|For instance, I just picked up a 1982 Datsun pickup, kingcab, working |A/C, 121,000 miles, straight body, cab height shell. The price? "If |you can get it running, you can have it." The problem was in the |controller for the fuel injection pump. It's a diesel. Got it |running and later, the electrical problem solved. Needed a clutch |master cylinder and a windshield. I've got about $300 tied up in |parts and title transmer/registration. It's gets 35 mpg on freeways |and 30 mpg around town. And diesel is a little cheaper ... but not |much. | |But you go ahead and sign up for the 5 yr payment plan for that |hybrid so you can get 45 mpg. LOL Some "economy."
If fuel mileage and how much you pay for fuel is all your concerned then you're right; however, you're forgetting one thing that's not replaceable, air. How much crap does your diesel put out in solid particles? How much do 15mpg XTerra's (I have one) put out? How much does the 45mpg hybrid? Manufacturers can build more fuel efficient cars/trucks and they've proven the technology exists, now we have to insist they produce it. I'd sure love to have an XTerra at 30mpg with the same or more hp. So you go out and spend $5k on a used car, how much does that cost our future? Perhaps every car should have to pass 2004 emissions tests no matter when they were made or they shouldn't be allowed to be driven.
Go ahead and flame, but you know I'm right. We're all to blame and you know it, you might not admit it, but you know it.
BTW, when you change your oil, what do you do with it? Personally, I recycle it. Why not just toss it down the drain or in the woods?
Thanks... Brian Bergin
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