And that’s why I will always keep a little fuel saver in my driveway.
My Civic Si just turned over 90,000 miles and is still sipping fuel at 42 MPG on highway driving in six gear (she’s a manual of course).
I’m still impacted and I’m still pissed (especially since I run 93 octane fuel, so my cost is actually close to 3.95 a gallon right now) but seeing such high fuel economy helps mitigate the struggle to a certain degree.
One of my friends still daily drives a Silverado struggling to do 18 on the highway. He’s hurt more than I am. But that’s what he likes to drive; he can’t handle sitting low near the road. Unlike me, where the closer I am to the ground the better and more confident I feel. I want to lower this car another inch or so but I haven’t got around to it yet.
Someone I know just bought a Dodge Challenger SRT with a 6.2L supercharged Hemi V8. You can imagine his gas mileage. I remember the days of being young with plenty of money to spare. But damn, that’s an expensive car.