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My first car memory was a mid 70s chevy nova my mom and dad had. I remember sitting in the back seat, and my mom would drive to the gas station Dad worked at, and I would stand up to look out the window. And I remember wondering to myself how it moved....were there feet that propelled it like the Flinstones? And my dad would have to saw the steering wheel slightly back and forth to go straight....didn't make sense at the time, but I suspect he had manual steering.
I was also only 3 at the time, but those memories are seared onto my mind. My parents had some robust vehicles back then....a Ford Maverick with a 400 some odd cubic inch v8 shoehorned in comes to mind. That and a faithful 71 ford f250 that always got 10 mpg with or without a load. There was the Buick Century station wagon with the 5L v8 that was running on 7 cylinders, but still willingly pulled heavy loads on our trailer, and a 85ish Olds station wagon with a broken engine mount that would make the fan hit the shroud under acceleration or hill climbs.
I could talk for a long time about cars, but that would be indicative of a true gear head.
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Originally Posted by jamesqf
I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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