[Rhodes22-list] New Car from China

[Brad Haslett]

Art,

Boss Lady wants a Honda CRV, period.  I've tried to get her to look at the
Hyundai Santa Fe and the Subaru Forrester but no luck.  I'll look around for
the best deal and then sick her on the salesman.  If the experience is
anything like the Accord buying one, they'll hand her the keys below cost
with a full tank of gas.

Half of all the taxi-cabs here are new Hyundai Elantras (built nearby).
They've gotten good reviews in the US and our versions are built near
Montgomery, AL.  We'll see what the cost of fuel is a couple of years down
the road and then I'll make a decision.  I really, really like the Hyundai
Sonata.  My old diesel VW (circa 1980) got 50 mpg so the hybrids don't
excite me.  As far as a hybrid being a "green" car, it's bunk.  The source
of material for that big battery and its eventual disposal is a huge
environmental problem. When we finally come to our senses and abandon corn
based ethanol and start producing (non-subsidized) soybean and rapeseed
bio-diesel we can produce an eco-friendly car that I can drive to the
airport to burn through a few thousand gallons of Jet A and then another 60
gallons of gasoline in my Bonanza on days off.

Brad

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Arthur H. Czerwonky <czerwonky at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Brad,
> I may have posted this before, but dont fail to look at the Civic.  Not
> pulling a trailer I am getting 40-45 mpg.  I can pull 1500#, even though
> they recommend 1000# max, still getting 22 mpg.  None of the weenies I
> looked at had nearly that combo.  Stick shift may be better.  At current
> premium for diesel that would convert to about 48-54 mpg equivalent.
> Art
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
> >Sent: Jun 3, 2008 8:15 PM
> >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New Car from China
> >
> >Ed,
> >
> >There's a lot of stuff like this car that can be built with off-the-shelf
> >technology.  The question is: will anyone in the US buy them?  They make
> >sense for urban areas.  My father-in-law has an electric bicycle with a
> >canvas rear seat enclosure.  It looks like an Amish buggy without the
> horse
> >- perfect for him and my daughter loves riding in the back.  Cars are
> >getting bigger here and people are trading up from bicycles to scooters
> >(both electric and gas).  We drove out to the 6th ring road area yesterday
> >in rush hour and a bicycle would have been quicker.  Here is the same as
> the
> >States, status if important.  We're buying Fan a new Honda CRV when she
> gets
> >home - her 10 year old Honda Accord is going to my youngest son at a good
> >price with a military discount.  I'm waiting for the new line of VW
> diesels
> >(and some others) to arrive.  My 14 year old Lexus "beater" has a few
> years
> >left in her.
> >
> >Brad
> >
> >On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> see:
> >>
> >> http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/16/content_8185515.htm
> >>
> >> Ed K
> >> Greenville, SC, USA
> >>
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