i'm sure i've mentioned before my colleague with Toyata Pious who said
i was an environmental hypocrite for driving a 5l V8. well it turns
out he's such a couch potato that he spends more money on (regular)
gas each year than i do on premium.
although i imagine i'd have to use gallons instead of money to still
win that one since moving the the UK :(
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Jeff Howarth <jeff@v8tiger.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> There is of course the non manufacturer/ CUBAN view.
>
> The cars we have are made and cost almost zero carbon footprint to keep
> maintained and running.
>
> They may of course emit a few extra pounds of carbon footprint than a
> lean mean modern machine fresh on the auto dealers floor, but guess what
> - there's a whole smog emittin factory behind those.............
>
> In Europe they are now considering how they recycle the cars they are
> making today and making big marketing claims about it - surely its
> better to keep them running !
>
> Keep on Sunbeamin, its the green way to go !
>
> Jeff
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> In message <480D0E85.1050207@roadrunner.com>, Tod Brown
> <todbrown@roadrunner.com> writes
>
> >In the future, there will be those who will look at our cars and wonder
> >"What were they thinking?" We owe it
> >to future generations to not only stop the gross pollution caused by our
> >Tigers but also to take them off the
> >road and preserve them. It seems to me the ecologically correct
> >procedure is to donate our Tigers to an auto
> >museum so that they can be preserved. You can then take the tax write
> >off and put it toward a crotch rocket.
> >They use very little precious gasoline and there would be no sacrifice
> >in performance. Does Norton make a
> >diesel?
> >
> >Tod
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