12-19-2006, 04:00 AM
[quote Spiff]elmo3 has a good point, and, errr, well articulated. However, I don't think that 'mint had an actual beef, but that the thread got inflated to such. Just my thought.
well, he did say:
which means he thinks that gas saving is solely the responsibility of the car and not at all that of the driver.
He thinks that if the car is rated at 30mpg, therefore his idiot sister whom he admits is a lousy driver who drives fast and can't keep herself from treating the gas pedal like an on/off switch should get--the rated 30mpg.
He concludes that since SHE doesn't get the sticker rated mileage, he "gets the feeling" that saving gas means getting a small car.
His sister could drive a Yaris or a Fit and get 20mpg. And mint doesn't get it in the least.
mint is not one to get things, apparently.
well, he did say:
Leaves me with the feeling if I drove a lot and wanted to save gas consumption I would get a nice small car with good mpg like a Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic.
which means he thinks that gas saving is solely the responsibility of the car and not at all that of the driver.
He thinks that if the car is rated at 30mpg, therefore his idiot sister whom he admits is a lousy driver who drives fast and can't keep herself from treating the gas pedal like an on/off switch should get--the rated 30mpg.
He concludes that since SHE doesn't get the sticker rated mileage, he "gets the feeling" that saving gas means getting a small car.
His sister could drive a Yaris or a Fit and get 20mpg. And mint doesn't get it in the least.
mint is not one to get things, apparently.