Old fashioned fish competition.

[FishArt]

You're actually serious John? Even though huge strides have been made since then in aerodynamics and electronics (amongst other things) to squeeze every mile out of every gallon. I highly doubt that your boxy 62 Nova averaged 35 city and 38 highway? I highly doubt it even made it into the upper 20's. Claims might have been made, but back then gas was so cheap that the government didn't monitor many of those claims nearly as closely as they do today. Nobody cared about mpg's! Now if that Nova DID get into the upper 20's, it probably ran the quarter in a minute and a half - lol!

Actually, believe it or not John I remember the most fuel efficient car back then and it was a Datsan B210. With certain muffler modifications they claimed to get 39 mpg hwy, but even that was a stretch. Without any mods, you were looking at mid 30's...

[John C]

Marty I have a 63 Merucry Meteor that avarages 25 pmg on the hwy and it has a V-8.
79 Chevy Citations withthe 4 cylinder would average 42 hwy. and 35 city. I drove one of those a lot and hated it when the buiness sold that car. talk about room. 

You better check these new cars are HYPE thats all HYPE.

My 66 mustang with a 200 and automatic would run 28 mpg on the hwy until I fiound the coil wire was going bad then it went to 29 mpg.

Marty did they ever put full sized seats in those Hondas? Last one I rode in the seat was made for people about 5'4" tall and not near large enough for the 6' 200lb American man.

[FishArt]

Marty I have a 63 Merucry Meteor that avarages 25 pmg on the hwy and it has a V-8.
79 Chevy Citations withthe 4 cylinder would average 42 hwy. and 35 city. I drove one of those a lot and hated it when the buiness sold that car. talk about room. 

You better check these new cars are HYPE thats all HYPE.

My 66 mustang with a 200 and automatic would run 28 mpg on the hwy until I fiound the coil wire was going bad then it went to 29 mpg.

Marty did they ever put full sized seats in those Hondas? Last one I rode in the seat was made for people about 5'4" tall and not near large enough for the 6' 200lb American man.

John, funny you should mention the Chevy Citation. My dad had one and it was quite possibly the biggest pile of crap GM ever made! First off, they never made a '79 Citation. It came out in late '79 as a 1980. It ran until '85 and then was discontinued (Thank God!) I don't recall the MPG claims they made, but they were nowhere near what they said because I remember my dad bitching about it! Marketing crap back in oil crisis times and many folks took the bait.

FYI, highway mpg estimates are misleading. A full size Chevy truck can get 25 mpg highway if you keep around 55 mph.  That's because those V8's are barely running at the RPM's they hit on the highway at 55. The BIG difference nowadays is the combined or in town estimates. Actually, I should say numbers, not estimates because the numbers today are factual. Back then there was a lot of fudging to get those number up for the window sticker.

John, it's an option to get full-sized seats on Hondas, you have to special order them - lol! Yes, my Fit is quite comfortable and gets close to those numbers with the AC on. Keep in mind today's cars have polution stuff and safety equipment adding weight to the puzzle and still get far better mpg's than they did back in your time. Another plus with my Fit is it's almost two years old and has 30K miles on it and I can sell it for close to what I paid for it! I don't recall my dad making much money when he dumped that POS Citation...

[al from sc]

 

JL, as long as you're alive, I'll be the second nastiest guy in this industry.  LMAO.  THANK YOU for agreeing.  Gas is gonna end up being $6 a gallon and I can't WAIT to do a fish that'll take me 10 times longerand  look half as good for peanuts
.......I guess that makes me the third nastiest..lol

[John C]

Yep marty all the plastic on cars and they weigh more than 30 years ago. and Yes I drove the crap out of a 4 cylinder Cit and it never missed a lick did get 42-43mpg even back then I love the mpg and its was huge on the inside.as for Honda they are selling themin the USA wehre we are bigger than the japs so why would they not put bigger seats in without specail ordering? dont make cent s tome. guess its the Japs way of fuchng us another way.

I dont have need to send money to the Japs for any reason.  I aint gettingnhurt in a tiny assed car, but Obama wants it the other way around LOL, Never not myguns either!