Skinny woman. Her hubby says she wants the truck at least at 80F before getting into it. Correct, she would never bother with a block heater, when a push-button solution is available.
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So much for a Nissan Leaf!
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Skinny woman. Her hubby says she wants the truck at least at 80F before getting into it. Correct, she would never bother with a block heater, when a push-button solution is available.
Rgds, D.
Remote starting and waiting in drive thru lines are keeping fuel prices high? Oh-key-dokey. Careful, such ideas will make regulators jealous.
Yeah, most people don't care about those issues... but I'd bet that 90% of 'em also ***** about gas prices.....
Personally, I've never been a fan of zero mpg.
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My favorite car to rent in Europe is Skoda Octavia diesel. Don't know the mileage but we usually drive about two weeks on single tank.
l was in ****** in 2012 and noticed that most of the taxis were Skoda Octavia diesels. So I asked the taxi driver why is Skoda so popular. It is cheap or what? He said it was about as expensive as VW Passat (both cars are structurally almost identical). But he added that it is only car they know of that can go 700 000 km (440 000 miles) with only basic maintenance.
l was in ****** in 2012 and noticed that most of the taxis were Skoda Octavia diesels. So I asked the taxi driver why is Skoda so popular. It is cheap or what? He said it was about as expensive as VW Passat (both cars are structurally almost identical). But he added that it is only car they know of that can go 700 000 km (440 000 miles) with only basic maintenance.
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Goodmorning,
Skoda Octavia Mileage, Skoda Octavia Petrol, Diesel Mileage India on Highway and in City | CarDekho.com
Convert kilometers per litre to miles per gallon(US) - fuel consumption converter
city 17.3 km/l = 40.7 mpg
Hwy 20.6 km/l = 48.5 mpg
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Good example of why car companies here prefer selling gas engines.
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One of my pet peeves is that US standards do not allow some of the European (or other area) vehicles in because of safety concerns. I guess I can live with some of the emissions standards and am not sure of breakdown between the two. If it is for safety then how do we allow motorcycles, dirt bikes, scooters and 3 wheel cycles but not other very small cars. Makes no sense to me.
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I doubt that we will see wide spread support for EVs from our government. The taxes on gasoline and diesel provide billions of dollars for our legislators to spend. If all of a sudden there were no more consumers buying fuel, that source of tax revenue would be gone. What would they do then? Raise taxes on electricity?
You raise a good point. I'd expect there are already a few study papers floating around in the halls of power, about how to manage any shift in tax revenue.
What was the Beatles song.... "If you walk, I'll tax your feet....".
Govts will always ensure that their revenue stream is maintained.
Rgds, D.
IMO, it's primarily a form of protectionism. Canada - same story, as we mostly just follow the US lead on car policy.
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Loren,
It is not safety that keeps them out of the USA. It is the way the how the exhaust cleanliness (or pollution) is measured and used. In EU they measure pollution per km driven but in the USA it is measured as percentage of undesirable components in the exhaust. EU system penalizes large engines while it benefits small engines. US is the other way around. In example small engine has dirtier exhaust but it pollutes less than large engine per km driven because it burns smaller amount of fuel. You can blame the US automobile manufacturer lobby for it. Every US manufacturer produces diesel engines for cars sold outside USA but they can稚 import them because they are not clean enough by US standards.
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