Comments on: Project CRX is Dead – Long Live Project 350Z http://www.mvryan.org/2009/09/project-crx-is-dead-long-live-project-350z/ Tidbits about cars, auto racing, music, motocross, football, video games, investing, corporate America, politics... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Seeping Matter » MPG Disappointment http://www.mvryan.org/2009/09/project-crx-is-dead-long-live-project-350z/comment-page-1/#comment-3525 Seeping Matter » MPG Disappointment Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:18:03 +0000 http://blog.mvryan.org/?p=670#comment-3525 [...] I remember growing up in the late 70s and early 80s when we were introduced to such appalling vehicles as the Hyundai Excel and the Yugo 45, all in a quest to achieve better and better fuel economy.  I remember some cars advertising average highway mpg rates in the high 40s and even the low 50s.  I distinctly remember thinking that surely, by the time I was an adult, cars would be easily getting 80 to 100 mpg and that this would be so commonplace that it wasn’t really remarkable.  Funny how things have NOT gone that way.  Take a look at that list on fueleconomy.gov again.  Notice how many of those cars considered to be among the most efficient are only getting average highway mpg in the 30s.  Why do we think this is remarkable?  My 350Z is a 300 HP sports car, not an economy car, and I drive it as such; yet even in that car I’m averaging nearly 26 mpg! [...] [...] I remember growing up in the late 70s and early 80s when we were introduced to such appalling vehicles as the Hyundai Excel and the Yugo 45, all in a quest to achieve better and better fuel economy.  I remember some cars advertising average highway mpg rates in the high 40s and even the low 50s.  I distinctly remember thinking that surely, by the time I was an adult, cars would be easily getting 80 to 100 mpg and that this would be so commonplace that it wasn’t really remarkable.  Funny how things have NOT gone that way.  Take a look at that list on fueleconomy.gov again.  Notice how many of those cars considered to be among the most efficient are only getting average highway mpg in the 30s.  Why do we think this is remarkable?  My 350Z is a 300 HP sports car, not an economy car, and I drive it as such; yet even in that car I’m averaging nearly 26 mpg! [...]

]]> By: tonia http://www.mvryan.org/2009/09/project-crx-is-dead-long-live-project-350z/comment-page-1/#comment-452 tonia Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:24:49 +0000 http://blog.mvryan.org/?p=670#comment-452 CALL my cousin Jay Jenkins!! He owns american car care center in Bountiful, but this is his specialty. (FOR REAL... he works on D-Will's cars and Ronny Price's). If he doesn't have them, he can find them. work phone 801 397 2702 cell 801 726 8473 let me know if he helps you out... I'd be interested to hear how it turns out CALL my cousin Jay Jenkins!! He owns american car care center in Bountiful, but this is his specialty. (FOR REAL… he works on D-Will’s cars and Ronny Price’s). If he doesn’t have them, he can find them.
work phone 801 397 2702
cell 801 726 8473

let me know if he helps you out… I’d be interested to hear how it turns out

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