Flying in a small plane is a blast, an airliner is nothing more than a very fast bus.

You have my sympathy.

This GM employee says that right there is COTD material. : )

According to my dad, that worked at Ford design in the 60s and new Henry ii well by the he retired in the late 80s. There also was a personal insult tossed Henrys way by Enzo as the deal fell apart along the lines of ‘there’s no Fxxxing way an american tractor builder can compete at LaMons”. He also had a copy of pic…

The weight reduction in your wallet will be noticed much more than a 5 HP gain in power. ;-)

+ 1 for that comment.

But car drivers are getting less safe for motorcyclists. Texting and driving anyone.

PPPPPPPST, Jason, (looks left & right) I think an automotive journalist should be able to tell the difference between an H2 and a H3. ;)

Looks like a 76, judging by the hood shape. It was the only year with that rear bumper and round head lamps. 77 and later had quad rectangles and a flatter hood.

I agree completely. If I remember correctly 75-80% of all sled sales fall in the “trail” class of snowmobile, a very different animal than a powder or mountain sled. They look like a hoot off trail/deep snow/mountain riding though.

LMAO, no she’s planning on buying as soon as my wife is ready to trade it in. :)

LMOA, every time I hear the “he’s compensating for a lack of something else” line, I wonder who really has that problem. ; )

I got that you don’t care about the mpg in your hummer, it was more for the benefit of the occasional poster that doesn’t understand what the word “test” means in an automotive context. The “hate” was one of the best thing about driving a Hummer. If they hadn’t shut down, my wife was sold on the idea of an H3t for her…

You can get the mileage printed on the stickers, but ONLY if you drive the exact test cycle, at exactly acceleration and braking rates used, and are stopped idling exactly the same amount of time. Ain’t gonna happen any where other than a test track.

I think you hit the nail on the head. If I had to guess, a new/young/intern power train engineer sent the data to a new/young/intern in the graphics department and being such a simple task it didn’t get double by someone with some experience.

Not sure where you you get you’re numbers from, but my personal experience driving GM trucks around metro Detroit over the last 25 years has seen about a 25% increase in fuel economy for trucks configured the same. The 2015 double cab Sierra 4x4 with a 6'6" bed with the 5.7 motor I drove last summer averaged 18.5-19…

You are very mistaken on this point. Do they get car like mileage? no they don’t. 20 years ago to get better than 15mpg was great, today most get close to or better than 20 in the same type of driving cycle.

I’ve been driving a Colorado Diesel for the last 3-4 months (company car), I will be buying one for myself when I retire in a couple of years if I can’t convince my wife she wants one as her next vehicle.

I like the Vette, but it’s really hard to top the Cobra for sexy curves and a vicious personality

Agreed, the more massive vehicle just use up the smaller cars crush zone before it get to using it’s own.