[Vwdiesel] Re: Touareg

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

> It seems in Europe, people are a little smarter about small
>  cars than we are.  Too bad in the US we have the mentality that bigger
>  is better.  It seems that getting a car that gets 90 MPG like the Lupo
>  would make more sense, but here, we are really slow to figure things
>  like that out.

  A big part of the problem is we tend to believe what we read or hear in
the media.  The media tells us that big cars are safe and small cars are
not.  How many times have people told you they wouldn't drive a little
"death trap" like our Rabbits or a bug or a 914?  A good share of that
comes from government regulations that have restrictions, good and bad,
that make small cars "illegal" in the US.  There is no provision for a "city"
car even though there is for two wheelers; mopeds or scooters under 50cc.
     Loren