Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!opus!scott From: scott@opus.UUCP (Scott Wiesner) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Detroit's dying dinosaurs. Message-ID: <866@opus.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Oct-84 12:09:18 EDT Article-I.D.: opus.866 Posted: Wed Oct 3 12:09:18 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Oct-84 08:44:27 EDT References: <209@gargoyle.UUCP> <352@edison.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 23 > > one reason that US autos get bad milage 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). > for you flamers out their all of these things cost money > and this cost is passed to the consumer, foreign manufacturers dont > have these costs > > > ed spigle > > Knowledge is learned, Wisdom is earned Well, Ed, it's back to the books for you. Check out the Honda Civic CRX, which passed crash tests with flying colors (a few detroit cars, the ford tempo in particular, failed completely) and has one of the higest milage ratings of any car. (Perhaps even the higest) Now that that's out of the way, lets talk quality .... -- Scott Wiesner {allegra, ucbvax, cornell}!nbires!scott