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Old 03-16-2017, 01:56 PM   #134 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by aerostealth View Post
As to driving a paid for truck that get 17 mpg v a 25 mpg new truck, the phrase "why would anyone go back" assumes you bought a 25 mpg vehicle then we're considering a newer one that only now get 17 mpg because the regs were rolled back. In that light it makes no sense.
Maybe it makes no sense, but people do it. Consider the useful-sized pickups ("small" to some people) that were popular in the '80s, and which got better than 25 mpg. (My '88 Toyota 4WD still does.) Can you find anything of the same size today? Even Toyota's Tacoma has bloated out of all recognition, and they added a much larger model. Ford does its F-things, but I'm not sure they even do the F-150 any more, it's 250, 350, 450, "Super Duty", &c.
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