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Re: A real spridget solution; WAS: Great American Gas Out

To: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
Subject: Re: A real spridget solution; WAS: Great American Gas Out
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 09:44:42 -0600
Cc: paul m <pmetzger@top.monad.net>, spridgets@autox.team.net
References: <v04210103b4dd7c984396@[216.227.33.181]>
Hello Jeff,

Saturday, February 26, 2000, 7:24:44 AM, you wrote:

          JEFF FOR PREZ!!! (Or is that "Czar?")
               I think you might have left off a couple of zeros on
               the Frod Excretion Penalty, though!

JB> Given that my Sprite returns a fairly steady 33 mpg, I think that our 
JB> best bet at effecting true change is to call for a constitutional 
JB> amendment requiring all auto manufacturers to build, market, and sell 
JB> spridgets. They would be allowed to sell other vehicles, but only 
JB> under penalty. The penalties will be linked to the size and fuel 
JB> consumption of the non-spridget products and other indexes that I 
JB> choose (since I will be the car czar). Thus, in the US, Ford would be 
JB> forced to sell 123 Sprites for every Incursion (I mean  Excursion) 
JB> sold. However, they would gain points for every Euro-spec Focus sold 
JB> in the States. DaimlerChrysler would be forced to sell 138 Midgets 
JB> for every Mercedes-Benz sold in the States. The extra 15 spridget 
JB> penalty is because we're already tired of Daimler's 'Uber All' 
JB> attitude. GM sucks so badly that they will not be allowed to make or 
JB> sell spridgets. Instead, they will have to take a financial penalty 
JB> for every boring, rainy-day-in-dreary-old-Pimlico car they sell. 
JB> Since this is all they make anyway, these penalties will force the 
JB> demise of GM, and none too soon.


Best regards,
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