My have things changed
Over 10 years ago when people posted their new truck HP figures people were coming back with posts like: "When is the HP madness going to stop." "This HP thing is out of of control, it's madness". "Wh...
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Super_Dave wrote:
I usually laugh when folks get wound around the axle about mileage with heavy duty vehicles and RV's. As long as I stay out of single digits I consider it a blessing. Give me torque and quick 0 - 60.
In the mid 80's my future wife and I were traveling the Ca. coast on a motorcycle pulling a small trailer. I was getting 50 MPG.
Once when we stopped for gas, a family stopped beside us with a Ford truck pulling a TT (realtively small by todays standards) and the father asked what I was getting. When I told him "50", he just shook his head. I asked and he said he was getting "5" and that he had to fill up every 100 miles.
So things are definitely better.
