Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!prophet From: prophet@umcp-cs.UUCP (Dennis Gibbs) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: American v. Foreign Cars Message-ID: <199@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Oct-84 17:28:48 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.199 Posted: Tue Oct 2 17:28:48 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Oct-84 04:40:36 EDT Distribution: net Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 23 <> > One reason that US autos get bad mileage is the way that they > are constructed, (to save your life, when you wreck) domestic cars > have to answer to all kinds of regulations and consumer groups. > (foreign cars do not have this problem). > > ed spigle You've got to be kidding. Foreign cars have to "answer" to every regulation that the American cars do. Did you know that one of the safest cars on the the road is a foreign car? (According to the NHTSA and Consumer Reports) Look on page 186-187 of the April issue of Consumer Reports. Dennis -- Call-Me: Dennis Gibbs, Univ. of Md. Comp. Sci. Center. UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!prophet CSNet: prophet@umcp-cs BITNET: GIBBS@UMDB ARPA: prophet@Maryland