"Phred" > wrote in message
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> However, there was also a 55 mph speed limit and an assumed move
> towards smaller cars due to the "fuel crisis" of the times.
>
> I'm curious to know if any of these fads remains, nearly 30 years on?
> (Well, I guess the speed limit wasn't a "fad"; it could be expensive!)

Not a fad at all. The new Hummer H3 proves we are interested in smaller
cars. The 55 has been change to 65 or 70 though, depending on the state.