What I want in a car

[chenoameg]

I drove eowyn's (very nice) new to her car, and that reminded me of things I hate in cars. I know that I don't spend enough money on cars to make the manufacturers care, but it's still cathartic to write out the list.

1. Colors. If I'm going to spend all this money for something I'm going to have for a dozen years, I want it to come in colors I like.

Comments

[marcusmarcusrc]

"The average fuel economy (window-sticker value) of new vehicles sold in the U.S. in August was at a record high of 25.8 mpg-up 0.2 mpg from the value in July. Vehicle fuel economy is up 5.7 mpg since October 2007 (the first month of our monitoring). For a description of the calculations and the recent mpg values, please visit http://www.umich.edu/~umtriswt/EDI_sales-weighted-mpg.html... )

[marcusmarcusrc]

Oh. Part of the answer appears to be that the EPA fact sheet is based off of the older "CAFE" standard mileage measurements, but that sticker measurements are using a newer, improved approach that shows lower gas mileage. I wonder if some of our instincts are based on that older mileage approach...