Yesterday I spoke about prominent things on car’s bodies that make aesthetic and functional sense, and the big center-mounted gas cap on the C2 Corvette is certainly Truth in Engineering.
We ran with two Corvettes in the 2006 GTTSR as they were driven by friends of my father/co-driver. These guys could never pass by a gas station. Thirstiest cars I’ve ever been around. Their tanks are bigger than the E-type’s yet they stopped twice as often for gas. The Jaguar is NOT a miser by any stretch but these plastic machines suck down the go-juice like there’s no tomorrow!
I like the middle filler idea… my one doesn’t like having the filler dragged across the boot to fill… I have to get the flap next to the pump of I have problems with the auto shut off in the nozzle.
Strange that down here (well in Aussie) the Fords have fillers on the left but the Holdens have it on the right…
Jerome
Just another reason I detest pre-1984 ‘Vettes: they didn’t do much correctly, aND they’d get, tops, 15-17 MPG.
I like what Sach Carlson called’m; “Piggues of Plastique.” Built with modified Impala parts…
>;)
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“…these…machines suck down the go-juice like there’s no tomorrow!”
Well, as regards peak oil? There IS no tomorrow, certainly not geologically speaking.
Glad I’ll get my Jag together, just in time to not be able to afford to drive it much, or for long… 🙁