That was easy driving.  If you really got on it, it was about 8-9mpg.  
Honest...not kidding.  I was a teenager, and every dollar counted!


On Dec 5, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:

> 14 on the highway maybe but you are not going to convince me that it did 
> 10-12 in town.
> 
> Randy
> 
> 
> On 05/12/2012 2:34 PM, Jon Agne wrote:
>> I grew up with a '72 Olds 88 455.  It would 10-12 around town and 14 on the 
>> highway.  I later bought a '73 88 with a 350 2-bbl carb.  I got a constant 
>> 11mpg no matter what.
>> 
>> They took regular gas.
>> 
>> Jon
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 5, 2012, at 3:21 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
>> 
>>> On 05/12/2012 1:21 PM, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
>>>> Not a Benz, but...
>>>> 
>>>> http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/3452336232.html
>>>> 
>>>> Was the rear-facing third row a common feature back in the heyday of
>>>> full-size American station wagons?  I was a kid in the '70s but my parents
>>>> had a VW microbus, so this is interesting news to me if so.
>>>> 
>>>> Alex
>>>> 
>>> Oooh! It has the 455 cid motor too. Now, if that requires the high octane 
>>> fuel and you get 4 mpg, how much will it cost to go get the groceries?
>>> 
>>> Randy
>>> 
>>> PS - my brother in law has a '72 Ventura with a 455. No idea what the 
>>> mileage is because he refuses to check it.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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