edmunds.com — There are all kinds of ways to look at high performance. Times being what they are, a growing number of people think mpg is a lot more important than mph. It's all about a secret subculture called "ecomodding."
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linageeJun 26, 2008
Sell the boat. Problem solved.
drazen77Jun 26, 2008
We don't want good gas mileage, we want cars with power to get away from tools that shouldn't be driving in the first place.Additionally, we want energy policies in this country that make sense about providing cheap and plentiful energy to serve our needs, not the other way around.We'd have this if it weren't for econuts and their overzealous policies. Seriously, if you want to phase out bad energy production you have to have a readily available, viable alternative to go to first. We don't have that so why cripple everyone in the pursuit of it?Not a good strategy for converting everyone over to a new energy source.
icetypeJun 27, 2008
Most cars idle well over 800 rpm. What are you talking about? Do you think it was getting 17mpg off of electric? That doesn't make any sense. I looked it up, the prius indeed has a 5000 rpm rev limiter. So I correct my statement, the prius was maxing out at 5000 and the BMW was sipping gas casually at 3000.
ledjarJul 2, 2008
i love the civic with the grill completely blocked out so it can't get any air.
beauleyJul 3, 2008
There have been many attempts to design an electric powered vehicle for as long as the the internal combustion engine has been around. Unfortunately, battery power was never a formidable contender to the present internal combustion engine, but it looks as though the future looks more pronising.<a class="user" href="http://www.gomestic.com/Consumer-Information/The-Electric-Vehicle-is-It-the-Answer.20777">http://www.gomestic.com/Consumer-Information/The-E ...</a>The Electric Vehicle, is It the Answer?