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67 Olds From: Joe Vahabzadeh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: OT: thoughts on fuel economy A recent Hot Rod magazine (Nov 06) had a little blurb on the bottom of p30 that said "100 MPG is yesterday's news", and mentioned the 1982 result of Project Saturn, which was a 2-seater economy car, 3 cylinder, 5 speed, that averaged 105 MPG on the highway and 75 MPG in the city (on a trip from Warren, Michigan, to New York). The last sentence: "Since meeting federal safety requirements and adding creature comforts would have added 200 pounds to the car and required extra horsepower to propel it, GM dropped the program." ========================== A car can run on an engine the size of a medium lawnmower. However, it will not have much acceleration. Be like driving my Jeep. Only with good fuel economy. Many cars get great mileage. VW Diesels got around 50 mpg, with sluggish acceleration. My 45 in^3 motorcycle never got near that mileage on gasoline. A guy down the road here has a NMG car he commutes with "No More Gas" funky looking 3-wheeled electric car, goes 70 on the hiway All electric, requires 220V ckt to recharge. Employer lets him charge at work for free. Google NMG car to find out more. And, of course, my further question: If they could do that with the technology available in 1982, where's the 100 MPG car of today? ======================= Apparently $2.2x a gallon is not enough to get folks to give up their Huge SUV's When even the rich folks feel the squeeze, then folks will buy small sluggish cars. Too many rich folks yet. ----------------------- Chris Witt *the* Rocket Scientist 1303 W. Miller Rd. Lansing MI 48911 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell 517-449-0432 weekends or short weekday calls or leave message. Home 517-882-9747 thru 10-11pm MI time most days _________________________________________________________________ All-in-one security and maintenance for your PC. Get a free 90-day trial! http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwlo0050000002msn/direct/01/?href=http://www .windowsonecare.com/?sc_cid=msn_hotmail -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.28/518 - Release Date: 11/4/2006
