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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 01:37 PM Original message |
A trip down Memory Lane--Gas Mileage in Yesteryear's Cars |
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Jack from Charlotte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. About 8 to 12 mpg..... My 1st car, a 1970 1/2 Camaro.... |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. I think my 71 maverick got mid 20's-ish |
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Ursus Rex (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. '72 Chevelle/Malibu and '68 Mustang - both ~20-25 mpg |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. The question is, what kind of mileage did a Studebaker get? |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
42. I had a fifty six studebaker and it actually got pretty good milage |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. Hi web-abbadon!! |
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janedoe (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. My 1978 Honda Accord got 43 mpg |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Holy crap on a pita |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. That's more than I get in my 2004 Camry. |
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janedoe (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
44. No, call it "reverse engineering." :-) |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 09:05 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Reversing their engineering knowledge....hmm.. |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Today's Accords are much bigger and heavier than |
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Arger68 (562 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. My dad had a '65 Mustang that he bought new. |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Here's some gas mileage stats from the 40's and 50's |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. The average mpg people got in the 50s was probably around 16 mpg. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. "the IMPACT of gasoline mileage steadily increased " |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. My 1968, 454 Corvettee got about 12 mpg in town and about 14 all |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. 454 in a 68? |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Yeah, didn't say it was original..in fact, I got the Vet instead of an |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. sounds like a nice car, love that body style. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Unfortunately, I don't have it any more. Sold it in 1982! I'd like to have |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. 2 examples |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Maybe, but I've still got several trophies for 'dusting' Mustangs! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Yeah , well the only guy in Denver that could beat me was a |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. My dad had a diesel Japanese car -- he thinks a Datsun |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Friend had a '80 diesel Rabbit by VW.... |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. I've been reading posts by VW TDI (diesel) owners on |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I'm getting an average of 44 mpg with my TDI |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Wow, I didn't realize the Japanese manufacturers sold |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. '65 Ford Falcon |
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bmbmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Oh yeah-I lived in Levelland and had |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 06:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Back seat. Oh yeah. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. Big tailfins was early 60s, not 50s. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Not Just 60's |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Guess I was only starting to notice, then. I was, like, seven yrs |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Well, Our Tastes Match, For Sure |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. My 65 Plymouth Satellite got about 23mpg. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. My 1978 VW Scirocco got 35-40 on the highway. |
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bballny (456 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. VW |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. I've got a couple of those, |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
35. 74 Monte Carlo with 454 . . . |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
36. I've got a couple of big old Plymouth tanks |
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hamerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. '58 VW Bug |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
38. PROUD former owner of a 1972 Dodge DART |
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lithiumbomb (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
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