The Bar

[chickenhawk]

(04-27-2011 08:12 PM)Mufasa Wrote:  We've had engines that were already produced that easily achieved 40 mpg... 50 at times.
Hondas of the mid-to-late 80s weren't saddled with the weight of dual airbags, anti-intrusion door beams, etc. The highest-MPG Honda was the two-seat CRX HF. In 1989 it had a 62 HP engine, manual transmission only, needed 12 secs to go 0-60, and EPA estimates were 49 MPG city/52 MPG highway. The 4-door Civic sedan for that year had a more useable 92 hp and room for four; its EPA estimates were 31 city/34 highway.

Now, compare that to the modern-day Civic sedan, which is bigger, has heavy bits like A/C, antilock brakes, side airbags, power windows, etc. as standard, and goes 0-60 in around 8 secs for the manual and 9.5 for the automatic. Considering all that, 30 city/40 highway really is pretty darn good.

Thats wonderful..i bet you own one of them ! One that you mentioned that is.

[RN-PRN]

Didn't someone in a Yugo get blown off of the Mackinac Bridge many, many years ago?

[nettiesaur]

•Two vehicles have gone off the bridge: a 1987 Yugo was blown off the bridge during a particularly bad windstorm in 1989 (high speed may have also been to blame), and a sport utility vehicle drove off the bridge in March 1997 (which may have been a suicide).

according to an internet source that I forget.

[Neilbubbachuck]

You guys are very strange

[chickenhawk]

Guess the real reson will stay unknown .

[nettiesaur]

(04-27-2011 08:47 PM)Neilbubbachuck Wrote:  You guys are very strange

we all have our days...
Let's take turns being strange!

[Neilbubbachuck]

I am not sure I could ever be thT strange. It's a very uncomfortable feeling.

[nettiesaur]

(04-27-2011 08:51 PM)Neilbubbachuck Wrote:  I am not sure I could ever be thT strange. It's a very uncomfortable feeling.

Oh really?

[Gungawoman]

(04-27-2011 08:51 PM)Neilbubbachuck Wrote:  I am not sure I could ever be thT strange. It's a very uncomfortable feeling.

I wasn't looking--did NBC actually say that with a straight face???

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Nettie-
thanks for the apple fritters-but I was looking forward to fighting Boomer for the last one

[nettiesaur]

(04-27-2011 09:21 PM)Gungawoman Wrote:  

(04-27-2011 08:51 PM)Neilbubbachuck Wrote:  I am not sure I could ever be thT strange. It's a very uncomfortable feeling.

I wasn't looking--did NBC actually say that with a straight face???

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Yup.