[AT] OT was runaway cars/now "electronic steering"

[charliehill]

George, my dad ran a service station until '59.  When he stopped he had a 
550 gal tank installed at the farm and he bought gas from the same jobber he 
used at the station.  He'd buy 500 gals at a time.  The last we put in that 
tank was probably in the early 70's and it was 26.6 cents.  500 gals was 
$133.00.   This morning I put $135.00 worth of #2 in a 55 gal drum.

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Best, George" <George_Best at adp.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT was runaway cars/now "electronic steering"


> Richard,
>
> In your example you say you're getting twice the mileage you got in the 
> 50's.  I only got single digit mileage with my 57' Ford, so I'm getting 
> triple the mileage with the 2006 Mercury Montego I have now.  Also, I'd 
> say gas was more in the 20-30 cent range in the 50's, mostly the low 30's 
> during most of the 60's.
>
> However, the thing that doesn't make it compute for you is that you're not 
> taking into consideration the change in the value of the dollar over the 
> years.
>
> www.dollartimes.com website has a calculator for this:
>
> $0.30 in 1960 had about the same buying power as $2.20 in 2010.
> Annual inflation over this period was about 4.07%.
>
> Which shows that in real dollars you're spending about the same as you did 
> in the 50-60's, yet your mileage has double or tripled.
>
> Of course the value of a dollar today also is a personal thing in that it 
> depends on whether your income has kept up with inflation over the years 
> or not.  If you've kept up, then that $2.50 gallon of gas today doesn't 
> really hurt.  If you haven't kept up, then it can seem like a lot 
> especially if your income is stuck back in the 50's or 60's.
>
> George
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com 
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Richard Fink Sr
> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 6:33 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT was runaway cars/now "electronic steering"
>
> Charlie explain that one to me. Back in the 50s gas was 30-50 cents a
> gallon and we got 15 miles to a gallon. Now it is 2.50 and up and we
> get 30 miles to a gallon. My brain must be to old this don't compute to 
> better.
> R Fink
>
>
>
> At 08:32 PM 2/1/2010 -0500, you wrote:
>>Ralph,  some of the old power steering didn't have much road feel.   Some 
>>of
>>it was power steering and some was power assisted steering with the power
>>assisted having proper road feel.  I have to agree with you about the old
>>Chevy cars and trucks with q-jets, particularly the ones with big block
>>motors.  However I sure like the higher gas mileage we get now.
>>
>>charlie
>
>
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