...and speaking of petrol...

Forbes have published their least fuel-efficient cars of the year list today. (check it out here
The top few are über bullets like the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 and the Lamborghini Murciélago, which isn't surprising. But scattered in amongst all those super-expensive sports cars and luxury sofas-on-wheels are all of the Cadillac and Lincoln SUVs, right between the Aston Martin V8 Vantage and the Rolls-Royce Phantom sedan. How is it possible that people are still buying SUVs that do a paltry 13mpg? With the luxury and sports cars, it's obvious - pockets deep enough to buy one of those mean you can afford to fill it. But family SUVs? The Cadillac Escalade isn't exactly an uncommon sight on the roads, so how the hell can the family that buys one afford to fill it up? That's a 31 gallon tank at $3.00 a gallon! That's $93 every 400 miles!
I know Americans live in debt but to have so little common sense as to own an SUV nowadays just makes my brain hurt. I'm looking at alternatives to our Subaru because dragging our ass around in all-wheel-drive all the time is only giving us 24mpg when I could be getting much better out of a VW or Toyota.

13mpg?

Shit why not go all the way and just get a Hummer and do 8mpg instead?

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Anonymous said…
And the people who drive SUVs are the same ones who complain about high petrol prices. Guess what, they're part of the problem!
20:02
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