>On Wednesday 13 March 2002 12:06 am, kathryn marsh wrote: >> Don't know whether its available in the US - the site wouldn't wake >> up and talk to me this morning - but I drive a Renault Kangoo and get >> round about 10 to the litre. > >The Renault sounds interesting. Unfortunately they seem to have >abandoned the US and sell mostly to Europe. Also some of their engines >are diesel which is another problem. The diesel engines do get much >better milage but they also pollute more.
This one is petrol - I'm allergic to diesel. They do a diesel version as well. >Another option is to get serious about refurbishing older vehicles. >Today, we constantly create new styles and obsolete older vehicles. >Parts are expensive and repair costs are high so off we go to the >new car showroom... It was interesting to see what happened in Cuba >when the US applied its embargo. They kept the old cars running for >the next 20 years. > >jeff (thinking about spring and sun warmed earth) > There are an awful lot of older vehicles that you wouldn't want wandering around guzzling gas - during our year your side of the pond we were loaned a 79 Ford that managed a whole 12 to the gallon kathryn
