Between the Lines: USA Today’s Flag-Waving Homo-Erotic Automotive Flashback

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• Re: EPA: New Car Fuel Economy Continues to Improve; Back to Early 1980’s Level
  
  powermac1234 - Why do we need more horsepower out of every new model year vehicle?  The “need for speed” has...
• Re: EPA: New Car Fuel Economy Continues to Improve; Back to Early 1980’s Level
  
  UnclePete - NulloModo, It’s a terrible trend. Modern transmissions just contain more computer-controlled crud to go...
• Re: EPA: New Car Fuel Economy Continues to Improve; Back to Early 1980’s Level
  
  Andy D - I guess my age  is showing again.  As a kid , I was hauled  around  in a  54 Chevy Suburban. In turn this...
• Re: Saturday Concours: LeMons in Texas
  
  panzerfaust - Didn’t know they grew lemons in Texas.
• Re: Karmann Lives, Kindof
  
  mpresley - Polo Carbiolet?  Better a Karmann GhiaTI, I think.
• Re: Question Of The Day: What Car Are You?
  
  johnny ro - 1980 jetta. Basic euro plus a trunk. Fun to drive as in steering and throttle modulating and braking can actually all be coordinated gracefully to good...
• Re: EPA: New Car Fuel Economy Continues to Improve; Back to Early 1980’s Level
  
  mpresley - I know most of those in TTAC land disapproves of CAFE, but I shudder to think what that weight number would be...
• Re: Question Of The Day: What Car Are You?
  
  Monty - I am best represented by my 1987 Dodge Caravan panel van. Not too big, not too small, in fact just the right size. 3.0 liter v6 with the legendary...
• Re: EPA: New Car Fuel Economy Continues to Improve; Back to Early 1980’s Level
  
  DweezilSFV - Agree 100%. I went from a mid 80s Olds Calais with only seat belts, disc brakes and padded dash to a 99...
• Re: EPA: New Car Fuel Economy Continues to Improve; Back to Early 1980’s Level
  
  DweezilSFV - I can’t really buy the weight increase as a result of the “safety” factor. Or more than a...