General rule about car payment

[greenskeeper]

Originally Posted by disneysteve

This can not be stated as fact uniformly. Yes, there are newer cars that are more efficient. There are also newer cars that are less efficient. It all depends on the make and model. There were cars in 1980 that got better gas mileage than many of the "high efficiency" cars today. It all depends on what you are comparing.

This is very true. The national "fleet average" actually dipped to it's lowest level since the 70s in the early 2000s due to the popularity of SUVs (stupid useless vehicles)

We are only now getting back on track with increasing fuel economy.

Diesel vw's in the 80s were getting 50mpgs with no problem at all.

My biggest complaint with the EPA is that they put priority on "clean-burning" more than fuel economy. There are cars in Europe that get 70mpg but we can't have them here because they aren't clean enough. Good thing all that pollution stays within the borders of Europe.