Posted by MisterT on February 18, 2010 at 07:43:37 from (209.152.78.140):
In Reply to: stuff these days posted by chrisinsoky on February 17, 2010 at 19:18:41:
rrlund said: (quoted from post at 16:01:13 02/18/10) It's all to meet government emission and mileage regulations,simple as that. Manufacturers would still be making things the simple way if left to their own devices. Do you doubt that?
Except that fuel mileage has NOT become any better. My first car was a 1960 Chevrolet Bel-Air 4 door sedan with the 283 engine and 2 speed powerglide transmission. That would car would regularly get 18 to 20 mpg. By comparison, my wife's 2008 Chevrolet Equinox gets 18 to 19 mpg.
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