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Way back when, before the 1974 gas shortage, I had some friends who were equally poor. Most of them drove around with gas tanks near empty, so it was easy for them get the rest to pay up gas money when going on a trip. I kept my gas tank full, so getting gas money was a little harder.
We were 150 miles from home one day and I still had well over a half tank of gas. I asked for gas money. Dead silence. So I started driving 45 MPH in a 65 limit. The conversation went something like this:
Why are you driving so slow?
You don't want to pay gas money, so I'm driving for gas mileage.
What will it take to get you to speed up?
(Holds out hand, palm up)
How much do you want?
How fast do you want to go?
(Money starts dropping into hand)
I ended up at 80 MPH for the trip back.
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06 Canyon: The vacuum gauge plus wheel covers helped increase summer 2015 mileage to 38.5 MPG, while summer 2016 mileage was 38.6 MPG without the wheel covers. Drove 33,021 miles 2016-2018 at 35.00 MPG.
22 Maverick: Summer 2022 burned 62.74 gallons in 3145.1 miles for 50.1 MPG. Winter 2023-2024 - 2416.7 miles, 58.66 gallons for 41 MPG.
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