How a car works (2012)

Re:How a car works (2012) by bloat on Friday July 17, 2015 @07:09AM (#9902140)

I was going to moan at you about how an old car would produce much more pollution than a newer car. But then I looked it up:

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Re:How a car works (2012) by a3n on Friday July 17, 2015 @08:08AM (#9902316)

I bought a new Honda in 1990. I just now passed it on to my son, and bought a two year old Toyota.

Think of all those cars that didn't get built because I drove the same car for 25 years. I thought about that often.

The only time it didn't pass emissions test is the gas cap didn't seal properly. Bought a five dollar cap and was good to go.

And it gets 35 mph in daily commuting.

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Re:How a car works (2012) by michael_h on Friday July 17, 2015 @09:47AM (#9902675)

My first car was a 1974 VW Beetle (this was late 90's) - it got 65-70 MPG.

I loved that thing. If you turned on the original heating system, you'd die of carbon monoxide poisoning, but I loved it.

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