[larrybuck]

I've been econo for years now, but before that:

'67 Chevelle: 1st car..turned it from a 22mpg at 70mph. into a built 7 mpg monster.
'67 Plymouth Fury 3 wagon w 383
'55 F100 w 383 Mopar
'67 Chevelle SS w 396
'70 Chevelle SS w LS6 454, M-22 rockcrusher w hurst linkage.
'65 LTD 4HT w 390 got 24mpg on cross country trip at 40mph.
2 different '72 Pantera's, both built w radical cams, about 9 mpg.
'71 240Z fun, but never above 23mpg
'66 Belvedere 2HT 318
2 different '65 Impala's, 1 an SS w later 307
'63 Dodge 440 Sedan w 3 on tree 318
and so on...
'69 F250 11mpg towing, up to 13mpg alone, and trying for mpg.
'76 Econoline van, 11mpg towing w 351 Windsor, but so smooth a person could dream of quietly cruising at 80 mph all day if you could afford to!
"72 LTD wagon I lived in during 2 months of hard times.
'60 Chev Sedan delivery w 283 manual. loved it!
'57 2dr. post 210 Chevy w 6cyl., 3 on tree. not bad for early '70's
'55 " " " Chevy... 283 w " " " one of my all time favorites...21mpg in mixed driving, wished I'd never sold it!
Plenty more, some non drivers.

For fun, we could have a List thread of EVERYTHING you have EVER owned.

When my parents broke up when I was a year out of high school, my fleet of cars were my friends to help me get by in life for a while.

I had up to 5 cars parked at any given time in front of my Mom's house before I moved out on my own!