Originally posted by neguypdx
But there is a difference in miles per gallon. Just a one or two mpg savings is quite a bit. To you just that small difference isn't much, but average that over the entire fleet of cars in the US and it is millions of gallons saved.
Plus, you get the added benefit of knowing that the passenger car you drive is safer in roll over accidents and if you do happen to run a red light (no, you wouldn't do that) and plow into someone, you are less likely to kill them.
You missed the point... You add up all the SUV's, MBZ's and other high MPG vehicles, (not include commercial vehicles) and they won't near equal all the 4-6cyc vehicles consumption, nor miles driven. As for safety, if I am going to roll over, I'd rather be in my Escalade, then a Honda and if some 20something twit is going to get drunk and hit my wife head on, if someone's going to die, it's going to be him!
I'll make you a deal... I pay a lions share in taxes... and I am tried of it, along with most of other buddies that own companies. How about you and a few friends picking up some of the slack??? When we think you've accomplished that, I can affect changing all the autos in my companies fleet to small vehicles.