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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:12 PM Original message |
in 1976, nissan sold a car that got 43 miles per gallon |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Deleted by poster |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. yep, changed it |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Many, many factors. Some good, most bad. |
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Terry_M (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. 43mpg by those standards is not 43mpg by today's |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 03:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Well it was 43 at the gas pump. |
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Terry_M (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. The standards... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I'm sorry, but you'd be wrong. |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. When you fill up, you will see the "real kilometers" and the real litres, but the amount of litres |
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Terry_M (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. I'm not saying that the actual mileage you get is different |
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lithiumbomb (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. i believe he's talking about his real world mileage |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. 1908 Ford Model T - 25 MPG |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 03:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Yes, but |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 04:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Yeah, at the car's top speed of 40 mph... |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. It is easy to make a fuel efficient car |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Define "adequate" as you use it. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Enough to merge into traffic with ease |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. I used to drive an '82 Tercel wagon with 62 hp. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. In SoCal traffic, you are LUCKY to go over "move two feet & stop" |
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Mugweed (939 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. What's wrong with a "weak" engine? |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. American cars have the same classes of engines as Asia and Europe |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Please explain how having less than 100 hp actually makes it more difficult |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
41. It is doable |
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JBear (318 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. My TDI Jetta routinely gets 40+ |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. Gallons were bigger back then. Inflation and all, you know. |
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Mugweed (939 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. Nissan existed in the US then? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. it's an ad that was in the newspaper in 1976 they must have been selling them |
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Mugweed (939 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I was 8 in 1976. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Datsun was the name of Nissan's small car series |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 04:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Nissan was in the US back then --they were Datsun |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. Was Nissan around in 1976? I thought it was Datsun back then |
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Spirochete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. They made Subarus too, I believe. |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Subaru has always been a division of Fuji Heavy Industries. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. I have a cousin in the UK with a turbo diesel Audi.. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
16. People Obviously Weren't Buying Them |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. CAFE standards dropped |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 03:46 AM Response to Original message |
24. The Datsun Fairlady 240Z was started here in 1969. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 04:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. How cool. I had a '73 240, now I have an '86 300. Both were/have been |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 04:25 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. The Zs at first were considered "a poor man's Vette". |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
25. Was that the Datsun I drove with friends |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 04:05 AM Response to Original message |
27. What was the frontal area of that car? And the curb weight? |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. And who thinks that this car could pass modern crash tests? |
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lithiumbomb (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. safety and emissions standards |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
43. 47 MPG Highway from my 87 Honda |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
44. I bought my 77 Toyota Corolla because it was supposed to get |
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