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Yes they o just fie, but you 4 cycl will shiot the bed at 150 tousand miles, while mI in my V8 will still be driving acros coutry while you have to go out and buy another vehicle.Its a know fact.

You can spend 20 grand on a 4 kicker, or you can spend 20 grand on a new V8. If both are serviced according to their minimum requirements equally, the V8 be still going down the road long after the 4 is a rusting junk pile.This is a secret learned by our military during WWII.

The V design is one of the best innovations of the reciprocating internal combustion engine.Its how US won the battle of Britan using Rolls Royce Merlin V-12 enginies in Spitfires while the Germans bit he bullets with their smaller fuel injected Messerschmitt engines.And it is the reason that Harley Davidson uses it.

So far its not worth the difference you pay in fuel consumption cost to buy a 4 kicker over a V8, but with the Obamaniacs in power, they will have us all back to riding on horses before long.I’ll never pay 42 grand for a vehicle, let alone a Chevy “Dolt.” LOL.

FWIW, I've got no prob with muscle cars, sports cars, pickups, SUVs. I've driven and/or ridden in everything from a Model T to a Porche :)

But I queued for gas with my parents in the 70s. Gas rationing and those hours-long lines were indelibly imprinted into my memory. That's why I'll never own a gas guzzler. And when I need way more horses under the hood, I borrow or rent 'em.

I will freely admit, however, that if the US ever does the drill-baby-drill thing, gas guzzler here I come :)

Its how US won the battle of Britan using Rolls Royce Merlin V-12 enginies in Spitfires while the Germans bit he bullets with their smaller fuel injected Messerschmitt engines.

Ummm... fact check time??

The Battle of Britain was won by the Royal Air Force over a year before the US entered the war.

The RR Merlin was a V-12 of 1647 cubic inches, the German Daimler Benz 601 (not "Messerschmitt") engine was a V-12 of 2070 cubic inches.

The Merlin made its max power at 3000 rpm compared to the DB 601's 2500 rpm.

Far from being a disadvantage, the fuel injection on the DB engine gave the German pilots more combat manueverability because they did not need to worry about fuel starvation to the carbs. Later Merlins had an redesigned carburetor which was a quasi-fuel injection type.

Not sure about the rest of your post, but I hope you know more about cars than you do about WW2 aircraft.

Yes they o just fie, but you 4 cycl will shiot the bed at 150 tousand miles, while mI in my V8 will still be driving acros coutry while you have to go out and buy another vehicle.Its a know fact.

My Honda just hit 162K and is running fine.