Originally Posted by
jimisnowhere
Surprisingly if you baby the throttle, those muscle and tuner cars get pretty good mileage. They have been tuned to create more power, meaning burn fuel more efficiently as well as faster. My friend Mike can make his 65 Chrysler cab get 25 mpg city. Or he can open up the six pack and roast a gallon in a 1/4 mile. If you drive sports cars hard on the streets, your wasteful and a selfish, dangerous ****** bag.
Interesting perspective. I am interested in hearing some more scientific ideas about how racers can actually achieve some moderation in performance to gas. I still find a flaw in the idea of guzzling gas without some non-intrinsic purpose that has a societal benefit, and I agree with what cc said in the subaru thread about people cutting off catalytic converters (you can make mad money doing that btw!).
as an aside, I changed my avatar to another well-known but perhaps less annoying female we all love, mainly due to the realization people hate flo so seriously!