Are you telling me that the majority of the time you see a police car, there are people in the back seats??? The vast majority of the time I see a police car, it's the driver only!

How do you know the owners of all those vehicles that you rail against don't use the extra function ever? Why are you in a 900? Why not a Prius or an Aveo or a Geo Metro? or a two-seater? I'm sure that would allow you to commute just fine. What per centage of cars on the road have people in the backseats anyway? So why are cars made with back seats in them? Why not a single-seat car for the commute, then the four-seater for when the family needs to go out? These are the questions that your logic is leading to. As car choices are usually made based on the outlier possibility of needs (the 0.1-10% of the time; your car is probably driven less than 10% of the time), it's only natural that you would be seeing that the majority of cars (of any type) is not being utilitized to their full potential at any given moment.

Cars are not given to people for free in real life. Cars come with operating costs. That's why people usually think through carefully before making car purchases. Just like . . . sure if you want to give me a free heated pool and pay for my heating bill forever, I will take it. However, that has nothing to do with whether I would install a heated pool in real life. The cost of doing things in the free market place is what makes all of us frugal by necessity. Having more people paid by the government to tell people actually would accomplish exactly the opposite of what you set out to do: when bureaucrats use taxpayer money (instead of their own money) to buy cars, they buy the biggest black SUV's! When you insist on shoving gobs of public money and political money into the pockets of politicians, they get heated pools for themselves!

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• Thoughts on 39 mpg from a Paris café, Noel, Wed, 27 May 2009 00:12:33
  • Re: Thoughts on 39 mpg from a Paris café, Jim, Sat, 30 May 2009 16:15:46
  • Well, I just got back from the States..., Street, Thu, 28 May 2009 16:21:11
  • Imperial Gallons, cloudship, Wed, 27 May 2009 15:51:12
    • Only Britain uses Imperial gallons, AdamB , Thu, 28 May 2009 09:07:56
    • They use liters in France n/m, George K, Thu, 28 May 2009 07:25:10
  • Why Americans dont' buy small very efficient cars..., Caarma , Wed, 27 May 2009 14:39:08
    • They do, JohnA , Thu, 4 Jun 2009 06:34:56
    • Re: Why Americans dont' buy small very efficient cars..., Jim, Sat, 30 May 2009 16:52:28
      • Re: Why Americans dont' buy small very efficient cars..., Caarma , Sun, 31 May 2009 01:35:25
        • Re: Why Americans dont' buy small very efficient cars..., Jim, Sun, 31 May 2009 08:52:50
          • Re: Why Americans dont' buy small very efficient cars..., Caarma , Sun, 31 May 2009 09:46:10
            • Re: Why Americans dont' buy small very efficient cars..., Jim, Sun, 31 May 2009 15:43:56
      • Re: Why Americans dont' buy small very efficient cars..., oldsaab, Sat, 30 May 2009 19:09:02
        • Re: Why Americans dont' buy small very efficient cars..., Jim, Sat, 30 May 2009 19:47:19
          • Re: Why Americans dont' buy small very efficient cars..., oldsaab, Sun, 31 May 2009 11:11:02
            • Re: Why Americans dont' buy small very efficient cars..., Jim, Sun, 31 May 2009 16:10:48
              • Take a pill dude, No Snaab, Mon, 1 Jun 2009 04:59:58
                • How did you know?, Jim, Mon, 1 Jun 2009 09:30:59
              • Re: Why Americans dont' buy small very efficient cars..., oldsaab, Sun, 31 May 2009 22:45:55
                • Re: Why Americans dont' buy small very efficient cars..., Jim, Mon, 1 Jun 2009 11:20:50 <-- Viewing This Message
                  • Enjoying the soapbox, Jim?, Noel, Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:27:46
                    • Re: Enjoying the soapbox, Jim?, Jim, Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:55:38
                      • I haven't commuted in 14 years, Noel, Wed, 3 Jun 2009 06:07:09
                        • another reason, Jim, Thu, 4 Jun 2009 20:39:39
                        • Re: I haven't commuted in 14 years, Jim, Thu, 4 Jun 2009 20:35:43
                          • Gee, I've lived in hilly New England for decades, Noel, Fri, 5 Jun 2009 05:31:14
                            • Did you live in my previous house?, Jim, Fri, 5 Jun 2009 15:43:32
                      • Re: Enjoying the soapbox, Jim?, oldsaab, Tue, 2 Jun 2009 21:14:46
                        • Re: Enjoying the soapbox, Jim?, Jim, Tue, 2 Jun 2009 23:20:14
    • #8 is the biggie IMO, Mike Johnson, Thu, 28 May 2009 06:12:55
    • That should be "don't" N/M, Caarma , Wed, 27 May 2009 14:39:47
  • Re: Thoughts on 39 mpg from a Paris café, EGD , Wed, 27 May 2009 06:45:45
    • Maybe we need to change our model..., Noel, Wed, 27 May 2009 13:09:46
      • Re: Maybe we need to change our model..., EGD , Wed, 27 May 2009 16:07:04
        • Agree. The more than 2 kids in the family has, Noel, Thu, 28 May 2009 08:36:00
          • Re: Agree. The more than 2 kids in the family has, Jim, Sun, 31 May 2009 09:11:43
          • we can fit 3 car seats in the back of our c900..., James, Thu, 28 May 2009 11:34:20
    • Re: Thoughts on 39 mpg from a Paris café, Henri L, Wed, 27 May 2009 08:09:29
    • Re: Thoughts on 39 mpg from a Paris café, yaofeng, Wed, 27 May 2009 07:46:51
      • Re: Thoughts on 39 mpg from a Paris café, kkelley, Wed, 27 May 2009 15:48:34
        • If none of their cars were appealing..., Caarma , Wed, 27 May 2009 15:56:01
          • Re: If none of their cars were appealing..., kkelley, Thu, 28 May 2009 17:17:00
          • Re: If none of their cars were appealing..., EGD , Wed, 27 May 2009 19:27:34
  • Re: Thoughts on 39 mpg from a Paris café, No Snaab, Wed, 27 May 2009 05:06:49
    • We also get the 9-3 TTiD here in Australia too. nm, sab, Wed, 27 May 2009 15:29:49
  • Re: Thoughts on 39 mpg from a Paris café, jonathan, Wed, 27 May 2009 01:40:34
    • Diesel can help us meet the new MPG standards, Paul H, Wed, 27 May 2009 08:19:26
      • Agreed, No Snaab, Wed, 27 May 2009 08:46:16
      • Re: Diesel can help us meet the new MPG standards, turbocon86, Wed, 27 May 2009 08:41:01
        • Those were godawful cars, No Snaab, Wed, 27 May 2009 08:48:15

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