         Comments     Threshold   RE: All I want... By FishTankX
on 7/8/2010 8:40:20 PM , Rating: 2 It's NOT hard to make.  The
Honda Life Is a 4 door Sedan that runs 45MPG, and costs about
$10,000.  Issue is, it's hard to make them SAFE. It only weighs
about a ton. One collision with an SUV and you're TOAST.  That,
and it's humble 60HP engine means it can barley keep pace with
highway traffic.  Put in a 4 cylinder 1 liter engine though, and
it'll probably keep pace with traffic quite well, given it's 1
ton frame. Even better with a Turbo. Gas mileage will not suffer
significantly.  50MPG might be a stretch. But the Kei Cars of
Japan have been getting 45MPG for about $11,000 for a long, long
time.  RE: All I want... By fleabag on 7/8/2010 11:00:57 PM ,
Rating: 2 You keep mentioning this "1 ton frame" like as if
that's really tiny.. No it's not.. A 1990 Civic DX SEDAN (4
door) weighed around 2100bs and a 1998 Civic DX SEDAN (4 door)
weighs around 2300lbs. These aren't that small of cars at all
yet weigh 1 ton.