Ever the environmentalist (where has my youthful idealism gone? Oh wait, that was the youth who wanted a V8…) I last week became the not-especially-proud owner of a 1994 Ford Fairmont Ghia with 5.0 litre V8 and 4-speed auto. Just the thing for these times of soaring petrol prices, peak oil fears and evidence of effects of global warming.
But give me a break, it was cheap. And actually, it doesn’t seem to use more fuel than my old convertible RX7 did, depending how you drive it though I guess. I’m averaging around 13 litres per 100km so far.
Speaking of high petrol prices, what the hell made me stand like a moron at the bowser last night, putting more and more fuel in thinking “oh I’ll just fill ‘er up!” and then realising that premium was A DOLLAR THIRTY SEVEN PER LITRE? When it got to $82 I muttered a few profanities to myself and dropped that nozzle like it was hot fo shizzle. The needle went to Full but damn, eighty bucks and more to go? I better get every one of those 540km the trip meter says I’ll get.
Pics to come.