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To: Road Walker who wrote (369)	6/20/2008 5:04:18 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 86356

The large family could find a car that fits and gets good mileage. When I was a kid than a teen my family used to have 15 seat vans. I don't see any 15 or 12 or even 8 seater vehicles that get good mileage. They are also used for many ride share systems and some informal car pools, and by church groups or other organizations. Another thought is how will you know the mileage for old cars? Do you just go buy the official published EPA standards for the time when the car was introduced? I suppose that will help out the market for performance add in for econoboxes, while hurting the market for factory performance cars, or factory performance versions for more economical cars. If someone takes a vehicle and modifies it to make it much more fuel efficient (or to use and alternate fuel or electricity), is there any way that they avoid the big hit? If some takes a Miata and stuffs a a Mustang 5.0 engine in it (its been done), or twin turbos or something, do they take a hit on the tax? Higher gasoline prices (by a gas tax if you feel you need to increase the disincentive for using a lot of gas), hits all these people the "appropriate" amount. People who use more gas take the hit, people who use less don't.

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