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This is why fat people shouldn't be allowed to drive...
A six cylinder 3 speed Gremlin could get 30 mpg with ease because AMC built light cheap cars, keep them out of the salt and they provided cheap transportation. The AMC six cylinder was a rejected GM design(too heavy) so it had cam problems, many AMC's had electric fuel pumps added because the fuel pump lobe wore off the cam. Chevy Novas were pretty decent small cars, they felt more solid than an AMC but had soft, camshaft eating engines like all Chevy's. The rebadged Toyota/Nova was a P.O.S. because Ford and Chevy buyers are more apt to trash a poor car than a Toyota buyer. The PT Cruiser was Chrysler's attempt to turn a geek -Omni/Horizon-into one of the cool kids. The Pinto was a good durable little car that got unfairly bashed for the gas tank being located behind the axle- just like every other rear drive car of the time. I like Focus's especially with manual transmissions but a Pinto with factory sway bars and radial tires will out corner any front wheel drive- even with 1970's tires.
My fat friend had the driver seat replaced 3 times. Also the left shocks were replaced more often than the right. The truck still had a permanent lean. This was in a early y2k's GMC 1500
I liked having that engine, too. Although I can't really compare it to the other available engines (2.0 SPI and 2.3 Duratec). In the year that I had the car (bought with 50,000 miles, totalled at just over 55,000 miles), other than the suspension issue and the issues the car had when I bought it, it was a trouble free car. I put tires on it, I changed the oil, but that's it. I was REALLY disappointed when my wife totalled it. I preferred driving it over the 2003 Sunfire that we had at the same time (and for a couple of years after).
No. That technology is there because today's vehicles have blind spots (and bigger blind spots than the cars you would rather drive). They aren't there because drivers are lazy. They are there to make the car safer. Blind spot indicators warn you when somebody is in your blind spot (which you can't see when you look over your shoulder or in your mirror). Lane departure warnings alert you to the fact that you are moving out of your lane. Rear view cameras allow you to see what is in the huge blind spot created by your trunk lid (or truck box). Anti-Lock Brakes prevent your wheels from locking up so that you can still steer. Airbags prevent you from hitting parts of your vehicle in a crash. And seatbelts keep you in place during a crash. Oh, and the cross traffic alert warns you that there is cross traffic that you may not be able to see. The system that applies the brakes to avoid a crash (what do they call that?) responds faster than your reflexes can, to apply the brakes and avoid a collision.
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