Originally Posted by
PeteHski
Is this what happens when you get old? I know a few old guys who actually look forward to the future and embrace new technology. They have an open-mind and I find it quite inspirational - unlike this kind of talk ^
Nope. It is what happens when you form emotional attachments to inanimate objects.
A Chevy Chevette that "got 55 to 60 mpg with a carbureted car!" Not likely. My mum's got mid 20's being driven mostly highway miles. And it was the "Scooter" model. The one that didn't even have a radio. Maybe one of the diesel Chevettes would get 50. Try and find one today. Almost all of them have rusted away into oblivion. Gone and not missed, except by folks filled with nostalgia for "the good old days." But the good old days are NOW!