OUCH!! Take it a little easy there, Rad -- that one really hurts, and probably always will. In '73, I traded in my '67 Mustang fastback (metallic copper, white hide of nauga and brushed aluminum interior, 289, C-4 tranny and custom wheels) with just about 70,000 miles for a brand new 1973 metallic lime green Pinto wagon. I believe the Pinto was around $2,300 out the door, and I got $500 for the Mustang. Undoubtedly the stupidest vehicle purchasing decision of my life. Really enjoyed watching the dwell meter bounce all over whenever I tried to tune that #$%ing Pinto after about 15,000 miles. Later discovered that the problem was a timing belt that stretched so much that 15,000 miles was about as far as it would go before you could NOT adjust the points to give you a consistent dwell setting. Still wish I had that Mustang, though.But, after all, people bought all the Yugos that could be pushed off the boat ramps, all the Gremlins that Levis could upholster, and all the Pintos and Vegas that Detroit could force through their collective sphincters, so who the **** knows.
Ditto, except for me it was the Vega -a wagon to be exact - painted in silver. I loved that thing, but not as much as the rust did. Now, if a Cosworth Vega (with its whopping 110 HP!) ever showed itself to me, it would prolly wind up in my garage... :wacko:OUCH!! Take it a little easy there, Rad -- that one really hurts, and probably always will. In '73, I traded in my '67 Mustang fastback (metallic copper, white hide of nauga and brushed aluminum interior, 289, C-4 tranny and custom wheels) with just about 70,000 miles for a brand new 1973 metallic lime green Pinto wagon. I believe the Pinto was around $2,300 out the door, and I got $500 for the Mustang. Undoubtedly the stupidest vehicle purchasing decision of my life. Really enjoyed watching the dwell meter bounce all over whenever I tried to tune that #$%ing Pinto after about 15,000 miles. Later discovered that the problem was a timing belt that stretched so much that 15,000 miles was about as far as it would go before you could NOT adjust the points to give you a consistent dwell setting. Still wish I had that Mustang, though.But, after all, people bought all the Yugos that could be pushed off the boat ramps, all the Gremlins that Levis could upholster, and all the Pintos and Vegas that Detroit could force through their collective sphincters, so who the **** knows.
No it won't. 22's look really lame on Corollas. And gawd forbid that mom should drive a Yaris to the soccer match.The high price of gas will also take care of Americans insatiable appetite for large vehicles.
Not just one author. I believe the term in Negative Fuel Engery Balance and related to the original question as to whether the total cost of something is less or more than expected.I saw a book a while back (sorry I can't remember the titile) where the author claimed that ethanol was a negative energy fuel.He said it took more energy to grow and process ethanol than you were able to get back out of it. Any body know anything about this?
Personally I would gladly pay $5-$6 a gallon if it got 10%-20% of the :******: cagers off the road!I might be one of those goofy people that doesn't see a problem with 125,000 BTUs costing $4 or $5......
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