Emissions and weight are the culprit. Cars started getting heavier in the mid-late 90's due to safty (door beams, air bags everywhere, ect) and the fact that they were putting lots of goodies on every car which all take power and add weight. We had an 85 Escort that would get 40 highway. It was absolutely plain-Jane, no PS, AC, PBrakes, Pwindows, Plocks... nothing.4 speed manual (not even a 5 speed) 2 door. Of course the motor was only good for 85000 miles so we parted with it years ago. I remember my folks had a 76 pinto, plain jane, lousy lousy car, traded it for an 80 Dodge Aspen 4 door with slant 6 and an automatic and got the same gas mileage. My 2002 Dodge Intrepid w/3.5L motor will push 30 if not loaded and you're gentle on the gas and it needs a tune up. Then they came out with the DOdge Caliber which is in the 20's. that is supposed to replace the Neon????? I must say I had a Toyota rental car the other day due to deer damage. It was nice but we didn't think it was anything special over the 2002 Intrepid with 102000miles versus 9000 mile Camery...
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Today's Featured Article - Harvestin Hay: The Early Years (Part 2) - by Pat Browning. The summer of 1950 was the start of a new era in farming for our family. I was thirteen, and Kathy (my oldest sister) was seven. At this age, I believed tractor farming was the only way, hot stuff -- and given a chance I probably would have used the tractor, Dad's first, a 1936 Model "A" John Deere, to go bring in the cows! And I think Dad was ready for some automation too. And so it was that we acquired a good, used J. I. Case, wire tie hay baler. In addition to a person to drive th
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