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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] SupraMario 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And gas mileage. A lot of the older cars had less power and consumed more fuel.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Yep I finally upgraded my 2003 Renault Kangoo for a station wagon that's bigger, carries more, probably heavier (don't actually know) but uses much less fuel. It has a tiny 1L ecoboost engine that still packs a punch when needed and barely uses any more fuel than our much smaller hybrid hatchback with the way I drive it, which admittedly I do drive in a particularly fuel conscious manner.