@Cognitive Friction: I saw a brand-new Camry with a stick when I worked at the Toyota dealership. That big, ugly, cylindrical gray stickshift sticking out of the console looked so out of place, in all the right ways. For a minute, I wanted it, as a big fuck-you to the automaticisation of our poor automobile.
I just find the whole current "mpg wars" a bit lame. Economy is important, sure. But the sliding scale of compromise is very, very short in this country and much of the legislation isn't helping matters. All I'm saying is that if we're suddenly supposed to care about mpg, it would behoove us to look around a little bit for some benchmarking, rather than patting ourselves on the back for something a lot of the world would scoff at.
The US is the Jamaican bobled team of fuel efficiency, but worse--you can't script a movie out of the situation with John Candy and Doug E. Doug. But the Camry could fit four John Candies in it, which is nice.
If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face was starred
If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face was unstarred
If almost every car can exceed the EPA estimates when driven correctly, why are the ratings treated like gospel? Or a better question is, why do the estimates suck so badly, even after a re-tool?
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The Astra is far and above one of the nicest hatchbacks on the road in the US, but its too pricey.
If this thing makes 300hp and gets AWD, I'd look into it.
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Other Peoples Cars?
Other Peoples Crack?
Out Pickin' Cantaloupes?
I don't get those Euros.
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because they (5-door sedans) are ugly
to wagons, I say meh...
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It looks good in that color.
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1. You can get a Camry with a stick?
2. Dodge still makes the Avenger?
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The US is the Jamaican bobled team of fuel efficiency, but worse--you can't script a movie out of the situation with John Candy and Doug E. Doug. But the Camry could fit four John Candies in it, which is nice.
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Your modern world frightens and confuses me.
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"You too can achieve this with good driving"
But we Americans no longer enjoy challenges, apparently. The new EPA ratings are like No Child Left Behind meets "Yes We Can"
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