Comments on: I Care More About MPG Than MPH

By: Brian Carr

Brian Carr — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:16:20 +0000

Markus – I like your thinking. I’m kind of partial to MPG > MPH. Keep in mind, I’m also a big dork.

By: Markus

Markus — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:11:14 +0000

Maybe you should change the slogan to something more iconic like:

“MPG NOT MPH”
“Hybrid Power not Horse Power”
“HP = Hybrid Power”

or get a little cheeky:

“Horsepower sucks (gas)!”

By: ferrarimanf355

ferrarimanf355 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:39:31 +0000

Have you guys read this lately?

http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/02/19/aceee-names-2008s-meanest-and-greenest-cars

I can understand SUV’s making up half of that list, but the Bugatti Veyron, Lamborghini Murcielago and Bently Arnage have no place on the “meanest” list. I think the ACEEE is making my point here…

By: Mike Perreault

Mike Perreault — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:45:45 +0000

I don’t think it is neccessary to demonize individuals that are uncomfortable with the changes that are taking place in the American lifestyle. Eventually the financial reality of moving large amounts of dead weight around just to make a statement will catch up with them. I miss my ‘Vette and my Dodge 4WD pickup but I am done stressing myself out over driving expenses. I am feeling right at home driving up in my xB..I was a little embarassed at first but now I like the message I am sending….on to a Smartcar next!

Mike

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:52:43 +0000

I understand the appeal – I had a Roadrunner back in the day, and a Suzuki Hyabusa because I love the feeling of acceleration.

But we (humanity) blew through the allotment of oil that our generation and the next five generations were “entitled” to in about 50 years. Now we have to pay the price for that, and it’s going to be extraordinarily expensive. It would be nice in many ways if that weren’t true. But wishing won’t make it so.

By: ferrarimanf355

ferrarimanf355 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:02:27 +0000

You guys can have your hybrids and electrics, but it must not come at the expense of sports cars, muscle cars, exotic sportsters, and import tuners. It’s not my fault that a Prius doesn’t set my heart on fire the way a Camaro, Corvette, Viper or Lancer Evo does. Seeing the V8 on the endangered species list is something that should never happen, tbh…

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:55:30 +0000

I’m tempted to reply to ferrarimanf355 by saying “I’d rather you did too…” but that’s too glib. It really is people like him, with no clue as to the consequences of their selfishness, or even that they are being selfish, that most clearly show why people will be sitting in lines at the gas station raising their fists and shouting “it’s a conspiracy of the greens and the government.”

Dick Cheney and his “non-negotiable” right to the American lifestyle and his acolytes such as ferrarimanf355 will be the death of the very thing they shout is “their right.”

Good luck to all of us.

By: ferrarimanf355

ferrarimanf355 — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:55:28 +0000

I’ll say this once. If the upcoming Camaro revival is killed because of green nerds, I. Will. Be. Pissed. I’d rather kill myself than drive a soulless hybrid. GM’s already playing up the green abilities of the Camaro, and that has me worried sick. I didn’t grow up lusting after a Prius, and that will never change. Give me a V8 or give me death!

By: I Care More About MPG Than MPH(gas mileage)

I Care More About MPG Than MPH(gas mileage) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:23:35 +0000

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