<VV> Light, Economical Cars

[kaczmarek at charter.net]

Folks
Seems like the 2 dr Alero is a favorite among us. 
Counting the one my wife drives (with the 6Cyl), that's three mentioned just this AM. 

Taking a look at Gas Prices next week, I may have to cancel my plans to attend Corvair Days next weekend. Don't want to, but have to look at how much gas it would take to get there and back (about 800 miles) at. 1.50-even at2.00
per gallon, but @ 3.29---i'ts startin to get pricey. 

In my F 150, even @ 20 on the highway 40 gallons of gas is 
131.60  vice 80 at the price 3 weeks ago. 

Or, we could take the Alero.....

For those who don't know, the Alero 2dr is 1000lb lighter than the 4 dr
HANK
> 
> From: Dave Keillor <dkeillor at ultrex.com>
> Date: 2005/09/02 Fri AM 10:35:29 EST
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Light, Economical Cars
> 
> >>The other real problem DOES have to do with the Corvair. 
> >>Thanks to Nader's success in attacking the US automobile 
> >>industry, the extraconstitutional 1968 Federal Transportation 
> >>rules outlawed lightweight cars overnight.  So all of the 
> >>small economical cars that the rest of the world enjoy have 
> >>been illegal here since 1968. Even our best "economy" cars 
> >>carry around nearly 1000lbs of "safety weight", making them 
> >>neither cheap  nor economical nor fun to drive. And who was 
> >>behind outlawing small light cars? The same folks now 
> >>complaining about how uneconomical cars are.
> 
> I have a different perspective.  There are a number of cars available that
> are both quite economical and reasonably fun to drive as everyday
> transportation.  My wife has both an Olds Alero 2 door and a Miata.  The
>