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Originally Posted by Awsomeshine
But why do you need a big 6.2 V8 petrol truck, it must be the most uneconomical thing on the road.
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I think any vehicle that does less than 25mpg (except commercials) should be banned so we don't run out of oil so fast.
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The domestic (USA) automakers are currently under a mandate to ensure that their fleet of vehicles average a certain mpg(can't remember the exact mpg) by the year 2012 i believe.....
BTW i am an english guy who lives here in the USA.. i drive a 8.4l V10 petrol car.. i love the thing and i'm thinking about buying another one before they go out of production....The car can get 24mpg on the hwy but it really depends on how i drive the car on what mpg i'm going to achieve.....
Americans like choice so that is why some drive a 6.2l v8...sure as petrol rose in price lately those vehicles decreased in total sales... whether this leads to a better acceptance of diesel vehicles i have no idea....When it comes to banning cars Americans prefer not to have the government tell them what they can drive but market forces will hopefully lead to changes.....
The actual main issue this country has with oil consumption is the size of the USA and how the country transports its' goods and products...There are literaly hundreds of thousands of 18 wheel trucks on the highways here on a daily basis traveling thousands of miles each..There is no other infrastructure other than a minor rail service. Also most individual states here are bigger than England itself..
With the amount of money the USA is spending on Wars i'm not sure the USA will still be the economic power it is in the next 10 years or so...
But in the meantime i love driving my 8.4l V10 and carrying my concealed weapon...freedoms i would not enjoy in england
god save the queen