Ballmobile II

May 15 23:36 UTC 2006

There is talk of replacing the (broken) car driven by Mrs.
ball with a "mini-van".  We have found that installing a
child seat significantly reduces useable space, especially
when it is occupied (no folding down the rear seats, piling
up boxes in the rear passenger seat etc.)  Ballmobile II
should be as fuel-efficient as is practical (E-85? Mrs. ball
will veto BioDiesel), should be reliable and hopefully not
be absolutely horrible to drive.

response 2 of 91:

May 16 05:48 UTC 2006

Presumably downhill.  The 2005 Toyota station wagon that I
drive yielded about 32 miles per gallon (about 7 l/100km)
when it was new.  I haven't checked recently.  That's with a
small, docile 1.9 litre 4-cylinder gasoline (petrol) engine.