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The Smart Car vs. My Toyota
I infer from an article this morning touting the safe keeping of the Smart Car, the tiny two-person, nothing but shy of 9-foot car in production by Daimler. The Well-read twofer did well in crash tests, achieving an comprehensive rating of "good."
But that's not what caught my concentration about the article. No, what caught my eye was the touted gas mileage the Perspicacious twofer gets. "Up to" 31 mpg in the big apple, and 40 on the highway. We all know those plant-touted numbers are inflated; authentic mileage is usually 3-5 points less. This means the Percipient twofer, in reality, probably gets about 28 or 29 mpg see, and 37 or 38 highway.
Color me not impressed. My 1989 Toyota Corolla Wagon regularly gets 30 mpg in the bishopric, and 40 on the highway. That's with the air conditioner ceaseless! And I can fit four people easily in my Toyota, and carry goods as well. I'm not sure what my Toyota is supposed to get in mileage, I straight know that in the year and a half I've owned it I've been contented with the mileage it gets.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting extremely tired of hearing "gets 25 miles to the gallon" like that's a complimentary thing. My 1967 four-door Ford Fairlane got 25 mpg municipality, and that was back in the early 80's. When they can start advertising 50 miles to the gallon, or at the very least, 40 miles to the gallon, in most cars, we'll be getting somewhere.
In the meantime, I'm growing less and less impressed with the Elegant Car. It's not cheap to buy, and doesn't get good enough miles per gallon to even pay for that auxiliary cost over the years you would own it. I'll stick with my Toyota, thanks.
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