Why your dishwasher, gas cans, household appliances and new cars all seem to suck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I point out my 35 year old car got better gas mileage than new ones, prove it, and now you guys want to make excuses on why it did? The link above claiming 30/40 says "simulation based on the European type of traffic". Real people in the real world got 50 plus driving it like a normal car.

It's gotta suck to be so wrong.

Please. Back then, the advertised fuel economy was only achieved by unicorns. Nowadays they're called hypermilers. You know that.

Yes, some economy cars got excellent fuel economy back in the day. Now, some economy cars get excellent fuel economy and are safer, nicer. Thanks, bureaucrats.

More excuses. Maybe you fail at reading comprehension. I drove the car like a normal car and got higher than was rated on a regular basis. Many people did.

I can "explain" it to you, I can't "understand" it for you.

[Anonymous]

^ not the person you're arguing with, but it sounds like your 1988 Honda shitbox was inferior to a modern-day Civic in every respect except for EPA fuel economy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I point out my 35 year old car got better gas mileage than new ones, prove it, and now you guys want to make excuses on why it did? The link above claiming 30/40 says "simulation based on the European type of traffic". Real people in the real world got 50 plus driving it like a normal car.

It's gotta suck to be so wrong.

Please. Back then, the advertised fuel economy was only achieved by unicorns. Nowadays they're called hypermilers. You know that.

Yes, some economy cars got excellent fuel economy back in the day. Now, some economy cars get excellent fuel economy and are safer, nicer. Thanks, bureaucrats.

More excuses. Maybe you fail at reading comprehension. I drove the car like a normal car and got higher than was rated on a regular basis. Many people did.

I can "explain" it to you, I can't "understand" it for you.

My comments are not excuses. Rather, saving compare apples to apples. There is no car built today that will do as poorly in a crash as a CRX HF.

Almost every car will our accellerate that car, will out Handke (better suspensions)and will do a much better job protecting the occupants in a crash.

The closest in weight is the Mazda Miata. But the Miata is a different class of car: it is a sport car, and the comparison would be the CRX Si. The Miata weighs 500 lbs more than the HF, and has 3x the horsepower. 186 vs 62.

0-60 is 3.6 (HF) vs 5.7.