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Old 08-13-2007, 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by 76shortbed
In high school I had the second oldest vehicle next to a sixty-something Beetle. Now in college even my Cutlass ('84) seems to be the oldest. People seem to be straying away from old carbureted V8s, but I don't see why. Maybe because gas costs $3 a gallon and I only get 12mpg with my '76...
sad but true about older carbed vehicles.
12 mpg aint that bad... my '90 gets 10 mpg with a EFI 302 and 5speed, i'd hate to think what it would get with an auto...