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New Thu 27 Apr 17 21:14 
 Brought Tears To My Eyes It Did..... - zippy
Just been watching an episode of A Touch of Frost c1996. Unleaded was 55.9 pence per litre!

The cars were unanimously awful. A DAF van, a boxy mark 1 Astra and a miserable blue Sierra.

The '90s clearly weren't a heyday for cars.

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New Fri 28 Apr 17 16:37 
 Brought Tears To My Eyes It Did..... - Robin O'Reliant
According to an online inflation calculator, that works out at just over a quid a litre now.

Having just paid 113.9 I'm crying with you.
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New Sat 29 Apr 17 09:19 
 Brought Tears To My Eyes It Did..... - Mike H
Not quite true, the original Mondeo was introduced in the mid-90s and was a pretty good car at the time.

IIRC I was paying around 5/11d a gallon (around 30p) in the early 70s.
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New Sat 29 Apr 17 09:33 
 Brought Tears To My Eyes It Did..... - Clk Sec
>>in the early 70s.

I've not Googled this, but I seem to remember that Q20/50 could be had for about 80p (16 bob) per gallon. I had a very thirsty Anglia around 69/71.
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New Sat 29 Apr 17 10:58 
 Brought Tears To My Eyes It Did..... - Hard Cheese
>> Not quite true, the original Mondeo was introduced in the mid-90s and was a pretty
>> good car at the time.
>>
I remember one of the mags driving a 1.6 90bhp LX to somewhere like Nice and back and saying it was brilliant, revolutionary.
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New Sat 29 Apr 17 11:41 
 Brought Tears To My Eyes It Did..... - Harleyman
Worth pointing out that a 1.6 Sierra struggled to top 30 mpg. I get more than that out of my Iveco Daily van.

I'd venture to suggest that in terms of fuel consumption alone, running costs are considerably cheaper these days; if you also factor in the longer service intervals and greater reliability of modern cars, even more so.
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New Sat 29 Apr 17 16:09 
 Brought Tears To My Eyes It Did..... - mikeyb
>> Worth pointing out that a 1.6 Sierra struggled to top 30 mpg. I get more
>> than that out of my Iveco Daily van.

Yep, I used to work with a guy who was a photocopier salesman in a former life - told me the accounts guys used an assumed 18 mpg for the company fleet of Sierras for costing purposes
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New Sat 29 Apr 17 17:14 
 Brought Tears To My Eyes It Did..... - bathtub tom
>>Worth pointing out that a 1.6 Sierra struggled to top 30 mpg.

That's disgusting. I had an 1800 Princess in the late '70s that managed 40MPG (just) on a couple of tankfuls - 16 gallon IIRC, one hell of a range!
The 1700 Ambassador that replaced it struggled to do 30MPG.
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