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I used to drive an early 80's VW diesel that was rated 40mpg. No computer, simple injection system.
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I used to drive an early 80's VW diesel that was rated 40mpg. No computer, simple injection system.
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Run it on waste fry oil and drive through the projects and you'll be chased down the street...
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No cop is going to pull you over for going 70 MPG on the interstate.
Very few cops will pull you over for going 80.

that video is bsflag
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No cop is going to pull you over for going 70 MPG on the interstate.
Very few cops will pull you over for going 80.

that video is bsflag
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No cop is going to pull you over for going 70 MPG on the interstate.
Very few cops will pull you over for going 80.

that video is bsflag
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nvm lol.
misread that and mistyped. Thought he said MPH.
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Americans are the sheep of the world...bend over bitches!
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LOL, YEAH



WHEN ARE THE PEOPLE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?
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What a fucking rip-off.
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What a fucking rip-off.
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Thank a tree hugger...
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70mpg cars are quite common here

Basic BMW diesel engines are capable of that
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But the gas is much more expensive, so i'm thinking there's no big difference (We're all equally fucked).
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 428255


The big difference is the benefit to the environment, due to less fuel being burned. In the USA, they don't want us to have such technologies because it would actually HELP protect the environment. It's completely unacceptable that the US is still driving these inefficient cars, while the rest of the world has access to much higher standards! Bull shit! I'm so fed up with this crap!
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What a fucking rip-off.
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Thank a tree hugger...
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Not you again! You are such an idiot! These so-called tree-huggers you speak of are the very reason why cars running at 70 mpg exist! Thank idiot fascist amercian gov't for banning the sort of technology that all the tree-huggers would be thrilled to have access to! ASSHOLE!
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What a fucking rip-off.
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Thank a tree hugger...
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Snitches get stitches.
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What a fucking rip-off.
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Thank a tree hugger...
 Quoting: BRIEF


Not you again! You are such an idiot! These so-called tree-huggers you speak of are the very reason why cars running at 70 mpg exist! Thank idiot fascist amercian gov't for banning the sort of technology that all the tree-huggers would be thrilled to have access to! ASSHOLE!
 Quoting: fand 15312659


Nope, the tree huggers want you to ride bicycles and ban anything that burns fossil fuels...they hear Al Gore tell stories about hydrocarbons and co2 and they cry...don't drop a light bulb or they will call Hazmat on you.
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known about the Euro Ford focus that gets 60+mpg

and VW's for quite some years now they have had them getting very good MPG


but i had no idea why they weren't allowed in this country. Great video.
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[link to www.caradvice.com.au]

you cannot sell sand to the arabs!
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a little off-topic but I thought I read somewhere that new technologies are not allowed to exceed 35% of the current EPA average MPG. this was brought up during the hydrogen car debate a few months ago.

does anyone remember hearing something along these lines?

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Emission laws?
 Quoting: BRIEF


safety laws
continue adding weight as crash protection, crumple zones, side bars, etc and the cars get heavier

many countries do not hold our safety standards
and it makes us

"One of the list's surprises: the U.S., which ranks eighth most dangerous"

[link to www.forbes.com]

my 1972 dodge dart gets 30 mpg, weighs 3800#, and is easily repairable with even the most basic mechanic skills

how far we haven't come

dr
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If it were about "safety", motorcycles would be illegal.
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Rented a disel VW in Germany....got over 55 MPG!!!! And I got to drive the hell out of it on on the Autobaun.......at 150kph we got....over 70mpg!!!!

I never thought about it this way but then they can find a way around it I'm sure
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I did.

Watch this one too.


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Only reason he is alive today is because he did not push it when his project was buried.

Sad, sad, sad.
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What a fucking rip-off.
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Thank a tree hugger...
 Quoting: BRIEF


Not you again! You are such an idiot! These so-called tree-huggers you speak of are the very reason why cars running at 70 mpg exist! Thank idiot fascist amercian gov't for banning the sort of technology that all the tree-huggers would be thrilled to have access to! ASSHOLE!
 Quoting: fand 15312659


Nope, the tree huggers want you to ride bicycles and ban anything that burns fossil fuels...they hear Al Gore tell stories about hydrocarbons and co2 and they cry...don't drop a light bulb or they will call Hazmat on you.
 Quoting: BRIEF


NO....the fucking tree huggers are supported by big oil and big lumber....where the fuck have you been....oh ye I forgot about you living in never never land
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Thank a tree hugger...
 Quoting: BRIEF


Not you again! You are such an idiot! These so-called tree-huggers you speak of are the very reason why cars running at 70 mpg exist! Thank idiot fascist amercian gov't for banning the sort of technology that all the tree-huggers would be thrilled to have access to! ASSHOLE!
 Quoting: fand 15312659


Nope, the tree huggers want you to ride bicycles and ban anything that burns fossil fuels...they hear Al Gore tell stories about hydrocarbons and co2 and they cry...don't drop a light bulb or they will call Hazmat on you.
 Quoting: BRIEF


NO....the fucking tree huggers are supported by big oil and big lumber....where the fuck have you been....oh ye I forgot about you living in never never land
 Quoting: CtYankee


Big oil would love to drill the Dakotas, but they can't because of the tree huggers...why would big oil shoot themselves in the foot?
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70mpg cars are quite common here

Basic BMW diesel engines are capable of that
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 475310


But the gas is much more expensive, so i'm thinking there's no big difference (We're all equally fucked).
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 428255


That's not the point. Why aren't these cars available in the US?

Our high fuel prices are due to tax.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 475310


Can you not really figure it out?

Really? Really? Really?

It very simple.

Having such cars take money away from the Oil and Gas giants.

These same companies that are owned by politicians who then invent wars to further their profits.

Simple to understand.

There is technology was beyond this tech available. Has been for years.

Google the Tesla Model.

And the Austin Model.

Taxes on energy is just another method to extract wealth from the People.

Since the context of this thread in the US, the Government derives its power from the People.

Thus, any resources taken and used from the Geographic area of the United States of America, and not the United States, should be of the Public Trust.

Gaddafi had this mindset in Libya, in regards to the proceeds derived from Oil production.

Maybe that is another reason why ZATO took him out.
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Big oil
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Emission laws?
 Quoting: BRIEF


....ffs


How can a person be this braindead.....
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Emission laws?
 Quoting: BRIEF


Watch the video dummy.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 4702426


Emission laws?
 Quoting: BRIEF


....ffs


How can a person be this braindead.....
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15523705


He works very very hard at it.
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I knew the answer and stated it before I watched the video...and I was right.


Fuck the EPA


What now trolls and idiots?
 Quoting: BRIEF




LoL!
I'm tired of waiting, somebody push the damn button already!

Keep your 72 virgins, give me one old biker chick.
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....ffs


How can a person be this braindead.....
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15523705


It's true. Emission rules in USA esp California are more strict than other countries that tend to ruin fuel efficiency.
 Quoting: AlcoholicRunner


Somehow this just seems backwards to me. Ya know?

You'd think if a car got 70mpg, rather than 28mpg, it would be less polluting. I just can't for the life of me understand the emission law thing when it comes to mpg.

I guess I'm brain dead blink
 Quoting: Éireann


It has to do with the chemistry...when HC, CO, CO2 and Nox come out of the engine as a result of combustion, the catalyst reaction turns them into CO2 and H2O with some O2 left over...see how simple that is? grinning
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Well, yes, Brief. I know that part of how an engine works, but isn't it also true that to get the higher MPG what would have been exhaust is recycled back into the engine as fuel which means that there are less emissions?

Or am I totally missing it?
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It's true. Emission rules in USA esp California are more strict than other countries that tend to ruin fuel efficiency.
 Quoting: AlcoholicRunner


Somehow this just seems backwards to me. Ya know?

You'd think if a car got 70mpg, rather than 28mpg, it would be less polluting. I just can't for the life of me understand the emission law thing when it comes to mpg.

I guess I'm brain dead blink
 Quoting: Éireann


It has to do with the chemistry...when HC, CO, CO2 and Nox come out of the engine as a result of combustion, the catalyst reaction turns them into CO2 and H2O with some O2 left over...see how simple that is? grinning
 Quoting: BRIEF


Well, yes, Brief. I know that part of how an engine works, but isn't it also true that to get the higher MPG what would have been exhaust is recycled back into the engine as fuel which means that there are less emissions?

Or am I totally missing it?
 Quoting: Éireann


No, if you are thinking of a turbo, the spent gasses just run an air compressor to ram more air into each cylinder but you still end up with oxides of nitrogen (Nox) due to high compression...the only way to clean that up is with a catalytic converter...
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It does not matter if you make a car that has 100 MPG. Stop wasting your time worrying about what other people have. If America allows a car that gets 100 mpg, America will just charge 20 dollars a gallon.
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If you needed any more proof that Atlas Shrugged is coming true
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Somehow this just seems backwards to me. Ya know?

You'd think if a car got 70mpg, rather than 28mpg, it would be less polluting. I just can't for the life of me understand the emission law thing when it comes to mpg.

I guess I'm brain dead blink
 Quoting: Éireann


It has to do with the chemistry...when HC, CO, CO2 and Nox come out of the engine as a result of combustion, the catalyst reaction turns them into CO2 and H2O with some O2 left over...see how simple that is? grinning
 Quoting: BRIEF


Well, yes, Brief. I know that part of how an engine works, but isn't it also true that to get the higher MPG what would have been exhaust is recycled back into the engine as fuel which means that there are less emissions?

Or am I totally missing it?
 Quoting: Éireann


No, if you are thinking of a turbo, the spent gasses just run an air compressor to ram more air into each cylinder but you still end up with oxides of nitrogen (Nox) due to high compression...the only way to clean that up is with a catalytic converter...
 Quoting: BRIEF

Ahhh!

K. Now I get it. Thanks, Brief :D
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Folks,,, Simple,,, all the other parts of the world have found a happy balance between clean air and good mpg..

Our EPA,, went way beyond common sense and is the reason why our cars get 1/2 of what they could get.. After all if we used 1/2 the fuel where would the TAXes come from to fix the roads?????????

Its all a big game to dig deeper in our pockets..

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Catalysts here in the US are "supposed" to help clean the environment but in my 2002 Monte Carlo the cat became so clogged at 100k miles that the mileage had dropped below 20 MPG. I "took" care of the issue and I'm getting over 34 MPG and the car is running better than it was when we got it with only 65k miles on it and the most we ever got in highway MPG's was 29.5.
So tell me the cat is cleaning the air while screwing up MPG's and ruining the engine by making it run hotter!
It runs hotter and causes the engine to wear faster and the oil won't last 2500 miles much less the 6000 they "suggest" you change it in!
Frackin EPA sucks IMO!
No catalysts overseas on their cars and they drive more than 60mph upwards of 100mph usually and their cars last much longer. Makes you wonder doesn't it?

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Folks,,, Simple,,, all the other parts of the world have found a happy balance between clean air and good mpg..

Our EPA,, went way beyond common sense and is the reason why our cars get 1/2 of what they could get.. After all if we used 1/2 the fuel where would the TAXes come from to fix the roads?????????

Its all a big game to dig deeper in our pockets..

Sodbust
 Quoting: Sodbust 15777811


Catalysts here in the US are "supposed" to help clean the environment but in my 2002 Monte Carlo the cat became so clogged at 100k miles that the mileage had dropped below 20 MPG. I "took" care of the issue and I'm getting over 34 MPG and the car is running better than it was when we got it with only 65k miles on it and the most we ever got in highway MPG's was 29.5.
So tell me the cat is cleaning the air while screwing up MPG's and ruining the engine by making it run hotter!
It runs hotter and causes the engine to wear faster and the oil won't last 2500 miles much less the 6000 they "suggest" you change it in!
Frackin EPA sucks IMO!
No catalysts overseas on their cars and they drive more than 60mph upwards of 100mph usually and their cars last much longer. Makes you wonder doesn't it?

skull_fing
 Quoting: Risqman


Actually, what happened to your car is a design flaw in the aluminum plenum...flakes of aluminum got sucked through the intake and caught in the converter substrate...
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