>> Yeah, I agree. I'm amazed at the fuel consumption levels a modern
>> computer-controlled ignition system and fuel injection system can 
>> deliver.
> 
> Me too - my car has 180 BHP, yet when I drive carefully my record is 960 
> km on a single 50 litre tank!  To me that is just amazing, a car I had 
> that was 20 years older had only 60 BHP and could do only 400 km on a 
> tank (probably a bit smaller tank as well though).


then drive it for 400 miles before needing to fill up again.



> I think the biggest improvement is that today, even if you haven't used 
> your car for 2 weeks and it's -15 degrees outside, you can turn the key 
> and the engine will fire up perfectly within a second and then idle 
> smoothly.

My dad has had more old bangers than I've had hot dinners, but I've 
never seen problems starting the car because of the weather. (Except 
when it's actually snowing.)

Then again, in the UK the temperature never, ever, for any reason, 

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