by vertigo25 » Wed May 02, 2007 2:11 pm
It says that my 2000 Focus gets 25 city, 33 hwy. Until I moved out here, I actually got a bit better mileage than that, but that's about accurate now.
The thing that just makes my jaw drop, though is that on average my car (which is among the "best") puts 6.4 tons of CO2 into the air per year. Personally, I probably put a bit less out there because I don't drive as much as the average person, but... it probably doesn't make a *huge* difference.
I just think it's really sad that the best our engineers can do is *tons* of CO2 per year.
Kind of but not really related:
My GF drives a biodiesel Mercedes. It actually does put out a funny smell, but a few weeks ago, the stupidest thing happened. This guy driving behind her made a big deal out of gesturing to her like he was coughing; putting his hand around his throat and flipping her off. Eventually he pulled over, and was waving his hand in front of his face like he was waving away toxic fumes.
When she told me about it, I asked her what he was driving.
"Some SUV."
Figures.
The firemen came and broke through the chimney top. And me and Mom were expecting them to pull out a dead cat or a bird. And instead they pulled out my father. He was dressed in a Santa Claus suit. He'd been climbing down the chimney... his arms loaded with presents. He was gonna surprise us. He slipped and broke his neck. He died instantly. And that's how I found out there was no Santa Claus.