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Old 09-19-2014, 06:25 PM
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But without the extra wh*repower, pigfat for safety, electronic crapola, nanny crapola, etc, the car would be lighter and even more efficient. Take a late 80s car and put a drivetrain with modern electronic controls in and you'd end up with something more efficient than sold today.
I'll take the extra wh*repower, pigfat for safety, electronic crapola, nanny crapola and be safe, happy and entertained, thank you very much. Theres a few million dead people from the 1980s who would love to have a word with you, if they weren't dead.
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Interestingly, I've been driving a car with crank windows (a rental Versa sedan) for the last two weeks, so they still exist.
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All the objective measurements look better on the new cars. However, they're less fun to drive.
I'm sorry, were you saying something? I couldn't hear you over all the fun that isn't happening.
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