Miata Mailing List: March 1999, Message #71

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while I agree with Tom's sentiment that it's not fair to restrict
someone else's preference of vehicles based upon my (or your or
whomevers) personal needs/wants, I simply can't reconcile the fact that,

generally speaking, my driving a small car does nothing to impeded your
(the figurative "you") safety, whereas your (again the figurative "you")

SUV directly endangers me and, well, anyone else not driving a big
behemoth, simply by obstructing line of sight.

as for other dangers -- phones, doughnuts, whatever, I'm not at all
convinced that driver inanity is lmited to a certain class of vehicles.

James Leasure
96 M
austin, tx

Tom Blough wrote:

> Let's see, my Nissan Pathfinder gets 16-18mpg and can haul 5
> people + cargo.  The Miata gets 23mpg and can haul 2 people
> plus a box of Kleenex.  Which is more environmentally
> friendly?  Depends on how many people need to go to the same
> place.  I would also mention that the Ford Festiva and the
> Geo Metro get considerably better gas mileage than the
> Miata.  If you are really concerned about the environment
> maybe you should get one of those.  No?  Didn't think so.
>

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