GM Cancels 29mpg 4.5L Diesel Engine

goof2 · 05-07-2009, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

Works for me............Less weight = more agility

Kinda like the motorcycles you guys ride?

Some people like different vehicles to be capable of different things. You can't tow a boat with a Prius or a Mini.

Homeslice · 05-07-2009, 07:18 PM

No, but I've seen sportbikes being towed by Minis, Integras, and even a Miata.

Phenix_Rider · 05-07-2009, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

No, but I've seen sportbikes being towed by Minis, Integras, and even a Miata.

But you can't tow a trailer with four bikes in it behind any of them and have room for 4-5 full size people inside.

Homeslice · 05-07-2009, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Phenix_Rider

But you can't tow a trailer with four bikes in it behind any of them and have room for 4-5 full size people inside.

Of course not..........But how often does that happen?

Around here, the average sportbike owner just hauls his own bike, and nothing more. Maybe 2 if he's carpooling w/someone. I'm just saying a lot of guys seem to exaggerate their need for a truck. You see them driving Tundras when a Tacoma would have sufficed

goof2 · 05-07-2009, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

Of course not..........But how often does that happen?

Around here, the average sportbike owner just hauls his own bike, and nothing more. Maybe 2 if he's carpooling w/someone. I'm just saying a lot of guys seem to exaggerate their need for a truck. You see them driving Tundras when a Tacoma would have sufficed.

Fortunately people don't need to justify their vehicle purchases to anyone but themselves. The only thing that bothers me is when someone who bought a full size bitches about gas prices.

Quick281 · 05-07-2009, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

No, but I've seen sportbikes being towed by Minis, Integras, and even a Miata.

And the point is?

I have seen a 67 Mustang on a 4x4 chassis and used for rock crawling....

You can take anything and use it beyond it's purposes. Are minis, integras and miatas going to replace the truck industry?

goof2 · 05-07-2009, 08:41 PM

I doubt this engine was killed due to government pressure specifically against it, but I do think the government is doing everything it can to get people out of trucks and SUVs. It is just a continuation of the trend that has been going for decades. It used to be the only justifications you needed to get something was wanting it and affording it. Now for more and more things you must show you need it, if not legally then morally, while the affording it part has been thrown out the window.

101lifts2 · 05-07-2009, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

No, but I've seen sportbikes being towed by Minis, Integras, and even a Miata.

Those cars are not designed to tow anything...and if you're specifically using the truck to go to the track, why would you use one of those?

Homeslice · 05-07-2009, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Those cars are not designed to tow anything...and if you're specifically using the truck to go to the track, why would you use one of those?

So that you don't have to own a truck in the first place?

101lifts2 · 05-08-2009, 02:06 AM

You own a truck and a bike. Use the bike everywhere except when you need a cage.

Problem solved.

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goof2 AMA Supersport Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,756	I doubt this engine was killed due to government pressure specifically against it, but I do think the government is doing everything it can to get people out of trucks and SUVs. It is just a continuation of the trend that has been going for decades. It used to be the only justifications you needed to get something was wanting it and affording it. Now for more and more things you must show you need it, if not legally then morally, while the affording it part has been thrown out the window.