Remanufacture the 1967 Pontiac GTO!
Posted on 02/13/2017 8:28:09 AM PST by GonzoII
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Oh, HECK YES!
CAFE needs to be kicked to the curb.
Remanufacture the 1967 Pontiac GTO!
My parents’ friends had one. I was unimpressed with it other than in a straight line and even then it wasn’t that great by modern standards. For about the price of the average family sedan today you can get a sedan that’s just as fast if not faster, safer, actually stops and goes around corners and actually gets more than 12mpg. :P
You are absolutely no fun!
I have been a muscle car fan all my life, but that said, most of them weren't that great all around. Maybe in straight line acceleration, and then only with a good set of slicks. Engine, Suspension and tire technology has come a long way since then.
And while you're at it, get the f'n corn OUT of our gas !
Anyway, if you are going to reproduce a car of the past, why not do something that could do things like "stop" and "turn" while still looking heartbreakingly beautiful?
I have an "09 Mustang, mainly because it looks so much like a "69. When I bought it I was driving 190 miles per day. I didn't even ask how much fuel it burned. Drove it about a mile, and the wife said lets get it.
Everybody isn't impressed with fuel mileage above all else.
BTW; It tops out right at 150 MPH and runs the quarter in 14.50's. Now, that's a CAR.
PS: I am now retired and still have it. Managed to put 96,000 miles on it before retirement, enjoyed every mile.
Hell YES.
This “law” WAS NEVER PASSED BY CONGRESS. Instead, a bureaucracy imposed this CRAP.
Destroy it.
Yes, I was looking at a poorly assembled Detroit product that didn’t actually look all that good and wasn’t actually very impressive to drive other than in a straight line.
Your 09 Mustang is still slower than my daily driver - top speed and quarter mile and 0-60.
Fuel economy per se is not something I’m interested in - only in that cars with low fuel economy generally have poor range so the fun runs out rather quickly.
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Today... pathetic:
“My parents’ friends had one. I was unimpressed with it other than in a straight line and even then it wasn’t that great by modern standards. For about the price of the average family sedan today you can get a sedan that’s just as fast if not faster, safer, actually stops and goes around corners and actually gets more than 12mpg. :P”
No kidding. I helped a neighbor by driving her ‘67 goat to my mechanic for a checkup a while back: I mashed the pedal to the metal, slammed through the gears, the engine was roaring like hell and the goat was rocking and swaying. It felt like I was going 90 mph, but when I looked at the speedometer, it showed 60 mph. I’ll have to say, I nearly laughed by ass off.
I’ll take my 2000 Prelude over a ‘67 goat any day of the week.
What he is saying is re manufacture the 1967 GTO with modern technology. That is a good idea. I would buy one. Front wheel drive egg shaped cars suck.
Coffin on wheels.
The way I see it, is that the less gas we consume the less we have to pay to the Arabs.
Ride a bicycle.
Hell yes! 
We refer to them as cars for people who don't understand physics.
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