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WHAT CARS HAVE YOU DRIVEN ? 60's and 70's gutless ??? Ever here of MUCSLE CARS ! the 80's were way down on power most models from the EPA , but not all. 5-10 mpg ??? 454 or 460 V8 in trucks would get 8 mpg even with the heaviest of loads ! Dad had a 76' Ford van with a 460 and I think it made 13 mpg on the hiway. And as for short lived ? The reason it appears that they never made it to 100,000 miles was simply the STANDARD practice of the day of odometer roll back ! No one ever knew how many miles were really on one ! I'd rather buy cheap points,caps and rotors and plugs any day than high dollar coil packs,iridum plugs,high dollar fuel module assemblies. 100,000 mile tune ups are more costly than doing old fashion tune ups more often. And in Ohio with all the salt and calcium cloride spread on the roads , yes the dreaded stuff that eats away tractor rims is now eating away our cars VERY quickly. My dad used to run Studebaker cars in the 50's early 60's and his older ones full of adults pulling a ski boat and trailer would reportadly get 20 mpg ? or more ? I forget the exact numbers , but he remembers. And I'm sure he also checked it with pencil and paper
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