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To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (111608)	5/22/2009 7:02:48 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) of 541403

Congress should require that the fuel standard not be achieved by simply reducing the size and/or weight of cars, but through technology improvements. I have been looking at new cars recently thinking that there might be a bargain to be had. In the course of that, I noticed that the estimated gas mileage on all the cars I looked at was down from the last time I shopped. I have an Accord sedan right now. My car, an ’06, was rated at 24/34. I got 35 on the drive to and from Tucson last year. Well, it turns out that the new version of my car is estimated at only 21/30, which struck me as a serious step in the wrong direction. The '97 Acura RL I had prior to the Accord was rated at 19/25. The new one is 16/24. That pattern held on all the cars I checked (including the Infiniti, Dale), so I went looking for a reason. I didn't find anything directly on point but I did find a comment at mpgomatic.com that cars have been increasing in weight. Didn't say why. Maybe people just want heavier cars. Or maybe all that new technology is heavy.

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