TOM
  The biggest problem with CAFE was not including trucks. Especially
light trucks.

On 24-Apr-06, at 2:15 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:21:17 -0600
> From:    Tom Boldway <jboldway@COMCAST.NET>
> Subject: Gas Mileage?
>
> Well, one of the direct causes of the gas consuption is the
> government. =
> CAFE
> - Corporate Average Fuel Economy - car makers started designing
> minivans =
> and
> SUVs as what killed the station wagon wasn't people turning against
> them =
> but
> automakers cutting production - see a station wagon is a car, which =
> impacts
> the CAF=C9 for the automaker. A SUV and a minivan are trucks, which =
> don't fall
> under CAF=C9 automobile standards. A big car gets better mileage
> than a =
> big
> SUV and can carry as much if not more. Betcha the trunk of my 99 Caddy
> Deville holds a lot more than most SUVs. Plus, with an efficient =
> Northstar
> V8 I get 20 around town and 27 on the highway. An old Fender 4x10"
> bass
> speaker horn cabinet fits inside the car in the back seats!
> Digression =
> -
> went to an auto show last week and saw the new 2006 VW Beetle had a =
> sticker
> on window that said 22 city, 30 highway. With today's technology
> why do =
> they
> get such poor mileage for a 4 banger?
> So, blame the wizards in gubment for part of the consumption problem.
>
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