Quote:How's that good? Now people will need to spend more money on fuel? Why are you excited about that?

 

no not at all, the better "fuel economy" was only made by compromising on other aspects that cost WAY more. For example an easy one brake rotors. I'd say a fairly conservative estimate 75% of the cars made after 2006 you can't get a single pass on the brake lath they're throw away rotors. that means your old days of a $100 brake job are done, now the average brake job cost between $350-$600 PER AXLE, so a four wheel brake job is easily north of $600. Why? well when they make the rotors thin (weight reduction to increase fuel economy) they make the pads ceramic to offset the thin rotors otherwise they'd squeal like a pig off the show room floor and use electronic calipers (more and more common) to maximize fuel economy (through abs, vcs, and cruise control) your brake job is no longer a $35 set of pads from Advance slap it on and go. 

 

You want another example I said it earlier Chrysler is scheduling platinum plugs every 30,000 miles that's the only way they can keep the engine clean and in line with mpg standards, that means you saved $10 bucks on a file up but now you've got to drop $200-$300 every 30,000 miles on maintenance.

 

I can go on and on and on about how your just offsetting fuel economy for more maintenance. 

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