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The majority of vehicle shopper support increased fuel efficiency standards








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By TheJian on 5/8/2013 10:27:01 PM , Rating: 2
I want a car that does 300mpg...But not if it costs 5mil.

I want a car that does 50mpg, but not if it's a 40K car vs. what I can get for under 20k. I will never, I repeat, NEVER get my 20K made up in gas in the life of that price. I spend about $80-120/month throughout the year driving to work and back and a few stores for groceries etc (not much of a driver outside of this). Even if I doubled my MPG I'd only save about $500 a year. So if I drive the car for 20yrs (ROFL...NOT gonna happen) I'm still out $10000 for the privilege of saying "yay I'm green". I don't give a rats A$$ about green if it takes my green. I'll go green when it costs me something I can make up. As you can see electric will NEVER be bought by me until it hits $15000 for 50mpg.
I can get a ford fiesta (likely my next car) at 39mpg and it has a more zip than any electric for $13,800-18500 loaded. It looks better than most electrics also. Even the price they're talking for the next volt etc (woo big drop) wouldn't be anywhere NEAR what I'd pay for my next car. I think they forgot to ask "how much would you pay for 50mpg?". Most would say $20K or less.

Drill oil and we don't even need more than fiesta style cars. Bring gas back to $1.85 like it under BUSH and we won't care as opec drops prices to compete with our OWN oil. Stop blocking the pipeline from Canada and maybe some pricing will drop...duh! Most hybrids don't do much better than the gas fiesta and cost $25K or so or more. Again, can't get that back in 10yrs either. To realistically get your money back they need to be within 5K (so you might have a shot at 10yrs making it up).

