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Old 02-08-2013, 09:25 AM
rs899 rs899 is offline
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the big 3 just will not get the horsepower war out of their a$$'$ i do not care if it takes me 10 minutes to get to 60 give me 60-70 mpg and i'm fine with that.
I wish there were more people who think like you and I , but evidently not enough to build one car for, at least not here in the US.

With all the tweaking they have done over the last few years to squeeze horsepower out, you would think they could produce a 1.0 litre gas engine that could produce 100-120 hp and drive a small practical light car. Basically update the cars we had in the early 80s after the gas embargos and wars.
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