On 6/6/2022 1:27 AM, super70s wrote:
> In article <33ho9h5jtq16ps1ppv6l4abnk47ircmnp6@4ax.com>,
> The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 04 Jun 2022 19:50:50 -0500, super70s
>> <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> I'd probably refer to the Chevy Nova I drove in the '70s as "my old
>>> Chevy Nova" today. Even though it was only one year old in 1972. Dad
>>> bought it for me when I was 16, you could get one for a couple of
>>> thousand bucks back then (those were the days).
>>>
>>> That little car had a 307 V8 in it, never had a problem with it.
>>
>> That's a LOT more power than my father's '66 Nova had back in the day!
>
> Yeah my dad bought my older sister a 1963 Olds F-85 in 1965 when she
> turned 16 and it probably only had about 185 horses.
>
> I still refuse to own a 4 cylinder car to this day, they probably have
> some decent get up and go nowadays but I'm too prejudiced against them
> from the 1980s and 1990s when a mule could outrun one.
>
That's what I was worried about when I got my 2014 Nissan last summer.
It's got about 109 HP which is only a little more than my first car, a
1974 Datsun with 90 hp. But it's also somewhat lighter than cars 40
years ago, so it does a little better at going up hills. Can scoot
through intersections pretty well too.

On 6/6/2022 10:19 AM, super70s wrote:
> In article <t7l1co$1m2gp$1@solani.org>, suzeeq <suzee@imbris.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 6/6/2022 1:27 AM, super70s wrote:
>>> In article <33ho9h5jtq16ps1ppv6l4abnk47ircmnp6@4ax.com>,
>>> The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 04 Jun 2022 19:50:50 -0500, super70s
>>>> <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'd probably refer to the Chevy Nova I drove in the '70s as "my old
>>>>> Chevy Nova" today. Even though it was only one year old in 1972. Dad
>>>>> bought it for me when I was 16, you could get one for a couple of
>>>>> thousand bucks back then (those were the days).
>>>>>
>>>>> That little car had a 307 V8 in it, never had a problem with it.
>>>>
>>>> That's a LOT more power than my father's '66 Nova had back in the day!
>>>
>>> Yeah my dad bought my older sister a 1963 Olds F-85 in 1965 when she
>>> turned 16 and it probably only had about 185 horses.
>>>
>>> I still refuse to own a 4 cylinder car to this day, they probably have
>>> some decent get up and go nowadays but I'm too prejudiced against them
>>> from the 1980s and 1990s when a mule could outrun one.
>>>
>> That's what I was worried about when I got my 2014 Nissan last summer.
>> It's got about 109 HP which is only a little more than my first car, a
>> 1974 Datsun with 90 hp. But it's also somewhat lighter than cars 40
>> years ago, so it does a little better at going up hills. Can scoot
>> through intersections pretty well too.
>
> Might have still been a wise decision in the end if gas stays up there
> for a while.

For sure. I don't drive a lot so the 2001 Impala I had only got about 22
mpg, maybe 28 on a trip. This one gets at least 31 around town, and 36
long distance.