"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Julian wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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It being a business car, he kept accurate
records of the fuel used over the three years he had it. And that averaged
out at 53 mpg. He was averaging about 12,000 miles a year and much of that
open road motoring, and of course traffic wasn't so heavy. But then the
roads were less straight and level than today.

My dad did too. He was a freight manager for a large shipping company, (now
part of P&O) and travelled the length and breadth of the country in his
Minor on a regular basis meeting customers etc, also often travelling to the
far east - but in a VC-10! Weekends often partially spent servicing it.
(front lower swivels need regular grease) I also remember that he kept two
or three paving flags in the boot in winter and used proper winter tyres on
the rear - snow came every winter in the 60's. The world's moved on a fair
bit since then and I don't think people today would tolerate driving such
huge mileages in a basic vehicle. Having said that he seemed to laugh and
smile a good deal more than people in similar positions today.

Julian.