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    Re: MOC 1966 Chevelle —Ronald Vallenduuk
   "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GAxG1H.HCz@lugnet.com... <snip> although eurosupercars are cool, '60s american muscle is cooler.... Safer, (felt) faster, way cheaper, way easier to work on, and way more (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: MOC 1966 Chevelle —John D. Forinash
     (...) You say that like it's a bad thing.... -JDF (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: MOC 1966 Chevelle —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) Yep. The cash difference between 5000 USD for a reasonably good example of mid 60's muscle and 50,000 USD for a reasonably good example of a mid 60's eurosupercar (and I am being optimistic) will buy you a heck of a lot of gasoline... So ya. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: MOC 1966 Chevelle —Frank Filz
   (...) Hehe. Once back many years ago, I looked up to see if tanks got miles per gallon or gallons per mile. I forget which tank I actually looked up, but it still got miles per gallon, but just barely... :-) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: MOC 1966 Chevelle —John D. Forinash
     (...) People joke that way about the cars I've owned, a 1970 Olds Cutlass, a 1981 Chevrolet Suburban, a 1970 Plymouth Fury, a 1999 Dodge Dakota R/T, and a 1969 Dodge Coronet. Hey, they think it's amusing. Me, I know that except in one case, I had (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: MOC 1966 Chevelle —Ronald Vallenduuk
     "J.D. Forinash" <foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu> wrote in message news:9a24pt$u5j$1@an...net.foo... <snip> (...) backward (...) </snip> Overhere we're pretty much metric (*), but we still do the same trick. It's just kilometers per liter. My 1.4 Volvo is (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: MOC 1966 Chevelle —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) I think it must have been a small tank. :-) (and therefore one that wouldn't do well in a wreck with a bigger tank, but I digress) IIRC, an M1A1 gets about 3 gallons (of Jet A to run its turbines, I think it is) per mile... ++Lar (who drives a (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 

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