Re: IML: Imperial as economy car
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Re: IML: Imperial as economy car



http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1957/FwdLkAd/Hog.jpg

What more can I say, but that this ad is "proof", if
you beleive what you read.

-Kenyon

--- John Harvey <50scars@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Message
> 
>      Let's see.  Assuming these economy car drivers
> were going to drive their 35 MPG cars any way, and
> each took one passenger, that would mean that there
> would be 5 economy cars taking the 5 passengers, so
> they really got 7 MPG to haul those 5 people. 
> Sounds to me like an Imperial getting 8 MPG taking 5
> passengers actually gets better gas milage, if you
> look at it right.
>      I heard a minister explain the logic of taking
> a 15 passenger van that got 10 MPG, no matter what
> you did, it got 10, because that was cheaper than
> the 5 economy cars if they got 30 MPG that would be
> required to haul 14 kids to a retreat in Texas, plus
> a truck to bring the stuff they brought in an 18
> foot trailer.  Now you know she was some kind of
> lunitic--if not when she started, she was after
> spending 1500 miles in a tin box with 14 other
> people's teens.
>      


=====
Kenyon Wills
 
 






















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