 in forum: Other Cars
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    DetNews: 40 mpg claims grab headlines, miss mark

    The ECO 6MT are a small percentage of Cruzes, though, admittedly, likely a larger percentage of Fuelly users... We would not have purchased an...
    Post by: bartonmd, Dec 30, 2011 in forum: Other Cars
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    Americans Strongly Favor Raising Fuel Economy Standards to 50 MPG, Poll Finds

    While true some places (LA/NYC for example), REMC starts 15 minutes from downtown around Indianapolis, and nearly everybody who commutes to...
    Post by: bartonmd, Nov 16, 2011 in forum: Other Cars
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    Americans Strongly Favor Raising Fuel Economy Standards to 50 MPG, Poll Finds

    Those things all help, but this is why I said the problem doesn't lie with generation capacity (unless they succeed in killing the coal plants,...
    Post by: bartonmd, Nov 16, 2011 in forum: Other Cars
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    Americans Strongly Favor Raising Fuel Economy Standards to 50 MPG, Poll Finds

    This is exactly correct... Which is possible, BUT he wants it to cost the same as it did, and not the $150,000 it would cost to make it happen......
    Post by: bartonmd, Nov 16, 2011 in forum: Other Cars
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    Americans Strongly Favor Raising Fuel Economy Standards to 50 MPG, Poll Finds

    Nobody's going to be charging during the day? Particularly, people who will charge at work, because their round trip commute is longer than their...
    Post by: bartonmd, Nov 15, 2011 in forum: Other Cars
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    Americans Strongly Favor Raising Fuel Economy Standards to 50 MPG, Poll Finds

    So... you just spent 7 paragraphs making my point... I did my Engineering specialization in Automotive Electronic Control, and worked at an engine...
    Post by: bartonmd, Nov 15, 2011 in forum: Other Cars
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    Americans Strongly Favor Raising Fuel Economy Standards to 50 MPG, Poll Finds

    No loss in performance, huh? No loss in short term performance, or intermittent performance... Tow an RV or an enclosed car hauler across the...
    Post by: bartonmd, Nov 15, 2011 in forum: Other Cars
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    DetNews: 40 mpg claims grab headlines, miss mark

    This was before it got dark, and before the last 5 miles of city and 7 miles of rural... [IMG] Didn't take a picture of it, because it's kind...
    Post by: bartonmd, Nov 11, 2011 in forum: Other Cars
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    DetNews: 40 mpg claims grab headlines, miss mark

    The ECO 6MT is $770 more than the 1LT, and is rated at 42 highway. The auto is another $1k, and is only rated at 37 highway, compared to the 2011...
    Post by: bartonmd, Oct 27, 2011 in forum: Other Cars