Rivian Owner
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- First Name
- Mark
- Joined
- Sep 15, 2024
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- Location
- Pacific North West
- Vehicles
- 1971 GTO, 2019 F150,
And what year vehicles are you talking about? I may be older than you. I remember when people would hang a canvas bag filled with water in front of the radiator to keep the engine from overheating, if that gives you an idea of my vintage.Say what? My parents had two V8 vehicles when I was a kid. One was the family car and the other was a 3/4 ton truck. Both got much more than 8 to 10 mpg and both had fuel tanks with 25+ gallon capacity. We'd do road trips upstate to relatives 400 miles away without stopping for gas. This was in the 1970s.
I had a pickup from the 80's that had some of the first throttle body fuel injection and really low compression, that thing was lucky to get 10 mpg, and just about 150 hp as I recall. The mileage was so bad on it, Chevy put two gas tanks in the thing. In the 60's 10 to 12 mpg was typical, but then you were paying around $.025/gallon for gas. Oh yeah and for that price they cleaned your windshield!
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