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BumRushDaShow

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5. "America was still producing land yachts getting 10 mpg or so."

Reply to BidenRocks (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 3, 2025, 07:48 PM

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In '78, my mom finally got rid of her 1968 Ford Country Squire LTD station wagon and bought a new 1978 Mercury Zephyr that was 8 cylinder.

It got 8 mpg!

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