All It Takes Is A Split Second Part II

Part of my family indulged in very big cars. One neighbor across the street had a mark V which at that time were more expensive than Rolls Royce when expressed in 60's era American dollars. One of our cars was a New Yorker which was pretty much 20 feet long. If not more. My siblings had to learn parking in that barge and they cried the whole time because in those days compact car parking was being pushed in the towers. So coming around the deck and fitting that monster into the spot... I think it would be easier to teach them to dock semi trucks. We finally got rid of that car because it gulped gas. Now at .29 that was not a problem. Fast forward to after the Arab Oil Embargo there was no longer any point, you fill it with 30 gallons and it's gone by the end of the weekend.

 

We just need autonomous trucks problems will be a thing of the past. Right?

 

You are higher than cloud 9 if you think that.

 

This one only got 5 miles to the gal. It need some work on it still. Husband had paid $100.00 for it. Paul's Auto Salvage offered $400.00 for it, they wanted it for parts. This was back in 1981.

We had a 78 Merc Marqui that was like a battleship too, you could fit half the house in it when we went on trips. It got around 18mpg, loaded and the air on, going through mountains. Miss those big ones, not the gas charge of course, but it was sure a lot cheaper on insurance and we paid cash for her.