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Old 07-24-2006, 08:21 PM   #1
MaggieL
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Originally Posted by tw
Another trophy is GM engines that still don't even have 1970 technology - the overhead cam. Arabs didn't do any of that. We consumers who failed to buy using free market economics - we created the problem. For example, many of us so hated America as to buy Chevys, Buicks, Pontiacs, and GMC products. Vehicles so bad as to not even routinely exceed their EPA Highway mileage ratings in real world driving.
CarChip says my 1998 Saturn SC2 is getting 38mpg with its 1.9l DOHC engine.

Maybe they only sold them to lesbians.
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Old 07-24-2006, 09:21 PM   #2
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tw you ignorant slut. You are addressing (improperly I might add) the wrong problem. The problem is national security. Half-steps, like increasing the efficiency of our use of an enemy controlled comodity, in the face of the rapidly increasing Chinese import of same, is pointless.
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