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Originally Posted by fielderLS3
Unfortunately, there is a lot of truth to this. At the time the standard was raised to 35.5, there was a rumor that one of the swing votes that ended up pushing the legislation past the finish line was a congresswoman who saw 32 mpg on the instant economy meter on her Buick one day, and figured 35.5 would be easy since they were so close already.  |
They're policy-makers, not engineers. I don't expect much out of them...but is a little common sense
that hard to muster?