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Old 05-22-2009, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by joyridin' View Post
I see nothing wrong with trying to increase mileage. I had a 1972 Pontiac Grand Prix for years. The car had over 150k miles and ran good. It AVERAGED almost 22 mpg driving both city and highway. It had a 350 hp 400cid. weighed almost 4500 lbs., and the car was relatively loaded.

You want to stop buying gas from nations that support terrorism? Guess how we are going to accomplish that...and it isn't just popping a whole lot more holes in the ground.
Really, you must have been pushing it half the time. My '74 Impala with nothing and a lo-po 350 got 16mpg at best on the highway...

Your also not considering the more than double amount of vehicles on the road today. Let alone the increase in annual miles driven per car because of ever increasing sprawl. The option of another (domestic) source of oil than the terrorists is a lot more realistic than thinking we'll double mileage anytime soon.

I'd rather have the money I spend on gas going to an oil worker here in the US than some damn towelhead.
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