I heard him say 8-10 mpg and laughed to myself. Yeah, back in the early 80’s we drove a used Oldsmobile V-8 that got mileage near that. You could sit at a light and watch the fuel indicator tick down. And then there was that used Cadillac I drove in college in the 70’s...but other than those two cars, I can’t remember a car getting that low mileage. Obviously he’s not “in touch” with car mileage.
He doesn't understand life.
He's not in touch with the average American in any way.
My first car was an old Oldsmobile that only got about 7 miles to the gallon until my uncle tuned it up and I got about 11 or 12. It was an 8 cylinder 400+ (432?) engine and impressed my drag-racing dad at how fast it could get to 90mph.
Every car since has probably gotten at least 15mph around town and some over 20.
It's been a long time since cars only got 10mph!