Here’s the lineup in the four “Fuel Efficient Vehicles Only” parking spaces at Best Buy this midday.
As you can see, my little ‘94 Honda del Sol (30+ mpg) is surrounded by SUVs. The one on the far right is a new Nissan Rogue which, compared with the Chevy Tahoe and Ford Explorer, is indeed a fuel efficient vehicle. The EPA says the Front Wheel Drive Rogue gets 22 mpg city/27 mpg highway, and the All Wheel Drive version delivers one mpg less in each category. (So if you’re going to drive an SUV, Going Rogue (heh, heh) is a good idea.)
But the Expedition (which has a handicapped plate) and the Tahoe both get 14/20 mpg. How anyone can suggest those are fuel efficient vehicles is beyond me. (I've mercifully blacked out the license plates but you know who you are.)
But then Best Buy doesn’t post the criteria for fuel efficiency, so I guess we all get to decide for ourselves what that means.
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