Why do Those of Us Born in the 1970s Seem to Hate V8 Engines?
Even though not all of us hate the V8 engines of the 1970s, the fact that our parents had to put up with the low power numbers that were supposed to come out of the largest engines on the market. Our parents had a hate affair with the cars that were coming from Japan, but those cars were the ones that were quickly proving our American stubbornness to be wrong. This combination caused many of us to watch as our parents were dismayed by the vehicles they had to drive.
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