GM Slams on Brakes for Future RWD Cars
04-11-2007, 04:34 PM
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That's dumb. Why the hell don't they just use that system that shuts down a couple of the cylinders till you stomp on the pedal. But yeah, what about all the trucks and suv's? This is just stupid.
04-11-2007, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueZee28
I don't necessarily agree with everything that Bush does, but for the most part I trust that he would use his best judgement. And what people don't realize with the war in Iraq is that if we pull out now, or if we had never went in to begin with, the Shiites and their opposing group will start a civil war that will not only occur within the borders of Iraq. It would flood much of the middle east, and THAT's where we'd have a major issue. Oil would be literally impossible to reach if this happened.
Yeah, I wonder if the value of rwd cars will also increase shortly after (if) they follow through with this. I also dont think theyll end the vette.
04-11-2007, 09:07 PM
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awww yes our fearless leader at it again. in stead of hampering current cars why not lobby for more hybrid or alternative fuels?
big oil will get what they deserve in hell. Hes just doing it for the money to keep the oil companies in his pocket.
hydrogen cells.... exaust = water. how much of a better idea do you need?
big oil will get what they deserve in hell. Hes just doing it for the money to keep the oil companies in his pocket.
hydrogen cells.... exaust = water. how much of a better idea do you need?
04-12-2007, 12:54 AM
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wtf is this, there is no such thing as global warming, the average internation temperature has rose less then 1 degree in the last almost 60 years... 
eviromentalist and tree huggers can suck my exhaust fumes big time. Hybrid cars dont do *****, they get 35 mpg, wow where is that big 50,making those batteries creates more pollution to make then a hummer running for 200,000 miles...god I hate hippes...
eviromentalist and tree huggers can suck my exhaust fumes big time. Hybrid cars dont do *****, they get 35 mpg, wow where is that big 50,making those batteries creates more pollution to make then a hummer running for 200,000 miles...god I hate hippes...
who said anything about global warming?
04-12-2007, 01:14 AM
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gas here has a 50 cent tax on it diesel has like a 65 cent tax
what a joke
but like i said ITS A PROPOSAL!
they just met with American car co's 2 weeks ago sooo something else is going down other wise
what a joke
but like i said ITS A PROPOSAL!
they just met with American car co's 2 weeks ago sooo something else is going down other wise
04-12-2007, 01:21 AM
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I was watching the news and saw some guy from an oil company say we are one bad event away from $4 a gallon this summer... not what I want to hear. So expect it anyway, becuase theyre *** holes.
04-12-2007, 01:22 AM
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We can all thank the treehuggers for this one. The Bush administration has decided to raise corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards by 4 percent a year so cars would have to average 34 m.p.g. by 2017, up from 27.5 m.p.g. today. On top of that, the Supreme Court ruled last week that the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate carbon dioxide expelled by cars, a gas that contributes to global warming. The EPA doesn't do so now.
Vehicles affected by this include the upcoming Impala, a high-performance midsize Pontiac, a replacement for the full-size Buick Lucerne sedan, a compact smaller than the current CTS at Cadillac and possible 300-horsepower versions of the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky roadsters.
Thankfully the Camaro was too far along to be halted. Guzzle away, Camaro, guzzle away.
Lutz had this to say, "We don't know how to get 30 percent better mileage from RWD cars."
Vehicles affected by this include the upcoming Impala, a high-performance midsize Pontiac, a replacement for the full-size Buick Lucerne sedan, a compact smaller than the current CTS at Cadillac and possible 300-horsepower versions of the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky roadsters.
Thankfully the Camaro was too far along to be halted. Guzzle away, Camaro, guzzle away.
Lutz had this to say, "We don't know how to get 30 percent better mileage from RWD cars."