"Steve Mestdagh" > wrote in message
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> (clangq) wrote in message
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> > OK, let's follow the environmental argument. How much less does a
> > Subaru wagon affect the environment than a 4runner? Can't be much.
>
>
> I don't have time to look up the mpg for comparison but ("can't be
> much" X # of people who think similarly) = very much difference in
> burned fuel.
> Don't take this wrong. I just think that people should buy a car for
> it's intended use. My Landcruiser sucks gas but I live in the
> mountains. I just use it for bad snow conditions and rough road
> camping trips. I drive my Focus for everything else. I wish they
> offered the car selection in the US, that they do in Europe. Instead
> of my Focus, I'd have a cool little hot rod, high torque diesel w/
> GREAT gas mileage.
> -s

Or maybe you could even do that and keep a Focus!

http://www.ford.co.uk/ie/focus/foc_e...isport/-/-/-/-