Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Any hybrid daily drivers out there? Sort of

[Dan Warlick (edwf430]

Did anyone watch Top Gear yesterday? One of the episodes shown had them 24hr 
endurance racing a BMW 3Series with a diesel engine. They were using bio 
diesel if I was paying attention correctly. Out of 50something cars they 
placed I think in the very respectable high 20's. As is always with those 
guys there had to be a joke....this is one of the best I've seen in a very 
long time. Their sponsors decal read down one side of the car "Peniston 
Oils" while down the other side of the car the decal read "Larsen's 
(something). When either of the front doors was open on the car the 
lettering simply read on the doors "arse" and "Penis" respectively.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hans E. Hansen" <FList [at] hanshansen.org>
To: "Daniel" <edwf430 [at] bellsouth.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Any hybrid daily drivers out there?


> Autoweek's recent issue comments about the decline in mileage.  They
> blame it on weight added to meet gov crash standards.  They compared
> similar Hondas - new .vs. one about 10 yers old.  Similar drivetrain, etc.
> but the newer one was a lot heavier.
>
> Hans.
>
> On 4/26/08, Stephen Sherman <sherman [at] wildblue.net> wrote:
> > First I don't have a hybrid, I HAVE an 89 GEO METRO that when new go 
> > 50mpg
> > highway and now a 130,000 miles later  gets 42mpg highway and 37 city. It
> > has room for 4 plus luggage.
> >
> > The sad part is that the media is making a big deal out of hybrids and 
> > the
> > 'SMART CAR' that has half the capacity and not as good a milage.
> >
> > They should be pointing out milage has gone down instead of up since 89.
> >
> > I also have a 2004 Avelanche that gets 15mph hwy down from 18 mpg hwy 
> > that
> > my 2002 Avelanche got (with the same engine).
> >
> > The 1986 Porsche 944 Turbo gets 20mpg hwy
> >
> > and the 1981 Ferrari 308 GTSi gets 18mpg hwy.
> >
> > Combined gallons per year is 1000 including mowing my 5 acres.
> >
> > Stephen
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