OK, show me an AMERICAN MADE car that gets over 30MPG, that is AMERICAN OWNED.. Does Ford, GM, Chrysler have ANY vehicle in production that everyone can go buy that gets BETTER THAN 30MPG by the common Joe Blow? NOT the EPA rating but actual anyone can get this? no
Close, perhaps..but no cigars
I drive a 'Ford'. its a 92, and gets about 37MPG, and that for this model is BAD-it should get by talking to others, closer to 48mpg by everyone. It is NOT American made but a re branded vehicle, foreign made My wifes ex boss's car gets 53+MPG ALL THE TIME..its Foreign. also
EVERYONE needs a $65,000 7mpg vehicle to take a half grown kid 2 miles to 2nd grade.. NOT!!!! but I see it all the time. a HUMMER????
was listening to an ad today on the radio from a railroad of all things.. they were BRAGGING that it cost them 1 gallon of diesel to move 1 TON of freight 453 miles down the tracks.. these stupid SUV's to be EQUAL MUST GET over 250MPG to equal a railroads efficiency.
I CANNOT walk into ANY dealership and get a reasonable small van that will get 20mpg and haul a few tools.. ITS NOT MADE..
After seeing some of the asinine engineering CRAP produced by the big
3, I have NO sympathy for any of them..
$800 brake hub for a GM car for 1..the OTHER side is $275. 8 HOURS labor to put on a water pump.. right. 80 HOURS for a wiring harness for a CD changer? sure thing..
in MY line of work, a 99 to 04 Malibu-car wont start, security light on dash flashing.. fix you right up, takes 20-25 minutes.. and $400 and BTW, it MIGHT do it AGAIN the VERY NEXT TIME you start the car..
--Shiva--