Re: A War on Horsepower?

"Steve" <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> I lived through a period like that once alread. From 1975 until 1993, 
> there wasn't a car built that *really* interested me (the closest being 
> the Buick GNX). IF it happens again, I'll hang on to the cars I have
(most 
> of which predate the FIRST war on horsepower anyway) or snatch up a
cheap 
> Hemi Charger or Magnum that someone is trying to get rid of, just like 
> people bought big-block Roadrunners for a nickel on the dollar in the
late 
> 70s. The difference being that during the first war on horsepower I was
a 
> poor student who couldn't afford a big-block Roadrunner even at a nickel

> on the dollar. This time things are different... ;-)

I know what you mean.  I had one of the 68 Mustang 428 street Cobras
(a la Hubert Platt).  In those days gas was relatively cheap, but I didnt 
make
much money either.  That sucker got 6-8 mpg.