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larrybuck · 07-25-2011, 11:49 PM

This is probably an easier question for young people? How far down your automotive path, did you change, and want to save gas?

My first car was a '67 Chevelle Malibu w 283/4-spd. that even w 60 series tires would get 22mph. at 70 mph.

2nd car was '65 Corvair 4 door bought so Chevelle wouldn't get messed up in freezing rain/ice storms.

3rd car was '55 Chevy 2dr post w 283/3 on column getting 21/22mpg. around town.

Had 3 different cars that got 7-9 mpg., but they were specialized in that I always had like 2 other normal cars for everyday use!

The very 1st car, that I bumped up the tire pressure for a mileage run was a '62 VW bug. I put 50psi all around, did a mostly flat freeway round trip run of 70 miles or so at 45mph. and got about 45mpg.

Later came 2 other bugs, a Datsun 510, b210, orig. Fiesta, Honda 600 Coupe, and finally 1st gen. CRX; but these were mainly all mixed w other vehicles not so mpg worthy all at the same time.

That 1st bug experiment I did in the mid- 1970's. and that car was probably about my 7th or 8th car. I was about 20 yrs old then!

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larrybuck Master EcoModder Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: sw Washington (state), a little north of Vancouver Posts: 1,154 Thanks: 298 Thanked 122 Times in 88 Posts	Was your 1st car good w mpg's??? This is probably an easier question for young people? How far down your automotive path, did you change, and want to save gas? My first car was a '67 Chevelle Malibu w 283/4-spd. that even w 60 series tires would get 22mph. at 70 mph. 2nd car was '65 Corvair 4 door bought so Chevelle wouldn't get messed up in freezing rain/ice storms. 3rd car was '55 Chevy 2dr post w 283/3 on column getting 21/22mpg. around town. Had 3 different cars that got 7-9 mpg., but they were specialized in that I always had like 2 other normal cars for everyday use! The very 1st car, that I bumped up the tire pressure for a mileage run was a '62 VW bug. I put 50psi all around, did a mostly flat freeway round trip run of 70 miles or so at 45mph. and got about 45mpg. Later came 2 other bugs, a Datsun 510, b210, orig. Fiesta, Honda 600 Coupe, and finally 1st gen. CRX; but these were mainly all mixed w other vehicles not so mpg worthy all at the same time. That 1st bug experiment I did in the mid- 1970's. and that car was probably about my 7th or 8th car. I was about 20 yrs old then!