I'm with RobertLLR... I try to be environmentally friendly but I certainly love my '66 LeMans. I was a kid during the 70's (only 4 years younger than my Pontiac!), so I grew up with both cool pre-regulation cars and the utterly boring, smaller, cleaner cars. I've always been a GM gal, but I would fully admit that what killed US cars during those years was the lack of imagination by car makers, not the regulations per se. The Europeans and Japanese made terrific (even if occasionally boring) cars that were fast and fuel efficient. By the time our car makers finally caught on, the others had completely taken over the market. I confess that my present "winter banger" is a GM-sold SAAB. She's fast and pretty dang efficient, even at her advanced age. When she goes, I'll get an actual GM model again, and I will certainly consider fuel efficiency. The more efficient that car is (and the more often I take the bus to work!), the less guilty I feel for driving the Pontiac! It's all about balance.
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