Comments on: Top Ten Gas Guzzlers – The Most Polluting Cars From The Showroom Floor. http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/10/02/top-ten-gas-guzzlers-the-most-polluting-cars-from-the-showroom-floor/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alt Energy Stocks » Blog Archive » Investing in Mode-Shifting: Preparing for a Peak Oil World http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/10/02/top-ten-gas-guzzlers-the-most-polluting-cars-from-the-showroom-floor/#comment-6501 Alt Energy Stocks » Blog Archive » Investing in Mode-Shifting: Preparing for a Peak Oil World Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:28:10 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/10/02/top-ten-gas-guzzlers-the-most-polluting-cars-from-the-showroom-floor/#comment-6501 [...] world’s car-makers are promising us.  Even if we believe manufacturers’ hype, the Cadillac SRX your neighbor bought last week will be on the road for at least a couple decades, and all the fuel [...] [...] world’s car-makers are promising us.  Even if we believe manufacturers’ hype, the Cadillac SRX your neighbor bought last week will be on the road for at least a couple decades, and all the fuel [...]

]]> By: Alternative Energy Stocks http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/10/02/top-ten-gas-guzzlers-the-most-polluting-cars-from-the-showroom-floor/#comment-6498 Alternative Energy Stocks Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:45:41 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/10/02/top-ten-gas-guzzlers-the-most-polluting-cars-from-the-showroom-floor/#comment-6498 <strong>Investing in Mode-Shifting: Preparing for a Peak Oil World...</strong> Technology cannot save us Technology will not save us from peak oil, but the invisible hand of economics will.  It's easy to get excited about all the amazing new vehicles the world's car-makers are promising us.  Even if we believe...... Investing in Mode-Shifting: Preparing for a Peak Oil World…

Technology cannot save us Technology will not save us from peak oil, but the invisible hand of economics will.  It’s easy to get excited about all the amazing new vehicles the world’s car-makers are promising us.  Even if we believe……

]]> By: lavardera http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/10/02/top-ten-gas-guzzlers-the-most-polluting-cars-from-the-showroom-floor/#comment-6189 lavardera Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:01:35 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/10/02/top-ten-gas-guzzlers-the-most-polluting-cars-from-the-showroom-floor/#comment-6189 I've got an 07 and it gets way better milage than any other car I've ever owned. The computer says its average is about 33.5 for my cumulative driving. We did in the high 30s on a vacation drive this sept with the car packed to the gills with 3 people. You can do better with a car aimed at efficiency - a civic or fit, or a hybrid, but not for anything with a performance orientation that is as much fun to drive. The mini replaces a 14 year old acura integra which weighed about the same as the mini, had a nominally larger engine (1.8l vs 1.6l) and ran about 10mpg less. Curiously the Mazda does about the same as the Acura did, may be 2-3mpg better, but with a larger engine (2.3l). The trend is more efficiency. The Mini Convertible has the same engine as the 02 Mini, and in 02 that engine design was already old. Trade in and a newer engine design will perform much better. I’ve got an 07 and it gets way better milage than any other car I’ve ever owned. The computer says its average is about 33.5 for my cumulative driving. We did in the high 30s on a vacation drive this sept with the car packed to the gills with 3 people. You can do better with a car aimed at efficiency – a civic or fit, or a hybrid, but not for anything with a performance orientation that is as much fun to drive.

The mini replaces a 14 year old acura integra which weighed about the same as the mini, had a nominally larger engine (1.8l vs 1.6l) and ran about 10mpg less. Curiously the Mazda does about the same as the Acura did, may be 2-3mpg better, but with a larger engine (2.3l). The trend is more efficiency.

The Mini Convertible has the same engine as the 02 Mini, and in 02 that engine design was already old. Trade in and a newer engine design will perform much better.

]]> By: david http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/10/02/top-ten-gas-guzzlers-the-most-polluting-cars-from-the-showroom-floor/#comment-6188 david Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:50:59 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/10/02/top-ten-gas-guzzlers-the-most-polluting-cars-from-the-showroom-floor/#comment-6188 Oh of course it's obvious that they did that..I mean, there are not worse cars out there than a Mini? No one can really tell me that a Mini Cooper and a Hummer belong on the same list. That being said though, the Mini that I own (and I dont remember what year yours is) is a 2006...thus it gets a crappy rating and it does not make me happy. My GTI from 1992 got way better mileage than my Mini does and that was 15 years ago! Oh of course it’s obvious that they did that..I mean, there are not worse cars out there than a Mini? No one can really tell me that a Mini Cooper and a Hummer belong on the same list. That being said though, the Mini that I own (and I dont remember what year yours is) is a 2006…thus it gets a crappy rating and it does not make me happy.

My GTI from 1992 got way better mileage than my Mini does and that was 15 years ago!

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