Thursday, August 05, 2010

Fuel efficient? NFW.

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By what stretch of the imagination is a Ford Explorer a “fuel efficient vehicle?”

I found this bloatmobile parked in one of the “Reserved for fuel efficient vehicles” spaces in front of Best Buy this afternoon.

The 2011 Explorer is expected to deliver 18 mpg in the city and 26 mpg on the highway, the best of any iteration of the model. Older Explorers, like this one, guzzle even more gas.

I gave the owner a break and blurred the license plate, but he/she knows who they are.

Fortunately, there was still a space left for my 30 mpg 1995 Honda del Sol.

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