The solution to the US fuel crisis ...
... is for Americans to start learning how to drive manual transmissions.
I guess the guys at Hertz felt really generous and gave me a brand new Ford Mustang when I was in Chicago. I was really excited about it, considering that it has a 4 litre engine, and I expected it to have amazing performance. However, I had not factored in the fact that it was an Automatic, and consequently I was disappointed with its performance - In fact, my own car with its 2.5 litre engine (Its a manual), has much better acceleration.
About 95% of the cars in the US are automatic transmission. And I believe now, that the reason that Americans buy these oversize gas-guzzlers is because thats the only way they can overcome mediocre performance. If more cars were manuals, Americans could buy cars with smaller engines and experience the same levels of performance as a large engine automatic.
For example, the Mustang gives about 20 miles per gallon on the highway, whereas my car gives 30 mpg - A savings of 33%.
I guess the guys at Hertz felt really generous and gave me a brand new Ford Mustang when I was in Chicago. I was really excited about it, considering that it has a 4 litre engine, and I expected it to have amazing performance. However, I had not factored in the fact that it was an Automatic, and consequently I was disappointed with its performance - In fact, my own car with its 2.5 litre engine (Its a manual), has much better acceleration.
About 95% of the cars in the US are automatic transmission. And I believe now, that the reason that Americans buy these oversize gas-guzzlers is because thats the only way they can overcome mediocre performance. If more cars were manuals, Americans could buy cars with smaller engines and experience the same levels of performance as a large engine automatic.
For example, the Mustang gives about 20 miles per gallon on the highway, whereas my car gives 30 mpg - A savings of 33%.
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