[NightRydaSS]

Originally Posted by BonzoHansen

To be quite honest, the average car has too much power, tires that are too wide (rolling resistence) and too much weight. Cut them all a bit and you are getting close. With current transmissions and engine controls we are almost there.

Hell, with modern torque manangement they only have 400hp at WOT anyway. It is nothing like 400hp of the old days. The average soccer mom could no way handle it.

And too many people drive vehicles that are too big (suvs, etc.).

IMO if you really want to push up mileage, CAFE shoud be abolished and replaced with a gas tax or something. I think the dems are repeating the sins of the past instead of recognizing it's previous failure.

u kno, i was just think the same thing a few days ago. i was wondering if "old school" HP was/is the same as "new school"? i mean there are A LOT of cars w/ 350+HP out now, and they seem very "domesticated". Like BMW 4 door cars, Benz's, ect... You also see a lot of mid 40 early 50 "divorce" women driving them and some men. Ppl who you can look at and tell they never owned or even beeen in a sports car before. To me there was no way they could handle the power if it were "true" HP.