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I keep hearing "Mileage may vary" but what is the acceptable margin for variance? I drive a Ford explorer, and as leadfooted as I am, and as loaded up with work equipment that this truck is, I still manage 13 mpg from a vehicle that's rated at 13/17.
When the best you can muster is only 60% of what the vehicle is rated at (and maybe this guy should list the EPA as a co-defendant for having numbers so off the mark), I would think this is beyond what is acceptable for how much your mileage would vary. To me, this is as unacceptable as buying a car that was advertised as having 0-60 times of under six seconds (as tested by some leading magazine) and the best I could ever muster under optimal conditions was eight and a half seconds.
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Cameron originally envisioned the Terminator as a small, unremarkable man, giving it the ability to blend in more easily. As a result, his first choice for the part was Lance Henriksen. O. J. Simpson was on the shortlist but Cameron did not think that such a nice guy could be a ruthless killer.
-From the Collector's Edition DVD of The Terminator
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