Is it 1981 again?

Suddenly, the idea of better mileage is sweeping the auto industry.

I still own a Diesel Rabbit that I bought in 1981.  I don’t drive it that often, but it still runs great.  It still gets forty-two miles per gallon on the highway and thirty-eight or nine in the city.

You – meaning most car companies – could build cars that got over forty miles per gallon thirty years ago.  And you – you same folks – are just now creeping up on thirty-two, thirty-three miles per gallon?

And we’re all supposed to be excited about your amazing breakthroughs in mileage?  Come on guys!  What a crock.