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Seeing those things and knowing the person bought an objectively worse version of a decent car causes me pain every single time. But the only thing we can do a
by nottheengineer 3y ago
Seeing those things and knowing the person bought an objectively worse version of a decent car causes me pain every single time.
But the only thing we can do about that is educate people.
- littlestymaar 3y ago> But the only thing we can do about that is educate people For that you'd first need to stop the auto industry to actively miseducate them through ads.
- benj111 3y agoWell they've stopped making the fiesta now, so there isn't a car version to actually buy.
- nottheengineer 3y agoThat's sad, the fiesta is a fun car to drive. Also very economical, my diesel one uses 4.5l/100km consistently without paying much attention to it. That bring me to another point: Fuel economy ratings. My car is rated at 3.3l of average consumption. That's possible when hypermiling at night, but BS when considering traffic. I reckon SUVs are even worse than my 50% increase over the rating because their weight makes engine braking less effective in traffic and aerodynamics tend to be less of a problem at the hypermiling speeds they do during the tests than at real world speeds.