New fuel economy standards are coming for all 2011 vehicles. The average passenger car will have to get 30 miles per gallon and the average truck 24 miles per gallon.

Yet while that is happening, smaller fuel-efficient cars and hybrids are piling up unloved on dealer lots. Many people are making a lifestyle choice to buy big trucks again now that gas is no longer $4/gallon.

Oh, we have such short memories!

Meanwhile, the new version of the Segway that's coming out is a total "Clarkmobile" if there ever was one! This two-wheeled two-seater, being produced in conjunction with GM, is slated to hit the roads in 2012.

So Clark is now considering ditching his scooter and getting a new Segway instead. At least, that's what his wife wants him to do! The original Segway, introduced about 8 years ago, was supposed to change our lives, but only found very limited market appeal.

The whole discussion really reminds Clark of his three-wheeled Freeway, which got 100 miles per gallon and seated three people. Now that was a car!