I don't know some one just drove a stock Ford Mustang V6 700+ miles and got 48.5 mpg. Of course they were driving it to get the highest gas mileage not to make a trip.robinson46176 wrote:Most people I see are still driving like gas is still $1 a gallon... Driving the speed limit on I-465 around Indy makes you feel like a snail in the middle of a buffalo stampede...
People are really funny. I am watching the Mini-marathon in Indy on TV. Something like 35,000 runners. I know of "runners" that will still drive around WalMarts parking lot 4 or 5 times trying to park 6 parking spaces closer to the door...
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Back about 1959 we drove a 1952 Ford Country Sedan station wagon from here (Central Indiana) to California (San Diego) and back. It had the standard flat-head V8, 3 speed with an overdrive. We had it loaded with stuff and it had a canvas enclosed top carrier with a second bar type carrier behind that with a tent in a big bag lashed down to it. Not very aerodynamic...To its advantage it did have a vacuum gauge mounted on top of the dash in the lower left corner of the windshield. Our highway mileage ran a consistent 25 MPG running from 55 MPH to 70 MPH depending on the road... Maybe we haven't come so far after all.
But the truth be told I would guess if you made the same trip in one of today's cars and were able to drive exactly the same (same in every way) your mileage would have to be much higher. Today's cars are far more efficient.
Another interesting thing is to see a crash between a 60's car and today's car. Hands down today's car is far far more safer.