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09-01-2021, 02:31 PM #29
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Thanked: 3222Yup, it all depends on your own set of needs/wants and your pocket book. In that respect not everybody is the same. You have to be careful when you speak of mpg because there is a big difference between Imperial gallons and US gallons as in a rating of 39 mpg on Imperial gallons would be 33 mpg on US gallons.
When I started driving gas was sold in Canada by the Imperial gallon but now it is sold by the liter. In 1969 the gas cost $0.45 per Imperial gallon/$0.10 per liter for premium. Today, locally it is $6.30 an Imperial gallon/$1.40 a liter for regular. That is Canadian dollar but you can do the conversion to US dollars and US gallons if you like. Today my priorities are fuel economy over gut wrenching power which I do not need and am not willing to pay the cost to get it. I even managed to find a very comfortable new vehicle to fit my 6 foot 2 inch frame into with all wheel drive while achieving good fuel economy.
For the past 30 odd years I have driven 4 bangers in the 2.0 to 2.5 liter class to both coasts, up to the Yukon and down into the US numerous times. All have been comfortable to drive on these trips for myself and my wife. You don't have to get a small 2 door tin can on a skate board to get decent fuel economy.
BobLife is a terminal illness in the end