What fuel mileage are you getting?

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11-26-2015, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 56panelford

If we could only pay what fuel cost back when these trucks were new, today nobody would be concerned with the mpg. I can still remember my dad complaining when they raised the price per gallon to 35¢

Fuel costs haven't changed so much as, real wages have stagnated since the 1970s. When the minimum wage was $1.25 they got probably 5 gallons. Maybe 2 today?

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11-26-2015, 02:18 PM

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I realize compared with today's wages ratios are about the same but what I said if we could be paying what the price of gas was back then today nobody would give a hoot about MPG.