Yes, good foresight!
If people are looking for better mileage, how about an Alpine engine swap into
your Tiger's ;-)
Technology had done some amazing things to help move the mpg up on cars and
still have great performance. One thing that also has become much better is the
reduction of polution while still cranking out high mileage and high
performance cars.
When I drive the Tiger it makes me feel back to the roots of the automobile
simple, fixable, and fun.
Sandy
----- Original Message ----
From: "CoolVT@aol.com" <CoolVT@aol.com>
To: SLaifman@SoCal.rr.com; tigers@autox.team.net
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 11:38:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Gas mileage
Steve,
It's much easier today....take a 4200 lb. full sized car.....Caddy or big
Mercedes, get it up to 65-70 mph, set the cruise control and get 26-28 mpg.
Pretty amazing and it will only get better with the latest Federal initiative.
Of course, no matter what the politicians and environmental people tell us,
we won't save money. The cars will cost more and the price of gas will have
to rise so the fuel suppliers can get the same gross.
I remember talking to the owner of a gas/service station in the late 1960's.
This is when a big car got 12-14 mpg and gas cost about 35 cents. I told
him I heard that full sized cars were under development that, in the future,
would get 25 mpg. He said that he believed it, but to mark his word, when
that day came the price of gas would be over $3 per gallon. He said the fuel
companies are not going to take lower profits regardless. What foresight that
man had.
M
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