Trade in for what? Many decent used cars were destroyed in the “Cash for Clunkers” fiasco.
According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_04_23.html), the average passenger car in 1980 (31 years ago) was 16 mpg.
Where is this moron pulling “8 miles per gallon” from? Even the orignal Hummer got about 9.6 mpg if I remember correctly.
Maybe same place as “...57 states...” and “...my Muslim faith...”....???