[Tigers] Gas mileage

[Sandy Ganz]

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 at aol.com" <CoolVT at aol.com>
To: SLaifman at SoCal.rr.com; tigers at 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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